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 ...
“Venues for Contestation ” within the United Nations Framework
... The UNFCCC has near universal ratification25 the objective of which is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system ...
... The UNFCCC has near universal ratification25 the objective of which is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system ...
Climate Change Action Plan Assessment Report
... During this process Turkey increased its greenhouse gas emissions as a result of it’s carbon intensive growth policies. Turkey’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 showed a 124,2% increase compared to 1990. Turkey thus reached a per capita emission of 5,65 CO2e, growing away from the target of 2 tons ...
... During this process Turkey increased its greenhouse gas emissions as a result of it’s carbon intensive growth policies. Turkey’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 showed a 124,2% increase compared to 1990. Turkey thus reached a per capita emission of 5,65 CO2e, growing away from the target of 2 tons ...
Climate Change and the Environment – Effects of Sea Level Rise on
... Climate Change in relation to sea level rise. Our ability to adapt is still in its embryonic stages with much emphasis being placed on research and understanding the impacts of sea level rise on our infrastructure and environment. What I did observe was that each City we visited was aware of Climate ...
... Climate Change in relation to sea level rise. Our ability to adapt is still in its embryonic stages with much emphasis being placed on research and understanding the impacts of sea level rise on our infrastructure and environment. What I did observe was that each City we visited was aware of Climate ...
Climate change and forced migration
... shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million forced climate migrants by 2050. But repetition does ...
... shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million forced climate migrants by 2050. But repetition does ...
Reducing climate change impacts on agriculture: Global and
... small, or 4.4% of world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2100. In other words, economic growth under mitigation would only be delayed by 2 years compared to the unmitigated case, reaching the same economic output in 2102 rather than in 2100 [29]. Therefore, as a first approximation, the two different ...
... small, or 4.4% of world gross domestic product (GDP) in 2100. In other words, economic growth under mitigation would only be delayed by 2 years compared to the unmitigated case, reaching the same economic output in 2102 rather than in 2100 [29]. Therefore, as a first approximation, the two different ...
Potential near future runoff changes in Croatia
... Ključne riječi: regionalni klimatski model, površinsko otjecanje, klimatske promjene ...
... Ključne riječi: regionalni klimatski model, površinsko otjecanje, klimatske promjene ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... The other two controls are of lesser significance but they influence local climate conditions. Buildings, parking lots, roads, and industrial activities make the urban climate noticeably different from that of surrounding rural areas. On average, Chicago tends to be warmer by 2°F than outlying rural ...
... The other two controls are of lesser significance but they influence local climate conditions. Buildings, parking lots, roads, and industrial activities make the urban climate noticeably different from that of surrounding rural areas. On average, Chicago tends to be warmer by 2°F than outlying rural ...
Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world
... is more rapid at higher elevations but there are a number of studies that show either no relationship or a more complex situation (Table 1). This is particularly true for observational studies, which are in less agreement than model simulations. This may be because most models integrate trends over ...
... is more rapid at higher elevations but there are a number of studies that show either no relationship or a more complex situation (Table 1). This is particularly true for observational studies, which are in less agreement than model simulations. This may be because most models integrate trends over ...
Russia`s greenhouse gas target 2020
... the innovative scenario had been deemed more likely. In January 2014, the Annual Gaidar Economic Forum15 also demonstrated a far more conservative approach to economic development for the coming decades. The 2013 prognosis is that GHG emissions will reach 75 per cent of the 1990 level by 2020, there ...
... the innovative scenario had been deemed more likely. In January 2014, the Annual Gaidar Economic Forum15 also demonstrated a far more conservative approach to economic development for the coming decades. The 2013 prognosis is that GHG emissions will reach 75 per cent of the 1990 level by 2020, there ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our - HAL-Insu
... quite contrasting spatial scales. These new senses of climate-human-environment interaction both clarify and mystify our levels of understanding. Through a growing number of case studies (Dearing et al., 2006a) we gain new insight about the variability of the nature of interactions, but realise that ...
... quite contrasting spatial scales. These new senses of climate-human-environment interaction both clarify and mystify our levels of understanding. Through a growing number of case studies (Dearing et al., 2006a) we gain new insight about the variability of the nature of interactions, but realise that ...
The science of climate change in Africa: impacts and
... mapping and the mapping of human vulnerability) and longrange forecasts, and more funding for research into drought, flood resistance and flood tolerance. Resilience is important at national, regional and local levels, and involves not only technologies, but also appropriate economic policies and in ...
... mapping and the mapping of human vulnerability) and longrange forecasts, and more funding for research into drought, flood resistance and flood tolerance. Resilience is important at national, regional and local levels, and involves not only technologies, but also appropriate economic policies and in ...
Wetland Grasses and Gases: Are Tidal Wetlands Ready for the
... stores have built up over millennia and reflect significant pools of carbon dioxide (CO2) transferred from the atmosphere and sequestered within roots and other organic material. The loss of wetland area, either through erosion or diking, eliminates its ongoing sequestration capacity, and draining w ...
... stores have built up over millennia and reflect significant pools of carbon dioxide (CO2) transferred from the atmosphere and sequestered within roots and other organic material. The loss of wetland area, either through erosion or diking, eliminates its ongoing sequestration capacity, and draining w ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Concepts, Issues
... “double exposure” (O’Brien and Leichenko 2000). This refers to the fact that climate change and globalization are occurring simultaneously, and that regions, sectors, ecosystems and social groups are often confronted by the impacts of both processes. The development of a program on vulnerability and ...
... “double exposure” (O’Brien and Leichenko 2000). This refers to the fact that climate change and globalization are occurring simultaneously, and that regions, sectors, ecosystems and social groups are often confronted by the impacts of both processes. The development of a program on vulnerability and ...
The Great Global Warming Swindle
... at least the past 1300 years. For the Southern Hemisphere, long records of temperatures are more scarce and therefore it is difficult to draw such clear conclusions. The important characteristic about the current warmth is that it is global, whereas many previous warming periods have occurred over ...
... at least the past 1300 years. For the Southern Hemisphere, long records of temperatures are more scarce and therefore it is difficult to draw such clear conclusions. The important characteristic about the current warmth is that it is global, whereas many previous warming periods have occurred over ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
Monitoring - Australian Institute of Alpine Studies
... Again, the ability to communicate rapidly, together with the enthusiasm of members allowed an iterative process that led to the production of this report in just over three weeks. It may have some drawbacks, for example not all publications could be checked for their relevance, and the dates and loc ...
... Again, the ability to communicate rapidly, together with the enthusiasm of members allowed an iterative process that led to the production of this report in just over three weeks. It may have some drawbacks, for example not all publications could be checked for their relevance, and the dates and loc ...
4_4_Human_health_revised_checked - Eionet Forum
... The WHO Regional Office for Europe works on climate change and health since 1997. The activities include the assessment of the health effects, the development of measures to protect population health from climate change and to integrate health in climate change related policies. WHO has developed nu ...
... The WHO Regional Office for Europe works on climate change and health since 1997. The activities include the assessment of the health effects, the development of measures to protect population health from climate change and to integrate health in climate change related policies. WHO has developed nu ...
Drivers for the renaissance of coal
... intensity above the average of the current energy mix will have a positive contribution, and a decreasing share of an energy carrier with a carbon intensity below average would have the opposite effect. On the global level, increasing shares of nuclear energy (particularly driven by OECD countries) ...
... intensity above the average of the current energy mix will have a positive contribution, and a decreasing share of an energy carrier with a carbon intensity below average would have the opposite effect. On the global level, increasing shares of nuclear energy (particularly driven by OECD countries) ...
Air Pollution, Climate Disruption, and Ozone Depletion
... • Climate is determined by the average weather conditions of the earth or of a particular area, especially temperature and precipitation, over periods of at least three decades to thousands of years. • One or two warmer or colder years or decades can result simply from changes in the weather; don’t ...
... • Climate is determined by the average weather conditions of the earth or of a particular area, especially temperature and precipitation, over periods of at least three decades to thousands of years. • One or two warmer or colder years or decades can result simply from changes in the weather; don’t ...
Thanks Jim - International Biochar Initiative
... IBI Announces Success in Having Biochar Considered as a Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Tool POZNAN, Poland, December 10, 2008 – The International Biochar Initiative (IBI) announces that the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has submitted a proposal to include bioc ...
... IBI Announces Success in Having Biochar Considered as a Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Tool POZNAN, Poland, December 10, 2008 – The International Biochar Initiative (IBI) announces that the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has submitted a proposal to include bioc ...
Energy and Climate Change Element
... lighting, heating and cooling. Studies show that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and other human activities contribute significantly to global warming. In addition to growing global, national and local concern over potential impacts of fossil fuel use and their impacts on overall environm ...
... lighting, heating and cooling. Studies show that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and other human activities contribute significantly to global warming. In addition to growing global, national and local concern over potential impacts of fossil fuel use and their impacts on overall environm ...
In Defense of Emissions Egalitarianism?
... proviso is clearly violated regarding the appropriation of the earth’s sink capacity (cf. Schüssler, 2011, Bovens, 2011). However, one could further questions (P2) by claiming that instead of the atmosphere the totality of all global commons is owned by everyone equally (cf. Caney, 2012: 268-271). A ...
... proviso is clearly violated regarding the appropriation of the earth’s sink capacity (cf. Schüssler, 2011, Bovens, 2011). However, one could further questions (P2) by claiming that instead of the atmosphere the totality of all global commons is owned by everyone equally (cf. Caney, 2012: 268-271). A ...
What do stakeholders need to manage for climate change
... As shown in Table 1a, b, fifty-five documents were ultimately selected on the criteria mentioned above to be included in our analysis, spanning 14 years (data collection for 2011 does not represent a full year as we stopped data collection in May of 2011). Table 1a shows that relatively few document ...
... As shown in Table 1a, b, fifty-five documents were ultimately selected on the criteria mentioned above to be included in our analysis, spanning 14 years (data collection for 2011 does not represent a full year as we stopped data collection in May of 2011). Table 1a shows that relatively few document ...
As part of this CSL proposal, each working group has generated
... Climate System Model (CCSM), in large part through its access to and use of the Climate Simulation Laboratory (CSL) computing facilities. CCSM output, for instance, has been used in many hundreds of peer-reviewed studies to better understand the processes and mechanisms responsible for climate varia ...
... Climate System Model (CCSM), in large part through its access to and use of the Climate Simulation Laboratory (CSL) computing facilities. CCSM output, for instance, has been used in many hundreds of peer-reviewed studies to better understand the processes and mechanisms responsible for climate varia ...