Climate Change as a Cultural and Behavioral Issue
... energy‐inefficient appliances, despite the implications for future energy costs. The fact is that many well informed, educated consumers do not take advantage of some of the most simple energy efficiency opportunities – such as energy efficient lighting – which often provide return on investment ...
... energy‐inefficient appliances, despite the implications for future energy costs. The fact is that many well informed, educated consumers do not take advantage of some of the most simple energy efficiency opportunities – such as energy efficient lighting – which often provide return on investment ...
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... inevitable that climate change will play an even larger role in the coming decades and beyond (Rose and McCarl, 2008) as well as a creating a need for a degree of adaptation. There are also likely to be increasing calls for mitigation efforts plus there is the emergence of state level GHG emissions ...
... inevitable that climate change will play an even larger role in the coming decades and beyond (Rose and McCarl, 2008) as well as a creating a need for a degree of adaptation. There are also likely to be increasing calls for mitigation efforts plus there is the emergence of state level GHG emissions ...
European atmosphere in 2050, a regional
... to explore the impact on air quality of incremental changes in European emissions over the next couple of decades. However the robustness of these optimisation tools for longerterm projections is challenged by externalities such as the global burden of pollution and the expected increase of ozone po ...
... to explore the impact on air quality of incremental changes in European emissions over the next couple of decades. However the robustness of these optimisation tools for longerterm projections is challenged by externalities such as the global burden of pollution and the expected increase of ozone po ...
Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks
... 7.1.1 Issues of Continuing Interest Examples of some processes in the climate system and its components that have been dealt with in the Second Assessment Report (IPCC, 1996) (hereafter SAR) and still are important topics of progress: • The hydrological cycle. Progress has been made in all aspects o ...
... 7.1.1 Issues of Continuing Interest Examples of some processes in the climate system and its components that have been dealt with in the Second Assessment Report (IPCC, 1996) (hereafter SAR) and still are important topics of progress: • The hydrological cycle. Progress has been made in all aspects o ...
Global Challenges - Part 3
... stand-alone, will help with understanding of what processes can change the composition of the atmosphere. It is important in this section for learners to be aware of the current composition of the atmosphere. It is very common for the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere to be overestimated, and f ...
... stand-alone, will help with understanding of what processes can change the composition of the atmosphere. It is important in this section for learners to be aware of the current composition of the atmosphere. It is very common for the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere to be overestimated, and f ...
Phillip_Staddon___Winter_Mortality
... Whether this is a real trend or not is debatable… Nonetheless it is something worth considering in the light of climate change. Future increases in day-to-day temperature volatility could cause relative EWD to rise again, despite moderate general winter warming ...
... Whether this is a real trend or not is debatable… Nonetheless it is something worth considering in the light of climate change. Future increases in day-to-day temperature volatility could cause relative EWD to rise again, despite moderate general winter warming ...
Modelling the impacts of weather and climate variability on crop
... plot, with relatively high input data requirements. There is a substantial mismatch between spatial and temporal scales of available data and crop simulation models (Hansen and Jones, 2000; Challinor et al., 2004). Different input scales can produce very different simulated yield impacts (Mearns et ...
... plot, with relatively high input data requirements. There is a substantial mismatch between spatial and temporal scales of available data and crop simulation models (Hansen and Jones, 2000; Challinor et al., 2004). Different input scales can produce very different simulated yield impacts (Mearns et ...
PDF - sudan academy of sciences
... population to simulate adoption and impacts of a new technology or change in environmental conditions (Seth, 2012). TOA-MD model was used to assess the impact of technology and climate changes using economic, environmental and social indicators. Claessens et al. (2012) pointed that this model has be ...
... population to simulate adoption and impacts of a new technology or change in environmental conditions (Seth, 2012). TOA-MD model was used to assess the impact of technology and climate changes using economic, environmental and social indicators. Claessens et al. (2012) pointed that this model has be ...
The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources
... • Four subject areas and three working groups • 100 – 200 scientists nominated and selected for each report (representing the best in the field and from all world regions) • Multiple scientific and government review of each report • Consensus decision by the IPCC plenary on each report • Accepted ba ...
... • Four subject areas and three working groups • 100 – 200 scientists nominated and selected for each report (representing the best in the field and from all world regions) • Multiple scientific and government review of each report • Consensus decision by the IPCC plenary on each report • Accepted ba ...
Global climate change impacts on Australia`s wheat crops
... gross linkages between these factors within the climate scenario envelopes described below. ...
... gross linkages between these factors within the climate scenario envelopes described below. ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... activity are causing global warming.2 Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years ever recorded since global surface temperatures are measured, i.e. since 1850.3 Over the last 100 years, global surface temperature has increased by 0.74°C.4 Sea level has risen by 17 cm during the 20t ...
... activity are causing global warming.2 Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years ever recorded since global surface temperatures are measured, i.e. since 1850.3 Over the last 100 years, global surface temperature has increased by 0.74°C.4 Sea level has risen by 17 cm during the 20t ...
space and climate change
... the United Nations, emphasized climate change as the “defining challenge of our time”. As highlighted in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3 overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that climate change will threaten economic growth and long-term ...
... the United Nations, emphasized climate change as the “defining challenge of our time”. As highlighted in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3 overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that climate change will threaten economic growth and long-term ...
Model United Nations Climate Conference - FN
... emission and global warming. A report was published in 1990 that highlighted the link between human greenhouse gas emission and global warming. This report was highly influential (indflydelsesrig). It received international attention and prompted states to create the United Nations Framework Convent ...
... emission and global warming. A report was published in 1990 that highlighted the link between human greenhouse gas emission and global warming. This report was highly influential (indflydelsesrig). It received international attention and prompted states to create the United Nations Framework Convent ...
strawman_ccac_plan_of_action_103108
... (2) The potential impact of climate change on human health, the economy and the management of economic risk, forests, wildlife, fisheries, recreation, agriculture and tourism in this Commonwealth and any significant uncertainties about the impact of climate change. (3) Economic opportunities for thi ...
... (2) The potential impact of climate change on human health, the economy and the management of economic risk, forests, wildlife, fisheries, recreation, agriculture and tourism in this Commonwealth and any significant uncertainties about the impact of climate change. (3) Economic opportunities for thi ...
The Sensitivity of Central European Mountain Forests to Scenarios
... Another problem is that the adaptation potential of forests can not be measured directly. Therefore it was concluded that a set of indicators of the adaptation potential of current forests to changing climatic conditions extended over shortto longterm temporal scales can provide a reasonable basis f ...
... Another problem is that the adaptation potential of forests can not be measured directly. Therefore it was concluded that a set of indicators of the adaptation potential of current forests to changing climatic conditions extended over shortto longterm temporal scales can provide a reasonable basis f ...
Word - Nature Works Everywhere
... Climate is how the atmosphere behaves over a long period of time. When talking about climate scientists usually refer to the averages of precipitation, temperature, and other factors that occur over a long period of time in a particular place. Climate change refers to changes in these longterm daily ...
... Climate is how the atmosphere behaves over a long period of time. When talking about climate scientists usually refer to the averages of precipitation, temperature, and other factors that occur over a long period of time in a particular place. Climate change refers to changes in these longterm daily ...
Parallels in reactionary argumentation in the US congressional
... droughts, hurricanes and precipitation levels; changes in biodiversity; increased human morbidity and premature mortality; and human migration. What makes climate change pre-eminently a moral issue is that due to the inertia of the climatic system the bulk of impacts of climate change will clearly n ...
... droughts, hurricanes and precipitation levels; changes in biodiversity; increased human morbidity and premature mortality; and human migration. What makes climate change pre-eminently a moral issue is that due to the inertia of the climatic system the bulk of impacts of climate change will clearly n ...
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... period (2008-2012) of the Kyoto Protocol (e.g. the EU-ETS), only afforestation and reforestation (AR) in developing countries are recognized as REDD+ activities for which carbon credits can be accumulated. Measures of deforestation avoidance (AD) are, in fact, excluded from the picture, in order to ...
... period (2008-2012) of the Kyoto Protocol (e.g. the EU-ETS), only afforestation and reforestation (AR) in developing countries are recognized as REDD+ activities for which carbon credits can be accumulated. Measures of deforestation avoidance (AD) are, in fact, excluded from the picture, in order to ...
Climate change innovation jobs (opens in new window)
... than compensated by new jobs in the economy at large. The latter would emerge as firms in nonenergy industries benefit from improved energy productivity and rising disposable incomes – a development that would be carried by annual output gains of about 0.4% and 0.9% of GDP in 2010 and 2020, respecti ...
... than compensated by new jobs in the economy at large. The latter would emerge as firms in nonenergy industries benefit from improved energy productivity and rising disposable incomes – a development that would be carried by annual output gains of about 0.4% and 0.9% of GDP in 2010 and 2020, respecti ...
Changes in species` distributions during and after environmental
... If the details incorporated in the model make little difference to the range-shifting dynamics, then it would suggest that simple statistical pattern-matching models could reasonably be used to predict responses to climate change, or at least that simple unstructured, fixed-parameter, nonevolutionar ...
... If the details incorporated in the model make little difference to the range-shifting dynamics, then it would suggest that simple statistical pattern-matching models could reasonably be used to predict responses to climate change, or at least that simple unstructured, fixed-parameter, nonevolutionar ...
Wildlife - Province of British Columbia
... edge of their range (Channel and Lomolino 2000a, Parmesan et al. 1999). In North America, species’ ranges typically collapse from the east to the west and from the south to the north. This pattern has been seen for ungulates and carnivores (Figure 1) and is increasingly being seen for other species ...
... edge of their range (Channel and Lomolino 2000a, Parmesan et al. 1999). In North America, species’ ranges typically collapse from the east to the west and from the south to the north. This pattern has been seen for ungulates and carnivores (Figure 1) and is increasingly being seen for other species ...
- Wiley Online Library
... The socioeconomic value of better understanding the ECS is well documented. If the ECS were well below 1.5 K, climate change would be a less serious problem. The stakes are much higher for the upper bound. If the ECS were above 4.5 K, immediate and severe reductions of greenhouse gas emissions would ...
... The socioeconomic value of better understanding the ECS is well documented. If the ECS were well below 1.5 K, climate change would be a less serious problem. The stakes are much higher for the upper bound. If the ECS were above 4.5 K, immediate and severe reductions of greenhouse gas emissions would ...
Positive feedback between future climate change
... temperature to atmospheric CO2 , and the second term represents the overall sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to temperature. In our climate change simulation, the sensitivity of temperature to CO2 gradually decreases from 0.007 K/ppmv at 2 × CO2 to 0.003 K/ppmv at 4 × CO2 (Figure 4a). The CO2 sensitiv ...
... temperature to atmospheric CO2 , and the second term represents the overall sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to temperature. In our climate change simulation, the sensitivity of temperature to CO2 gradually decreases from 0.007 K/ppmv at 2 × CO2 to 0.003 K/ppmv at 4 × CO2 (Figure 4a). The CO2 sensitiv ...
Carbon-Pipelines-Affirmative---Supplement---NDI-2012
... percent five years before. Ir 2009, 44 percent of U.S. foreign trade by value was moved by vessel, up from 42 percent five yean earlier. In 2009. 6,996 oceangoing vessels made 55,560 calls at U.S. ports. The pipeline infrastructure, comprised of over 168,000 miles of liquid pipelines and 217,000 mil ...
... percent five years before. Ir 2009, 44 percent of U.S. foreign trade by value was moved by vessel, up from 42 percent five yean earlier. In 2009. 6,996 oceangoing vessels made 55,560 calls at U.S. ports. The pipeline infrastructure, comprised of over 168,000 miles of liquid pipelines and 217,000 mil ...