Ambiente & Sociedade 1414-753X Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e
... tion of cleaner technologies diminishes pollution). We can explain the behaviour of less developed countries by the predominance of the scale effect. Developed countries that are in the negative sloped part of the curve have strong composition and technique effects, so that the scale effect ceases t ...
... tion of cleaner technologies diminishes pollution). We can explain the behaviour of less developed countries by the predominance of the scale effect. Developed countries that are in the negative sloped part of the curve have strong composition and technique effects, so that the scale effect ceases t ...
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... adaptation lens, conducting vulnerability assessments, and alleviating the urban heat island impact on health), while other regions (Bay Area and LA) are indirectly working with the program. ...
... adaptation lens, conducting vulnerability assessments, and alleviating the urban heat island impact on health), while other regions (Bay Area and LA) are indirectly working with the program. ...
Effect of Green House Gases and Human Population in Global
... The total emission estimated of 442-542 million tons of carbon from methane (CH4). The total emission ranged from 12.3-22.8 million tons of N2O-N, with more than half of natural resources [11]. The concentration of Greenhouse molecules H2O vapors, CO2, N2O, CH4, CFC-12 and CFC-11 had sharply increas ...
... The total emission estimated of 442-542 million tons of carbon from methane (CH4). The total emission ranged from 12.3-22.8 million tons of N2O-N, with more than half of natural resources [11]. The concentration of Greenhouse molecules H2O vapors, CO2, N2O, CH4, CFC-12 and CFC-11 had sharply increas ...
Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part I. Uncertainty
... A further consideration concerns the magnitude of uncertaintyECS . To examine the impact of the magnitude of uncertaintyECS , its effects must be disentangled from the value of the “best estimate” for ECS. This can be accomplished in several ways, depending on one’s choice of “best estimate”, or mea ...
... A further consideration concerns the magnitude of uncertaintyECS . To examine the impact of the magnitude of uncertaintyECS , its effects must be disentangled from the value of the “best estimate” for ECS. This can be accomplished in several ways, depending on one’s choice of “best estimate”, or mea ...
The Disputed Science of
... the highest in recent decades but it is only a return to the frequency that was common from 1920 to 1960. The IPCC admits that there is no evidence to claim that extreme weather has become more common. One Canadian analysis even suggests that the number of extreme weather events may be cyclic (see r ...
... the highest in recent decades but it is only a return to the frequency that was common from 1920 to 1960. The IPCC admits that there is no evidence to claim that extreme weather has become more common. One Canadian analysis even suggests that the number of extreme weather events may be cyclic (see r ...
Aghion_et_al_policy_paper_Nov2014 (opens in new window)
... Delaying policy intervention in the DICE model thus increases short-run production and therefore short-run consumption, but at the cost of environmental degradation in the future. Future environmental degradation leads to a need to spend on abatement and adaptation in future, which reduces future c ...
... Delaying policy intervention in the DICE model thus increases short-run production and therefore short-run consumption, but at the cost of environmental degradation in the future. Future environmental degradation leads to a need to spend on abatement and adaptation in future, which reduces future c ...
Expert Opinion on Climate Change and Threats
... pendent of their policy preferences and on the basis of rela tively objective and replicable measures of expertise. Such an approach is especially important for scientific opinion on the effects of modern (human-caused) climate change, www.biosciencemag.org ...
... pendent of their policy preferences and on the basis of rela tively objective and replicable measures of expertise. Such an approach is especially important for scientific opinion on the effects of modern (human-caused) climate change, www.biosciencemag.org ...
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... McKinsey [1998] has developed a model of Indian agriculture which treats the three components of the Green Revolution as endogenous responses to more basic investments in agricultural technology and infrastructure. We extend the Ricardian idea into McKinsey’s technology model, and incorporate expli ...
... McKinsey [1998] has developed a model of Indian agriculture which treats the three components of the Green Revolution as endogenous responses to more basic investments in agricultural technology and infrastructure. We extend the Ricardian idea into McKinsey’s technology model, and incorporate expli ...
International Quality Controlled Ocean Database
... system associated with anthropogenic climate change (Rhein et al., 2013). While this ocean heat SCOR Working group proposal 2015: IQuOD ...
... system associated with anthropogenic climate change (Rhein et al., 2013). While this ocean heat SCOR Working group proposal 2015: IQuOD ...
Climate Trends in the Casco Bay Region
... the most marked shifts in range have occurred in sought-after finfish species like winter flounder, Atlantic cod and silver hake (Mills et al. 2013). As climate change progresses, raising the incidence of temperature extremes in coastal waters, failure to anticipate these events and adjust fisheries ...
... the most marked shifts in range have occurred in sought-after finfish species like winter flounder, Atlantic cod and silver hake (Mills et al. 2013). As climate change progresses, raising the incidence of temperature extremes in coastal waters, failure to anticipate these events and adjust fisheries ...
Program Kampung Iklim ~ ProKlim - LCS-RNet
... • Lack of understanding on the concept of climate change adaptation and mitigation. • Active participation of local community is crucial for implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation. • There is a need to quantify adaptation and mitigation action, as well as quantification of its benefit ...
... • Lack of understanding on the concept of climate change adaptation and mitigation. • Active participation of local community is crucial for implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation. • There is a need to quantify adaptation and mitigation action, as well as quantification of its benefit ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences issued a special report, Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, that endorsed the key conclusions of the IPCC assessment (NRC, 2001). The scientific basis for global warming has thus now been sufficiently established to en ...
... Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences issued a special report, Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, that endorsed the key conclusions of the IPCC assessment (NRC, 2001). The scientific basis for global warming has thus now been sufficiently established to en ...
a briefing paper
... of Decision 1/CP.19 invited all Parties to initiate or intensify domestic preparations for their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), without prejudice to the legal nature of contribution, in the context of adopting a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal ...
... of Decision 1/CP.19 invited all Parties to initiate or intensify domestic preparations for their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), without prejudice to the legal nature of contribution, in the context of adopting a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal ...
A Portfolio System of Climate Treaties
... emission of one gas can offset increases in the emission of another. This approach has one great virtue: it promotes cost-effective abatement. Unfortunately, this approach has so far failed to address the more important objective, which is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately to stabili ...
... emission of one gas can offset increases in the emission of another. This approach has one great virtue: it promotes cost-effective abatement. Unfortunately, this approach has so far failed to address the more important objective, which is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately to stabili ...
GLOBAL WARMING - Galileo Movement
... ‘consensus’. Secondly, the controversy with human caused global warming relates to the alarming, catastrophic, or ‘planet threatening’ changes being predicted by some scientists. Exactly why Doran an Zimmerman refused to pose a more relevant question, such as follows, has not been explained: Is huma ...
... ‘consensus’. Secondly, the controversy with human caused global warming relates to the alarming, catastrophic, or ‘planet threatening’ changes being predicted by some scientists. Exactly why Doran an Zimmerman refused to pose a more relevant question, such as follows, has not been explained: Is huma ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... in sub-Saharan Africa there is the issue of food security. In this part of Africa, millions of small scale subsistence farmers farm land and produce food in extremely challenging conditions. The production environment is known to be characterized by a joint combination of low land productivity and h ...
... in sub-Saharan Africa there is the issue of food security. In this part of Africa, millions of small scale subsistence farmers farm land and produce food in extremely challenging conditions. The production environment is known to be characterized by a joint combination of low land productivity and h ...
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 ...
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... depends on agriculture, directly or indirectly, for their livelihoods. The majority of farmers are small subsistence operators who are depend on agriculture both as a source of income as well as ...
... depends on agriculture, directly or indirectly, for their livelihoods. The majority of farmers are small subsistence operators who are depend on agriculture both as a source of income as well as ...
CEQ Draft Guidance on Consideration of the
... – Provided that climate change was a “reasonably foreseeable” impact of emitting greenhouse gases – “Federal agencies must determine whether and to what extent their actions affect greenhouse gases. Further, federal agencies must consider whether the actions they take, e.g., the planning and design ...
... – Provided that climate change was a “reasonably foreseeable” impact of emitting greenhouse gases – “Federal agencies must determine whether and to what extent their actions affect greenhouse gases. Further, federal agencies must consider whether the actions they take, e.g., the planning and design ...
Climate changes and animal health and food safety
... of (re-)emerging animal diseases. Research focusing on developing vaccines against different animal and zoonotic diseases should continue. • The research in production methods, vaccines and mathematical models should be multi-, interand trans-disciplinary – Disciplines such as meteorology, ecology, ...
... of (re-)emerging animal diseases. Research focusing on developing vaccines against different animal and zoonotic diseases should continue. • The research in production methods, vaccines and mathematical models should be multi-, interand trans-disciplinary – Disciplines such as meteorology, ecology, ...
- Wiley Online Library
... under past and future climate change Abstract With rates of climate change exceeding the rate at which many species are able to shift their range or adapt, it is important to understand how future changes are likely to affect biodiversity at all levels of organisation. Understanding past responses a ...
... under past and future climate change Abstract With rates of climate change exceeding the rate at which many species are able to shift their range or adapt, it is important to understand how future changes are likely to affect biodiversity at all levels of organisation. Understanding past responses a ...
L I V E L I H O O D
... Direct impacts include those due to changes in exposure to weather extremes (heat waves, winter cold); increases in other extreme weather events (floods, cyclones, storm-surges, droughts); and increased production of air pollutants and aeroallergens (spores and moulds). Additionally - vector-borne ...
... Direct impacts include those due to changes in exposure to weather extremes (heat waves, winter cold); increases in other extreme weather events (floods, cyclones, storm-surges, droughts); and increased production of air pollutants and aeroallergens (spores and moulds). Additionally - vector-borne ...
Read the Backgrounder on why Fossil Fuel
... Canada has seen increases in extreme weather-related events due to climate change, although the impacts on Canadians have so far been buffered by our financial ability to rescue those affected, and to rebuild. In 2013, Alberta and Toronto had all-time record floods, with a combined cost of over $7 b ...
... Canada has seen increases in extreme weather-related events due to climate change, although the impacts on Canadians have so far been buffered by our financial ability to rescue those affected, and to rebuild. In 2013, Alberta and Toronto had all-time record floods, with a combined cost of over $7 b ...
Climate change and global justice
... important details in the debates that have been occurring, but I shall point to a few areas where those debates are important to the concerns of justice and climate change. The kind of justice in philosophical debates about global justice that is relevant to our theme is best thought of as social ju ...
... important details in the debates that have been occurring, but I shall point to a few areas where those debates are important to the concerns of justice and climate change. The kind of justice in philosophical debates about global justice that is relevant to our theme is best thought of as social ju ...