Corporate Social Responsibility, Negative Externalities
... These studies all share a common focus on the effects of firm-specific negative events. However, when considering ecological and social issues, there are not always discrete negative events that can be attributed to individual companies. Instead, many environmental and social issues develop over tim ...
... These studies all share a common focus on the effects of firm-specific negative events. However, when considering ecological and social issues, there are not always discrete negative events that can be attributed to individual companies. Instead, many environmental and social issues develop over tim ...
Case Study The Belgian coast
... research for ICZM, Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), legal aspects of adaptation strategies for coastal zones, coastal zone legislation, International and European Environmental and Biodiversity Law etc.. A good collaboration between MDK and MI ...
... research for ICZM, Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), legal aspects of adaptation strategies for coastal zones, coastal zone legislation, International and European Environmental and Biodiversity Law etc.. A good collaboration between MDK and MI ...
Evidence for carbon dioxide and moisture interactions from the leaf
... “CO2–water synergy”. Synergy indicates a result which is contributed solely by the joint action of two or more factors. In addition, particularly these CO2–water synergies may emerge at different spatial scales. GCMs rely on a relatively coarse grid-interval of the order of 100-km, which necessitate ...
... “CO2–water synergy”. Synergy indicates a result which is contributed solely by the joint action of two or more factors. In addition, particularly these CO2–water synergies may emerge at different spatial scales. GCMs rely on a relatively coarse grid-interval of the order of 100-km, which necessitate ...
Ecosystem Carbon Storage Across the Grassland–Forest Transition
... altitude, the puna was replaced by a transition zone of 0.5–2.0 m high shrubs of genera including the dominants Baccharis (Asteraceae), Hypericum (Hypericaceae), Lycopodium (Lycopodiaceae), Hesperomeles (Rosaceae), Brachyotum (Melastomataceae), and Escallonia (Escalloniaceae). The shrubs had an aver ...
... altitude, the puna was replaced by a transition zone of 0.5–2.0 m high shrubs of genera including the dominants Baccharis (Asteraceae), Hypericum (Hypericaceae), Lycopodium (Lycopodiaceae), Hesperomeles (Rosaceae), Brachyotum (Melastomataceae), and Escallonia (Escalloniaceae). The shrubs had an aver ...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate
... Lorenzoni et al. (2007) define engagement as a “personal state of connection” with an issue (in their analysis, climate change) – not just knowing about the issue or being part of policy processes, but actually caring and being motivated and able to take action. That distinction may help explain the ...
... Lorenzoni et al. (2007) define engagement as a “personal state of connection” with an issue (in their analysis, climate change) – not just knowing about the issue or being part of policy processes, but actually caring and being motivated and able to take action. That distinction may help explain the ...
Vulnerability and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: Current
... Tension exists between the need to conduct global analyses of climate change and the likely highly differentiated small-scale impacts of climate change. Because of the global nature of the issue—neither greenhouse gas concentrations nor global climate are regional or local phenomena—studies of green ...
... Tension exists between the need to conduct global analyses of climate change and the likely highly differentiated small-scale impacts of climate change. Because of the global nature of the issue—neither greenhouse gas concentrations nor global climate are regional or local phenomena—studies of green ...
Framing the flood: a media analysis of themes of resilience in the
... Morse 2007; Nisbet and Feldman 2011). As a source of social data, newspaper articles have a number of advantages. They provide data that are easily accessible and have high spatial and temporal resolution, through a method that is non-intrusive, allowing a sensitive, ethical approach to eliciting pe ...
... Morse 2007; Nisbet and Feldman 2011). As a source of social data, newspaper articles have a number of advantages. They provide data that are easily accessible and have high spatial and temporal resolution, through a method that is non-intrusive, allowing a sensitive, ethical approach to eliciting pe ...
Bringin Adaptation to Ground in British Columbia
... network have fewer non-climate stressors, which adds to their ecological resiliency and capacity to conserve biodiversity. It will benefit the Province to manage these lands in close cooperation with other managers of Crown and private land to maintain options for movement and reorganization of ecos ...
... network have fewer non-climate stressors, which adds to their ecological resiliency and capacity to conserve biodiversity. It will benefit the Province to manage these lands in close cooperation with other managers of Crown and private land to maintain options for movement and reorganization of ecos ...
Climate Programme for Finnish Agriculture - Maa
... food production and responsible consumption. By improving sustainability in a comprehensive way it is also possible to increase the profitability of production. The objective is to improve energy and material efficiency and reduce emissions per litre or kilo of production. The array of technology so ...
... food production and responsible consumption. By improving sustainability in a comprehensive way it is also possible to increase the profitability of production. The objective is to improve energy and material efficiency and reduce emissions per litre or kilo of production. The array of technology so ...
The Climate Change Tort Suits
... Force led to a different phasing of its work: – Phase I: Apply BACT for GHGs in the same manner as conventional pollutants? – Phase II: Craft new approach for BACT for GHGs, even if inconsistent with “traditional” BACT? – Interim Phase I Report, issued January 25, 2010, discusses issues related to B ...
... Force led to a different phasing of its work: – Phase I: Apply BACT for GHGs in the same manner as conventional pollutants? – Phase II: Craft new approach for BACT for GHGs, even if inconsistent with “traditional” BACT? – Interim Phase I Report, issued January 25, 2010, discusses issues related to B ...
The role of unstated mistrust and disparities in scientifi c capacity
... The above knowledge gap reflects a more general lack of critical, empirical investigation at the nexus of science, technology and politics in general and in environmental politics in particular (Jasanoff 1996; Jasanoff 2004). The knowledge gap is particularly acute when it comes to less developed c ...
... The above knowledge gap reflects a more general lack of critical, empirical investigation at the nexus of science, technology and politics in general and in environmental politics in particular (Jasanoff 1996; Jasanoff 2004). The knowledge gap is particularly acute when it comes to less developed c ...
Niger`s INDC
... process and use of solvents; and waste management. For more than three decades Niger has made important investments related to reducing vulnerability to climate change, particularly with projects implementing the Maradi commitment (1984) to combat desertification. Although the results of these inven ...
... process and use of solvents; and waste management. For more than three decades Niger has made important investments related to reducing vulnerability to climate change, particularly with projects implementing the Maradi commitment (1984) to combat desertification. Although the results of these inven ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
... field trials that have been undertaken have given mixed results. In one early trial, iron dumped into the South Atlantic did indeed trigger a plankton bloom. However, most of the additional plankton was eaten by a swarm of shrimp before it reached the bottom of the ocean. Ocean seeding, as with all ...
... field trials that have been undertaken have given mixed results. In one early trial, iron dumped into the South Atlantic did indeed trigger a plankton bloom. However, most of the additional plankton was eaten by a swarm of shrimp before it reached the bottom of the ocean. Ocean seeding, as with all ...
California Climate Extremes Workshop Report Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, CA
... reliability of surface or ground water was cited as an area of concern by farmers, and an economic analysis explored the implications of changes in water delivered to the Central Valley. Floods affect aquatic ecosystems and have enormous economic impacts; over the period 1993-2007, floods generated ...
... reliability of surface or ground water was cited as an area of concern by farmers, and an economic analysis explored the implications of changes in water delivered to the Central Valley. Floods affect aquatic ecosystems and have enormous economic impacts; over the period 1993-2007, floods generated ...
BODY PARAGRAPHS
... and, by so doing, she gives respect to the reader and to the issue at hand. 10 ■ In conclusion, the chapter by Oreskes is one very important given that its importance and topic of global warming. The author teaches the readers about the scientists’ believes on the climate change and shows much evide ...
... and, by so doing, she gives respect to the reader and to the issue at hand. 10 ■ In conclusion, the chapter by Oreskes is one very important given that its importance and topic of global warming. The author teaches the readers about the scientists’ believes on the climate change and shows much evide ...
Planning for Climate Change in the West
... planet’s average temperature, which in turn affect precipitation and wind patterns. The scientific consensus is now clear that the climate is changing, based on long-term observations of global indicators that demonstrate increasing temperatures across the planet. An improving understanding of ...
... planet’s average temperature, which in turn affect precipitation and wind patterns. The scientific consensus is now clear that the climate is changing, based on long-term observations of global indicators that demonstrate increasing temperatures across the planet. An improving understanding of ...
Chapter 3: The Global Warming Debate PDF
... The second is arctic methane gas fifty times more potent that CO2, currently frozen into the Tundra. As the ice melts, the gas is released, triggering more warming and more atmospheric methane. Ocean acidification, the third danger point, involves the health of the seas. As carbon dioxide sinks into ...
... The second is arctic methane gas fifty times more potent that CO2, currently frozen into the Tundra. As the ice melts, the gas is released, triggering more warming and more atmospheric methane. Ocean acidification, the third danger point, involves the health of the seas. As carbon dioxide sinks into ...
as a PDF
... conditions; and that the accumulation of a series of step-like social changes in the short term leads to adaptation to climate change in the long term. If this is the case, the rate of societal adaptation would then change with the change in frequency of such initiating climate events. For example, ...
... conditions; and that the accumulation of a series of step-like social changes in the short term leads to adaptation to climate change in the long term. If this is the case, the rate of societal adaptation would then change with the change in frequency of such initiating climate events. For example, ...
Community Climate Petition to the House of Representatives
... What is this petition about? This petition calls on the Australian Government to take stronger action to reduce our emissions, transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy, and support our poorest and most vulnerable neighbours as they face the increasing impacts of climate change. ...
... What is this petition about? This petition calls on the Australian Government to take stronger action to reduce our emissions, transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy, and support our poorest and most vulnerable neighbours as they face the increasing impacts of climate change. ...
Understanding By Design Unit Template
... Students could then design a solution to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide added by human activity. The design process may need to be broken down into logical steps that can be approached systematically, and decisions about the priority of certain criteria over others should be considered throug ...
... Students could then design a solution to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide added by human activity. The design process may need to be broken down into logical steps that can be approached systematically, and decisions about the priority of certain criteria over others should be considered throug ...
showing AIT - Department for Education
... been presented in ways that may be confusing or distracting. Climate change is in fact not one subject but a number of interwoven themes that together create an overall picture. Breaking down those themes and understanding and interpreting those facts can be confusing for all of us, especially young ...
... been presented in ways that may be confusing or distracting. Climate change is in fact not one subject but a number of interwoven themes that together create an overall picture. Breaking down those themes and understanding and interpreting those facts can be confusing for all of us, especially young ...
Climate Change - EPA
... has experienced an average warming of about 0.9°C. It is now more than 90% certain that observed increases in global temperature are caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The projected effects of this warming include changing rainfall patterns, rising sea levels and increased evaporation. These effect ...
... has experienced an average warming of about 0.9°C. It is now more than 90% certain that observed increases in global temperature are caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The projected effects of this warming include changing rainfall patterns, rising sea levels and increased evaporation. These effect ...
CHAPTER 9 POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
... The region has seen several decades of rapid population and economic growth. Population has nearly doubled since 1970,a growth rate almost twice the national average. Growth has been strongly concentrated in the major western metropolitan areas and in the smaller but fast-growing inland cities of Bo ...
... The region has seen several decades of rapid population and economic growth. Population has nearly doubled since 1970,a growth rate almost twice the national average. Growth has been strongly concentrated in the major western metropolitan areas and in the smaller but fast-growing inland cities of Bo ...
world climate programme
... Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). The GFCS has evolved over recent years as a Framework through which all stakeholders (including UN agencies, research and academic organizations, etc) could work together to address the concerns, amongst people, communities, ...
... Framework for Climate Services (GFCS). The GFCS has evolved over recent years as a Framework through which all stakeholders (including UN agencies, research and academic organizations, etc) could work together to address the concerns, amongst people, communities, ...