The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change
... Earth’s atmosphere, and everything we do that consumes energy derived from fossil fuels impacts the atmosphere and ultimately the oceans, biosphere, and geosphere. The agricultural and technological activities of the rapidly expanding species Homo sapiens are having increasingly profound effects on ...
... Earth’s atmosphere, and everything we do that consumes energy derived from fossil fuels impacts the atmosphere and ultimately the oceans, biosphere, and geosphere. The agricultural and technological activities of the rapidly expanding species Homo sapiens are having increasingly profound effects on ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... leadership role in developing the consortium partnership network. The NDCA has a strong record within the watersheds of using integrated watershed management approaches to find solutions to difficult problems and working collaboratively for the benefit of the watershed residents. The Governance mode ...
... leadership role in developing the consortium partnership network. The NDCA has a strong record within the watersheds of using integrated watershed management approaches to find solutions to difficult problems and working collaboratively for the benefit of the watershed residents. The Governance mode ...
Lost in the problem: the role of boundary organisations in the
... work: they indicate that scientists and policymakers in their coordination efforts have ignored relevant demarcation issues. The evidence of dual participation, dual accountability and use of boundary objects can also be used to assess conditions under which creating credible, legitimate and salient ...
... work: they indicate that scientists and policymakers in their coordination efforts have ignored relevant demarcation issues. The evidence of dual participation, dual accountability and use of boundary objects can also be used to assess conditions under which creating credible, legitimate and salient ...
paper - World Bank Group
... people were killed in the town of Gonaives alone. The toll was higher in Haiti because of the extent of poverty and environmental destruction has denuded hillsides of trees and left millions of people in vulnerable slums. Further, governance problems, low levels of finance and a limited disaster res ...
... people were killed in the town of Gonaives alone. The toll was higher in Haiti because of the extent of poverty and environmental destruction has denuded hillsides of trees and left millions of people in vulnerable slums. Further, governance problems, low levels of finance and a limited disaster res ...
Climate Change and Health in Scotland
... It is probable that direct impacts of climate change on health in Scotland can be almost entirely countered by public health policies. The most significant impacts are changing patterns of temperature-related mortality, increased incidence of respiratory, water-borne and food-borne diseases and the ...
... It is probable that direct impacts of climate change on health in Scotland can be almost entirely countered by public health policies. The most significant impacts are changing patterns of temperature-related mortality, increased incidence of respiratory, water-borne and food-borne diseases and the ...
Assessing Effects of Variation in Global Climate Data Sets on Spatial
... degree of ecological specialization, allowing us to test performance and predictions of CEMs across a range of ecological contexts. We selected these species because their precarious status in the United States makes them likely candidates for vulnerability assessments (USFWS 2010), for which climat ...
... degree of ecological specialization, allowing us to test performance and predictions of CEMs across a range of ecological contexts. We selected these species because their precarious status in the United States makes them likely candidates for vulnerability assessments (USFWS 2010), for which climat ...
A Summary of Climate Change Risks for London
... The assessment considered population growth, where relevant, but did not quantify the impacts of other societal changes on future risks, for example due to economic growth, or developments in new technologies, or the full range of planned and potential future Government policies or private sector ad ...
... The assessment considered population growth, where relevant, but did not quantify the impacts of other societal changes on future risks, for example due to economic growth, or developments in new technologies, or the full range of planned and potential future Government policies or private sector ad ...
Chapter 2: International Legal Approaches: Treaties and Non
... The primary treaty regime on climate change follows a “framework-protocol” model. The UNFCCC establishes a broad framework for making international progress on climate change, with an understanding that subsequent protocols negotiated under its auspices will provide more specific commitments. Under ...
... The primary treaty regime on climate change follows a “framework-protocol” model. The UNFCCC establishes a broad framework for making international progress on climate change, with an understanding that subsequent protocols negotiated under its auspices will provide more specific commitments. Under ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... 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 ...
PDF - Boston University
... There can be little doubt that international marine shipping is contributing to climate change in an increasing capacity, but what is being done to address these substantial emissions? Although aviation and marine shipping are the only sectors to be specifically included in climate change agreements ...
... There can be little doubt that international marine shipping is contributing to climate change in an increasing capacity, but what is being done to address these substantial emissions? Although aviation and marine shipping are the only sectors to be specifically included in climate change agreements ...
Climate and Carbon Cycle
... the greenhouse gases are a key element leading to an increase in global temperatures (Fig. 2.3; IPCC 2007). The impact of anthropogenic greenhouse gases began around 8,000 years ago (Ruddiman 2005). Starting from then the natural variability of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has no longer corre ...
... the greenhouse gases are a key element leading to an increase in global temperatures (Fig. 2.3; IPCC 2007). The impact of anthropogenic greenhouse gases began around 8,000 years ago (Ruddiman 2005). Starting from then the natural variability of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has no longer corre ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... cannot be modeled through standard Gaussian centered distributions. Fat tails are a crucial element of representation of uncertainty. Indeed, the more we fail to act against climate change, the fatter the tails. Inaction is playing as a positive feedback loop against the stability of the climate sys ...
... cannot be modeled through standard Gaussian centered distributions. Fat tails are a crucial element of representation of uncertainty. Indeed, the more we fail to act against climate change, the fatter the tails. Inaction is playing as a positive feedback loop against the stability of the climate sys ...
Bias corrections of global models for regional climate simulations
... correcting the boundaries in RCM simulations of highimpact weather. The environments for Atlantic tropical cyclones and North American summer precipitation and temperatures are used as examples, but the results are applicable to a wide range of weather extremes. In Sect. 2.2 a bias correction method ...
... correcting the boundaries in RCM simulations of highimpact weather. The environments for Atlantic tropical cyclones and North American summer precipitation and temperatures are used as examples, but the results are applicable to a wide range of weather extremes. In Sect. 2.2 a bias correction method ...
Climate-change lore and its implications for
... construct and reinforce worldviews in populations in which they circulate and ‘provide us with coherent and convincing explanations of complex events’. One of the characteristic that distinguishes lore from urban legend (from traditional lolklore) is the means of dissemination. Typically an urban le ...
... construct and reinforce worldviews in populations in which they circulate and ‘provide us with coherent and convincing explanations of complex events’. One of the characteristic that distinguishes lore from urban legend (from traditional lolklore) is the means of dissemination. Typically an urban le ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... necessary. As explained, a regional approach is important for at least two reasons. First, many climate challenges involve either transboundary resources such as waterways or the transboundary movement of resources, including people, which cannot be addressed by one nation alone. In these cases, wor ...
... necessary. As explained, a regional approach is important for at least two reasons. First, many climate challenges involve either transboundary resources such as waterways or the transboundary movement of resources, including people, which cannot be addressed by one nation alone. In these cases, wor ...
detailed chapter
... many major crops increased. Crops showing generally positive results include cotton,corn for grain and silage,soybeans,sorghum,barley, sugar beets, and citrus fruits. Pastures also showed increased productivity. For other crops including wheat, rice, oats,hay, sugar cane,potatoes,and tomatoes,yields ...
... many major crops increased. Crops showing generally positive results include cotton,corn for grain and silage,soybeans,sorghum,barley, sugar beets, and citrus fruits. Pastures also showed increased productivity. For other crops including wheat, rice, oats,hay, sugar cane,potatoes,and tomatoes,yields ...
Overlooked and Neglected Issues in Climate Change Studies: The Need for a
... claimed that by the year 2100 the only place where humans will be able to survive will be the Arctic. In a forthcoming book, The Revenge of Gaia, Lovelock warns that attempts to reduce levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may already be too late. ...
... claimed that by the year 2100 the only place where humans will be able to survive will be the Arctic. In a forthcoming book, The Revenge of Gaia, Lovelock warns that attempts to reduce levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may already be too late. ...
Considerations for Addressing Climate Change
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
Towards threshold-based management of freshwater ecosystems in
... This restoration is usually not instantaneous. It often requires the control-variable to decrease to a level substantially below the threshold, which is a phenomenon, referred to as ecosystem hysteresis (Scheffer et al., 2001). However, if ecosystem thresholds are crossed and restored periodically ( ...
... This restoration is usually not instantaneous. It often requires the control-variable to decrease to a level substantially below the threshold, which is a phenomenon, referred to as ecosystem hysteresis (Scheffer et al., 2001). However, if ecosystem thresholds are crossed and restored periodically ( ...
Science Communication - Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
... communities should be refined by looking at differences within the community, for example, a hierarchy between opinion leaders and followers. The concept of interpretive community may thus include journalists, sources, and audience members who are united around certain interpretations on a broader i ...
... communities should be refined by looking at differences within the community, for example, a hierarchy between opinion leaders and followers. The concept of interpretive community may thus include journalists, sources, and audience members who are united around certain interpretations on a broader i ...
Science Communication Research
... ! Strategies that scientists can adopt for establishing and maintaining trust among members of the public and policymakers. ! Strategies for identifying and recruiting everyday opinion-‐leaders who are highly skille ...
... ! Strategies that scientists can adopt for establishing and maintaining trust among members of the public and policymakers. ! Strategies for identifying and recruiting everyday opinion-‐leaders who are highly skille ...
How do recent population trends matter to climate change?
... For illustrative purposes, we use the case of a hypothetical community with a population of 100,000, with 50% living in urban areas. Per capita greenhouse gas emissions for the urban and rural populations are 20 and 10 units respectively, and this difference will remain constant for the future (Tabl ...
... For illustrative purposes, we use the case of a hypothetical community with a population of 100,000, with 50% living in urban areas. Per capita greenhouse gas emissions for the urban and rural populations are 20 and 10 units respectively, and this difference will remain constant for the future (Tabl ...
Implamentation Plan - European Soil Database
... Quantify the impact of defined changes in land use on carbon sequestration in soils with a view to assisting in the formulation of improved policies to optimise resource use in the four case study countries Brazil, India, Jordan and Kenya ...
... Quantify the impact of defined changes in land use on carbon sequestration in soils with a view to assisting in the formulation of improved policies to optimise resource use in the four case study countries Brazil, India, Jordan and Kenya ...