Community based adaptation to climate change
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... 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 ...
Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
www.ssoar.info How earth science has become a social science
... time rather scant, so our sample was small. However, for those systems for which we could find sufficient information to permit post hoc analysis, we found a striking result: that it was common for system behavior to diverge substantially from model predictions, and the most common cause of that di ...
... time rather scant, so our sample was small. However, for those systems for which we could find sufficient information to permit post hoc analysis, we found a striking result: that it was common for system behavior to diverge substantially from model predictions, and the most common cause of that di ...
Energy Conservation Carbon Reduction and Business Strategies
... • It is unfair to those victims who pursue liability laws without legal resources. • Transaction cost could be very high, including identify the cause and effect. Particularly, when there are multiple pollution sources and/or polluters. －transaction cost is one of the social costs. • What about garb ...
... • It is unfair to those victims who pursue liability laws without legal resources. • Transaction cost could be very high, including identify the cause and effect. Particularly, when there are multiple pollution sources and/or polluters. －transaction cost is one of the social costs. • What about garb ...
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... Strategic Objective 2: The LGAs begin to actively participate in regional and international climate change events. These are posited to awaken grassroots campaign through the nearest government to the grassroots people because most inhabitants still perceive the changes in their immediate environmen ...
... Strategic Objective 2: The LGAs begin to actively participate in regional and international climate change events. These are posited to awaken grassroots campaign through the nearest government to the grassroots people because most inhabitants still perceive the changes in their immediate environmen ...
2.0 air quality, climate and climate change
... The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced and independently reviewed evaluation of climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. The Overview Report entitled “Impacts of a Warming Arctic” (November 2004) concludes that: “The Arct ...
... The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced and independently reviewed evaluation of climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. The Overview Report entitled “Impacts of a Warming Arctic” (November 2004) concludes that: “The Arct ...
Mao et al., 2016. - Site BU
... exhibited higher LAI trends than those lacking explicit nitrogen cycles, reflecting in part a human influence from increased nitrogen deposition (Supplementary Fig. 7a,b). Consistent with the results of offline land surface models including carbon–nitrogen dynamics (for example, Fig. 4c in ref. 4), ...
... exhibited higher LAI trends than those lacking explicit nitrogen cycles, reflecting in part a human influence from increased nitrogen deposition (Supplementary Fig. 7a,b). Consistent with the results of offline land surface models including carbon–nitrogen dynamics (for example, Fig. 4c in ref. 4), ...
Paper_Kennedy
... However, it must be distinguished from “informational regulation”, which is founded more on law and economics than on political science or sociology (Mol 2008, 85–90). From a theoretical perspective, it can be understood as a process of ecological modernisation, culminating in a developing ecologica ...
... However, it must be distinguished from “informational regulation”, which is founded more on law and economics than on political science or sociology (Mol 2008, 85–90). From a theoretical perspective, it can be understood as a process of ecological modernisation, culminating in a developing ecologica ...
LONG-TERM CLIMATE POLICY TARGETSAND IMPLICATIONS
... these models are only a simplification of reality. A key simplification often made in models that emission reductions can be made in all sectors and regions on the basis of cost-effectiveness. This assumption aims to provide a theoretical lowerbound estimate of the overall climate costs and the time ...
... these models are only a simplification of reality. A key simplification often made in models that emission reductions can be made in all sectors and regions on the basis of cost-effectiveness. This assumption aims to provide a theoretical lowerbound estimate of the overall climate costs and the time ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
Long-Term Ecological Records and Their Relevance to Climate
... track a rapidly changing environment closely and that in this population, phenotypic plasticity can play a central role in tracking climate change. The ability of many trees to persist well outside of their realized ecological niches (under reduced competition) is another example that is apparent in ...
... track a rapidly changing environment closely and that in this population, phenotypic plasticity can play a central role in tracking climate change. The ability of many trees to persist well outside of their realized ecological niches (under reduced competition) is another example that is apparent in ...
The Climate of History: Four Theses
... scientists and humanists began to discuss globalization.3 However, these discussions have so far run parallel to each other. While globalization, once recognized, was of immediate interest to humanists and social scientists, global warming, in spite of a good number of books published in the 1990s, ...
... scientists and humanists began to discuss globalization.3 However, these discussions have so far run parallel to each other. While globalization, once recognized, was of immediate interest to humanists and social scientists, global warming, in spite of a good number of books published in the 1990s, ...
Political parties` climate policies in the UK, Italy and Denmark Paper
... We expect that the development of climate policy will depend on how it facilitates or obstructs the pursuit of party goals conceived of as votes, office and cohesion (Sjöblom, 1968; Harmel and Janda, 1994; Strøm and Müller, 1999) and that this will vary according to party characteristics and externa ...
... We expect that the development of climate policy will depend on how it facilitates or obstructs the pursuit of party goals conceived of as votes, office and cohesion (Sjöblom, 1968; Harmel and Janda, 1994; Strøm and Müller, 1999) and that this will vary according to party characteristics and externa ...
GDI 12 – Pre institute Aff and Case Neg
... invest their earnings despite record profits—continue to push against faster economic growth and job creation. In short, the economy continues to suffer from a lack of demand. Monetary authorities have already pushed interest rates down to zero. Congress needs to step up and focus on expansionary fi ...
... invest their earnings despite record profits—continue to push against faster economic growth and job creation. In short, the economy continues to suffer from a lack of demand. Monetary authorities have already pushed interest rates down to zero. Congress needs to step up and focus on expansionary fi ...
Navigating scales of knowledge and decision
... into decision making in order to advance the ability of regional and national entities to manage climate impacts.” Given the water scarcity in the region, WWA’s primary focus has been on the water sector. Much has been written about the concept of scale and how it is used across the natural and soci ...
... into decision making in order to advance the ability of regional and national entities to manage climate impacts.” Given the water scarcity in the region, WWA’s primary focus has been on the water sector. Much has been written about the concept of scale and how it is used across the natural and soci ...
Climate Educator Guide
... Since 1958, scientists have measured the amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere from a site on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, a group of South Pacific islands. This site is one of the best locations in the world for measuring CO2 because there are no plants or human activities nearby to influence ...
... Since 1958, scientists have measured the amount of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere from a site on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, a group of South Pacific islands. This site is one of the best locations in the world for measuring CO2 because there are no plants or human activities nearby to influence ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... Social and economic changes: The nature and extent of the impact is not dictated by the magnitude and rate of climate change alone, but together with the context – socio-economic, demographic, environmental, institutional and technological – in which climate change occurs. Uncertainties also surroun ...
... Social and economic changes: The nature and extent of the impact is not dictated by the magnitude and rate of climate change alone, but together with the context – socio-economic, demographic, environmental, institutional and technological – in which climate change occurs. Uncertainties also surroun ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... necessarily broad image of lay perceptions of climate change is described in a set of exploratory studies using various approaches designed to characterize public understanding of climate change: Bostrom et al., 1994; Bord et al., 1998; Berk and Fovell, 1999; O’Connor et al., 1999; Alerby, 2000; Bla ...
... necessarily broad image of lay perceptions of climate change is described in a set of exploratory studies using various approaches designed to characterize public understanding of climate change: Bostrom et al., 1994; Bord et al., 1998; Berk and Fovell, 1999; O’Connor et al., 1999; Alerby, 2000; Bla ...
"shared vision", at heart of climate talks by Meena Raman (11 June
... goal an important orientation for national and international mitigation actions and believed it should be ambitious. All countries must contribute to the global goal, while remembering that the contributions of developed and developing countries will be different. The commitments of Annex I countrie ...
... goal an important orientation for national and international mitigation actions and believed it should be ambitious. All countries must contribute to the global goal, while remembering that the contributions of developed and developing countries will be different. The commitments of Annex I countrie ...
7. Agriculture
... the implications of climate change for agriculture and pose a reasonable concern that climate change is a threat to sustainable development, especially in countries not included in Annex I to the Convention. Identifying which regions and populations are at greatest risk from climate change (i.e., ar ...
... the implications of climate change for agriculture and pose a reasonable concern that climate change is a threat to sustainable development, especially in countries not included in Annex I to the Convention. Identifying which regions and populations are at greatest risk from climate change (i.e., ar ...
Elon Musk speaks on Sustainability at the Université de Paris
... to society, the profit would be 6 Euros. This makes obvious sense. This is where the incentives are aligned with a good future. This is not the case today. If you have the incentives aligned, then the forcing function towards a good future, towards a sustainable energy future will be powerful. In an ...
... to society, the profit would be 6 Euros. This makes obvious sense. This is where the incentives are aligned with a good future. This is not the case today. If you have the incentives aligned, then the forcing function towards a good future, towards a sustainable energy future will be powerful. In an ...
