An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... emerging as an increasingly important response to political inaction and gridlock. Local officials are embracing a growing number of policies, incentives, and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas ...
... emerging as an increasingly important response to political inaction and gridlock. Local officials are embracing a growing number of policies, incentives, and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas ...
skeptical science - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... influence the temperature and I agree with that. Except that he doesn't show in which way the flows are going to go e.g. in the next 10 years. 5. Models are unreliable: Cook says that models have made predictions that were successfully compared to observations. Except that this is not enough for the ...
... influence the temperature and I agree with that. Except that he doesn't show in which way the flows are going to go e.g. in the next 10 years. 5. Models are unreliable: Cook says that models have made predictions that were successfully compared to observations. Except that this is not enough for the ...
Hasan, F.A. Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture
... of the local population. It is only through long-term archaeological and historical analysis, as well as detailed examination of the social dynamics on local and regional scales within an interregional framework, that we can begin to detect the differential impact of the same climatic event. I wish ...
... of the local population. It is only through long-term archaeological and historical analysis, as well as detailed examination of the social dynamics on local and regional scales within an interregional framework, that we can begin to detect the differential impact of the same climatic event. I wish ...
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... factors, there is a weak linkage between policy actions over time and the climate change likely to be avoided (Jacoby, 2004, Webster et al., 2003). Some studies have attempted to estimate the value of the benefits of climate change mitigation. While Stern (2006) estimates the cost of climate change, ...
... factors, there is a weak linkage between policy actions over time and the climate change likely to be avoided (Jacoby, 2004, Webster et al., 2003). Some studies have attempted to estimate the value of the benefits of climate change mitigation. While Stern (2006) estimates the cost of climate change, ...
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... from CO2 buildup, in all likelihood the shifts will be slow and continuous. The best understanding of the atmospheric effects of CO2 buildup is in terms of their influence on central tendencies, as in gradually increasing average global temperatures. However, climate variabilities and frequencies of ...
... from CO2 buildup, in all likelihood the shifts will be slow and continuous. The best understanding of the atmospheric effects of CO2 buildup is in terms of their influence on central tendencies, as in gradually increasing average global temperatures. However, climate variabilities and frequencies of ...
Stratospheric sulfur injection on terrestrial autotroph productivity
... contemporaries focused on agricultural benefits that would arise from increased carbon dioxide, their predictions did hint at the idea of environmental manipulation. In the 1960’s a scheme very similar to today’s geoengineering arose known as weather and climate modification (Keith, 2000). The Unite ...
... contemporaries focused on agricultural benefits that would arise from increased carbon dioxide, their predictions did hint at the idea of environmental manipulation. In the 1960’s a scheme very similar to today’s geoengineering arose known as weather and climate modification (Keith, 2000). The Unite ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... pictures of climate change. Potential participants were approached so as to ensure diversity across age and gender. Participants were told that the workshop would take between 30 min and an hour, and they would be given an honorarium of 5 pounds (UK) or 10 dollars (US/UK). While the recruitment soug ...
... pictures of climate change. Potential participants were approached so as to ensure diversity across age and gender. Participants were told that the workshop would take between 30 min and an hour, and they would be given an honorarium of 5 pounds (UK) or 10 dollars (US/UK). While the recruitment soug ...
Global Increase in Climate-Related Disasters
... Intense climate-related disasters—floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves—have been on the rise worldwide. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures, on average, have been rising, and are becoming more variable and more extreme ...
... Intense climate-related disasters—floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves—have been on the rise worldwide. At the same time and coupled with an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, temperatures, on average, have been rising, and are becoming more variable and more extreme ...
Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis
... 66.3 %), Bnot occurring^ (coded as 1; 7.9 %), or Bmost scientists are unsure whether global warming is occurring or not^ (coded as 2; 20.2 %). The three items were standardized and averaged to form an index to measure individuals’ overall acknowledge of and concerns with climate change (Cronbach’s a ...
... 66.3 %), Bnot occurring^ (coded as 1; 7.9 %), or Bmost scientists are unsure whether global warming is occurring or not^ (coded as 2; 20.2 %). The three items were standardized and averaged to form an index to measure individuals’ overall acknowledge of and concerns with climate change (Cronbach’s a ...
flying blind: navigating climate change without the
... measurements. Cape Grim is in an important site, as the air sampled arrives at Cape Grim after long trajectories over the Southern Ocean, under conditions described as ‘baseline’. This baseline air is representative of a large area of the Southern Hemisphere, unaffected by regional pollution sources ...
... measurements. Cape Grim is in an important site, as the air sampled arrives at Cape Grim after long trajectories over the Southern Ocean, under conditions described as ‘baseline’. This baseline air is representative of a large area of the Southern Hemisphere, unaffected by regional pollution sources ...
Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development
... ecosystems and natural resources, intensify the competition for land and water, and increase the demand for energy. Most of the population increase will be in cities, which could help limit resource degradation and individual energy consumption. But both could increase, along with human vulnerabilit ...
... ecosystems and natural resources, intensify the competition for land and water, and increase the demand for energy. Most of the population increase will be in cities, which could help limit resource degradation and individual energy consumption. But both could increase, along with human vulnerabilit ...
Can We Feed the World in 2050? A Scoping Paper
... Background – Review of models and their estimates The most widely quoted figures come from the FAO’s efforts over time to gauge food demands in the future. Their estimates immediately after the 2007-8 food price spikes, suggesting the need to double food production from 2005/07- by 2050, served as t ...
... Background – Review of models and their estimates The most widely quoted figures come from the FAO’s efforts over time to gauge food demands in the future. Their estimates immediately after the 2007-8 food price spikes, suggesting the need to double food production from 2005/07- by 2050, served as t ...
- Inderscience Online
... challenges of modern times. Both developed and developing countries are actively seeking ways to better understand and cope with the problem and issue (Ahmed et al., 2012; Al-Amin and Leal Filho, 2012). However, the complexity of this issue means that it is difficult to communicate and to fully fost ...
... challenges of modern times. Both developed and developing countries are actively seeking ways to better understand and cope with the problem and issue (Ahmed et al., 2012; Al-Amin and Leal Filho, 2012). However, the complexity of this issue means that it is difficult to communicate and to fully fost ...
Carbon Capture and Storage Association
... Question 1 The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report will form the basis of the Committee’s assessment of climate risks and global emissions pathways consistent with climate objectives. What further evidence should the Committee consider in this area? ...
... Question 1 The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report will form the basis of the Committee’s assessment of climate risks and global emissions pathways consistent with climate objectives. What further evidence should the Committee consider in this area? ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... Climate change will also influence the functioning of ecosystems — the characteristic ways in which energy and chemicals flow through the plants, herbivores, carnivores, and soil organisms that comprise the living components of ecosystems. Models of overall changes in plant productivity indicate a ...
... Climate change will also influence the functioning of ecosystems — the characteristic ways in which energy and chemicals flow through the plants, herbivores, carnivores, and soil organisms that comprise the living components of ecosystems. Models of overall changes in plant productivity indicate a ...
Adaptation, migration or extirpation: climate change outcomes for
... associated with the present distribution onto maps representing future climate scenarios (Pearson and Dawson 2003). Most of these models rely primarily on presence/ absence or presence only data for species distributions, and temperature and precipitation interpolations from existing weather station ...
... associated with the present distribution onto maps representing future climate scenarios (Pearson and Dawson 2003). Most of these models rely primarily on presence/ absence or presence only data for species distributions, and temperature and precipitation interpolations from existing weather station ...
Why join a carbon club? A study of the banks participating
... participate in a leading voluntary environmental initiative in Brazil d the Business Platform for Climate (Plataforma Empresas pelo Clima - EPC). Therefore, our study is also unique and relevant for practice because it addresses proactive carbon strategies in the context of emerging markets, where t ...
... participate in a leading voluntary environmental initiative in Brazil d the Business Platform for Climate (Plataforma Empresas pelo Clima - EPC). Therefore, our study is also unique and relevant for practice because it addresses proactive carbon strategies in the context of emerging markets, where t ...
Uganda Climate Change Profile General Climate
... in some regions. In the northernmost areas of the country above the equator, these two seasons merge into a single long rainy season (Luziraa et al., 2007; Phillips & McIntyre, 2000). The wettest districts are located within the Lake Victoria Basin, eastern and the northwestern parts of Uganda (inc ...
... in some regions. In the northernmost areas of the country above the equator, these two seasons merge into a single long rainy season (Luziraa et al., 2007; Phillips & McIntyre, 2000). The wettest districts are located within the Lake Victoria Basin, eastern and the northwestern parts of Uganda (inc ...
National Conference on Climate Change and Water Safety for
... times humanitarian aid system overwhelmed. He discussed the potential effects of climate change on health like injuries and fatalities die to severe weather events, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, mental health consequences, population dislocation and civil conflict. He further discussed the ...
... times humanitarian aid system overwhelmed. He discussed the potential effects of climate change on health like injuries and fatalities die to severe weather events, respiratory and cardiovascular disease, mental health consequences, population dislocation and civil conflict. He further discussed the ...
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... states have renewable portfolio standards (RPS), which target a specific portion of renewable generation as part of the electricity generation mix (Union of Concerned Scientists 2004). With the divergence of most proposed policies from what is argued to be a more costeffective economywide approach, ...
... states have renewable portfolio standards (RPS), which target a specific portion of renewable generation as part of the electricity generation mix (Union of Concerned Scientists 2004). With the divergence of most proposed policies from what is argued to be a more costeffective economywide approach, ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... to the sufferer, not that some advantage may accrue to the doer or because something has happened but for the pleasure of it; for those reacting to something do not give insult but are retaliating. The cause of pleasure to those who give insult is that they think they themselves become more superior ...
... to the sufferer, not that some advantage may accrue to the doer or because something has happened but for the pleasure of it; for those reacting to something do not give insult but are retaliating. The cause of pleasure to those who give insult is that they think they themselves become more superior ...
Business in a Climate- Constrained World
... current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pathway. These threats demand a reappraisal of climate risk and a comprehensive strategy for resilience. The IPCC report defines resilience as “the capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance, r ...
... current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pathway. These threats demand a reappraisal of climate risk and a comprehensive strategy for resilience. The IPCC report defines resilience as “the capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance, r ...
Sustainable Development and Climate Change
... Box 12.1 : Measuring India’s Environmental Performance In a recent ranking of environmental performance (EPI 2012), India was placed 122 out of 132 countries. Its performance was better on protecting its forests (rank 21) and fisheries (39), and on climate change (55). Poorer ratings were given to a ...
... Box 12.1 : Measuring India’s Environmental Performance In a recent ranking of environmental performance (EPI 2012), India was placed 122 out of 132 countries. Its performance was better on protecting its forests (rank 21) and fisheries (39), and on climate change (55). Poorer ratings were given to a ...
Greenland
... • The average annual temperature in Greenland ranges from 16˚F to 45˚F. • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in t ...
... • The average annual temperature in Greenland ranges from 16˚F to 45˚F. • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in t ...
A changing climate of skepticism? The factors shaping climate
... global warming were to occur, it would be largely beneficial, and second, proposed policies designed to limit global warming would be very harmful to the free market, bring disadvantages to the national economy and threaten individual freedom and thus no actions are needed or should be at best non-b ...
... global warming were to occur, it would be largely beneficial, and second, proposed policies designed to limit global warming would be very harmful to the free market, bring disadvantages to the national economy and threaten individual freedom and thus no actions are needed or should be at best non-b ...