American Indians, Climate Change, and Ethics for a Warming World
... reflected back into the atmosphere.5 The atmosphere is a global commons; no matter where in the world you are, your emissions contribute to its increasing insulating properties. Further, the atmosphere cannot be compartmentalized. For example, the fact that the United States has the highest historic ...
... reflected back into the atmosphere.5 The atmosphere is a global commons; no matter where in the world you are, your emissions contribute to its increasing insulating properties. Further, the atmosphere cannot be compartmentalized. For example, the fact that the United States has the highest historic ...
1st PDCI Conference Report - Practitioners` Dialogue on Climate
... In her introduction to the 1st Practitioners’ Dialogue on Climate Investments, Monica Jones, moderator at Deutsche Welle TV highlighted the need to mobilize private climate investments in the context of sustainable and low-carbon growth. In order to deliver low-carbon and climate-resilient solutions ...
... In her introduction to the 1st Practitioners’ Dialogue on Climate Investments, Monica Jones, moderator at Deutsche Welle TV highlighted the need to mobilize private climate investments in the context of sustainable and low-carbon growth. In order to deliver low-carbon and climate-resilient solutions ...
Joint Comments to Army Corps of Engineers
... agencies—to continue valuing the social cost of greenhouse gases as thoroughly, accurately, and transparently as possible, drawing from the best available scientific and economic data and methodologies. Our organiz ...
... agencies—to continue valuing the social cost of greenhouse gases as thoroughly, accurately, and transparently as possible, drawing from the best available scientific and economic data and methodologies. Our organiz ...
Potential Climatic Deterioration in Semiarid Subtropical
... widespread hardship still bitterly recalled throughout South Texas. Also notable, and following close on the heels of the 1950s drought, was that of 1961-1964, when the average yearly rainfall for that 4-year period was only 500 mm. By contrast, during the 12-year period of 1965-1976, the mean annu ...
... widespread hardship still bitterly recalled throughout South Texas. Also notable, and following close on the heels of the 1950s drought, was that of 1961-1964, when the average yearly rainfall for that 4-year period was only 500 mm. By contrast, during the 12-year period of 1965-1976, the mean annu ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... Parliament in 2014, to which key sectorial action plans at the national level, including energy sector, are being adjusted. Key indicators for measuring progress in the implementation of the Green Development Policy include, among others, efficient use of energy, GHG emissions and ecological footpri ...
... Parliament in 2014, to which key sectorial action plans at the national level, including energy sector, are being adjusted. Key indicators for measuring progress in the implementation of the Green Development Policy include, among others, efficient use of energy, GHG emissions and ecological footpri ...
Towards Adaptive Spatial Planning for Climate Change
... by mainstreaming mitigation strategies into our daily practices. That means that citizens, enterprises and governments have to think about more sustainable practices, procedures and investments. There are many examples of mitigation programs with ambitious goals to reduce carbon gases in cities like ...
... by mainstreaming mitigation strategies into our daily practices. That means that citizens, enterprises and governments have to think about more sustainable practices, procedures and investments. There are many examples of mitigation programs with ambitious goals to reduce carbon gases in cities like ...
Resurrection ecology and global climate change research in
... and will affect ecological responses across the biological hierarchy from organisms to communities (Fig. 1). Several mechanisms are thought to influence responses of aquatic organisms to climate change and other anthropogenic stressors (Fig. 2). Migration and dispersal are likely to be especially im ...
... and will affect ecological responses across the biological hierarchy from organisms to communities (Fig. 1). Several mechanisms are thought to influence responses of aquatic organisms to climate change and other anthropogenic stressors (Fig. 2). Migration and dispersal are likely to be especially im ...
Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... water and energy – by contaminating potential freshwater supplies with saltwater. Such problems are amplified during extreme dry periods with little runoff. Uncertainties in the scale, timing, and location of climate change impacts can make decision-making difficult, but response strategies, especia ...
... water and energy – by contaminating potential freshwater supplies with saltwater. Such problems are amplified during extreme dry periods with little runoff. Uncertainties in the scale, timing, and location of climate change impacts can make decision-making difficult, but response strategies, especia ...
Effects of climate change on life history
... While the Earth has experienced much climatic variability over historical time, current climatic changes differ in 2 important ways in terms of their negative impact on biodiversity and extinction rates. (1) The rate of change is generally considered to be unparalleled in the past 10 000 yr. The lat ...
... While the Earth has experienced much climatic variability over historical time, current climatic changes differ in 2 important ways in terms of their negative impact on biodiversity and extinction rates. (1) The rate of change is generally considered to be unparalleled in the past 10 000 yr. The lat ...
Joint projections of temperature and precipitation change from
... make results available from standardized, and thus comparable, experiments. With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change activities, such multimodel data repositories have grown in size both as the number of modelling centres developing GCMs increased and as the range of variables that they su ...
... make results available from standardized, and thus comparable, experiments. With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change activities, such multimodel data repositories have grown in size both as the number of modelling centres developing GCMs increased and as the range of variables that they su ...
Contending Modes of Climate Change Knowledge
... capitalist” movements that grew into significant actors in the global political economy after the fall of the Soviet empire in 1989 (Sklair 1997). These movements have been especially important in promoting the establishment of closer relationships between academic scientists and business firms, and ...
... capitalist” movements that grew into significant actors in the global political economy after the fall of the Soviet empire in 1989 (Sklair 1997). These movements have been especially important in promoting the establishment of closer relationships between academic scientists and business firms, and ...
Powering the Future: Biofuels
... • 30% of the UK renewable energy could come from biomass heat and electricity by 2020. • To meet the European Renewable Energy Directive, the UK is aiming for 10% of transport energy to be from renewable sources by 2020. • UK feedstocks made up 18% of the sustainable renewable road transport fuel us ...
... • 30% of the UK renewable energy could come from biomass heat and electricity by 2020. • To meet the European Renewable Energy Directive, the UK is aiming for 10% of transport energy to be from renewable sources by 2020. • UK feedstocks made up 18% of the sustainable renewable road transport fuel us ...
2015 Issue - Northwest Climate Science Center
... native salmonids to safeguarding coastal communities from intensifying storm surges. Sincerely, ...
... native salmonids to safeguarding coastal communities from intensifying storm surges. Sincerely, ...
NG-ACCESS
... (CSIRO) in cooperation with the university community in Australia. Establishment phase objectives were to (i) enable the Bureau to realise modelling capability necessary to underpin the provision of its meteorological services; (ii) assist CSIRO to provide the best possible science for climate impac ...
... (CSIRO) in cooperation with the university community in Australia. Establishment phase objectives were to (i) enable the Bureau to realise modelling capability necessary to underpin the provision of its meteorological services; (ii) assist CSIRO to provide the best possible science for climate impac ...
On development, demography and climate change: The end of the
... Burning 15 million tons of coal provided the economy with roughly the same amount of heat as the wood that could have been harvested, on a sustainable basis, from about 6 million hectares of land (Wrigley 1988:54-55). This revolution in production, however, could not be constrained to one country, a ...
... Burning 15 million tons of coal provided the economy with roughly the same amount of heat as the wood that could have been harvested, on a sustainable basis, from about 6 million hectares of land (Wrigley 1988:54-55). This revolution in production, however, could not be constrained to one country, a ...
2011 Climate Action Plan - Summary Report (pdf)
... Staff, faculty and students from multiple departments are working together to ensure UCSC meets its reduction goals. Although work is still needed to reach our reduction targets, significant achievements hav ...
... Staff, faculty and students from multiple departments are working together to ensure UCSC meets its reduction goals. Although work is still needed to reach our reduction targets, significant achievements hav ...
Special Report on Emission Scenario’s
... 2030; 50% in developing countries) will have long term impacts on GHG emissions. • The widespread diffusion of low-carbon technologies may take many decades, even if early investments in these technologies are made attractive. • Returning global energy-related CO2 emissions to 2005 levels by 2030 wo ...
... 2030; 50% in developing countries) will have long term impacts on GHG emissions. • The widespread diffusion of low-carbon technologies may take many decades, even if early investments in these technologies are made attractive. • Returning global energy-related CO2 emissions to 2005 levels by 2030 wo ...
Greenhouse Gangsters vs. Climate Justice
... production and distribution process—from a moratorium on new oil exploration, to stopping the poisoning of communities by refinery emissions—from drastic domestic reductions in auto emissions, to the promotion of efficient and effective public transportation. Climate Justice in the United States mea ...
... production and distribution process—from a moratorium on new oil exploration, to stopping the poisoning of communities by refinery emissions—from drastic domestic reductions in auto emissions, to the promotion of efficient and effective public transportation. Climate Justice in the United States mea ...
United Nations Development Programme
... number of different disciplines and communities of practice. Given that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acts as the UN’s global development network, it addresses a broad range of development issues, many of which contribute to the objectives of the loss and damage work programme. Spe ...
... number of different disciplines and communities of practice. Given that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acts as the UN’s global development network, it addresses a broad range of development issues, many of which contribute to the objectives of the loss and damage work programme. Spe ...
Community based adaptation to climate change
... This version available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/24188/ Available in LSE Research Online: March 2014 LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or ...
... This version available at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/24188/ Available in LSE Research Online: March 2014 LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or ...
Stewardship: Energy, Climate and You
... The three terms are often used interchangeably, when in reality they are connected in the science and issues surrounding climate change. The enhanced greenhouse effect (caused by humans contributing high concentrations of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere) leads to the warming of the Earth – we are ...
... The three terms are often used interchangeably, when in reality they are connected in the science and issues surrounding climate change. The enhanced greenhouse effect (caused by humans contributing high concentrations of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere) leads to the warming of the Earth – we are ...