Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
... ‘political opportunity structures’ in his analysis of anti-nuclear movements in the 1970s. Social movements tend to manifest themselves through publicly recognized forms of protest or direct action, but these acts do not themselves make a social movement. They need to be linked or connected to one a ...
... ‘political opportunity structures’ in his analysis of anti-nuclear movements in the 1970s. Social movements tend to manifest themselves through publicly recognized forms of protest or direct action, but these acts do not themselves make a social movement. They need to be linked or connected to one a ...
Climate Change Trends and Vulnerability to Biome Shifts
... applied research project “Alternative Fire Management Futures” in 2010 to provide the scientific information needed for the adaptation of fire management to climate change. This report supports that effort by presenting results aimed at two objectives: 1. To spatially analyze historical and projecte ...
... applied research project “Alternative Fire Management Futures” in 2010 to provide the scientific information needed for the adaptation of fire management to climate change. This report supports that effort by presenting results aimed at two objectives: 1. To spatially analyze historical and projecte ...
Teacher Pages
... In the previous chapter, students began their study of climate science by looking at their local climate and determining why it is different from other regions. They now broaden their focus and begin their exploration of factors that can cause Earth’s global climate to change. Climate is the area of ...
... In the previous chapter, students began their study of climate science by looking at their local climate and determining why it is different from other regions. They now broaden their focus and begin their exploration of factors that can cause Earth’s global climate to change. Climate is the area of ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
A history of climate activities
... partner organizations have worked together to provide the framework for international cooperation on climate matters since the establishment of the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) in 1873. The non-governmental IMO provided essential international coordination and standardization of c ...
... partner organizations have worked together to provide the framework for international cooperation on climate matters since the establishment of the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) in 1873. The non-governmental IMO provided essential international coordination and standardization of c ...
Shareholder briefing: forthcoming AGM resolutions
... This objective has not been achieved in any overall proportionate sense. The emissions intensity of Origin’s internal generation has more than doubled its 2009 on an equity basis. On an operational control basis it has increased approximately one quarter. In 2013/14 0.06% of Origin’s direct internal ...
... This objective has not been achieved in any overall proportionate sense. The emissions intensity of Origin’s internal generation has more than doubled its 2009 on an equity basis. On an operational control basis it has increased approximately one quarter. In 2013/14 0.06% of Origin’s direct internal ...
Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming
... Next to speak was Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D. with the Union of Concerned Scientists, whose stated purpose is education aimed at increasing support for strong climate legislation (again, don’t vote Republican). She started by saying there has been an unprecedented increase in CO2 not seen in 800,000 yea ...
... Next to speak was Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D. with the Union of Concerned Scientists, whose stated purpose is education aimed at increasing support for strong climate legislation (again, don’t vote Republican). She started by saying there has been an unprecedented increase in CO2 not seen in 800,000 yea ...
Climate change and human health: Spatial modeling of water
... governments and development organizations that are serious about alleviating future malnutrition need to strategically invest beyond areas of current vulnerability, to areas where climate change is projected to shift livelihood zones e in other words, a focus on the moving ‘front-line’ of vulnerabil ...
... governments and development organizations that are serious about alleviating future malnutrition need to strategically invest beyond areas of current vulnerability, to areas where climate change is projected to shift livelihood zones e in other words, a focus on the moving ‘front-line’ of vulnerabil ...
Climate Ready Stirling`s Main Issues Report
... The benefits from mitigation occur on a global scale and success is measured by reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, no matter what actions are taken now to reduce emissions, the climate will continue to change for some decades due to the longevity of historical greenhouse gas emissions ...
... The benefits from mitigation occur on a global scale and success is measured by reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, no matter what actions are taken now to reduce emissions, the climate will continue to change for some decades due to the longevity of historical greenhouse gas emissions ...
BCS331 Module 10
... These changes come when the region is trying to find ways to ensure the sustainability of northern communities. To be sustainable these communities must develop in a way that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland C ...
... These changes come when the region is trying to find ways to ensure the sustainability of northern communities. To be sustainable these communities must develop in a way that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland C ...
Modeling the spatial-temporal dynamics of water use efficiency in
... Fig.1 Comparison of estimated and observed NPP in inventory data of forest Owing to the inadequate researches in the study area, results for WUE in different vegetation types, as reported in the literature, were summarized and then compared with the IBIS results without considering geographical dist ...
... Fig.1 Comparison of estimated and observed NPP in inventory data of forest Owing to the inadequate researches in the study area, results for WUE in different vegetation types, as reported in the literature, were summarized and then compared with the IBIS results without considering geographical dist ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... 1989; Wu and Segerson, 1995; Hardie and Parks, 1997; and Miller and Plantinga, 1999) is the information obtained on technological attributes’ responses to climate-change variables. Secondly, its advantage over hedonic evaluations stems from its reliance on land-use data rather than on profit records ...
... 1989; Wu and Segerson, 1995; Hardie and Parks, 1997; and Miller and Plantinga, 1999) is the information obtained on technological attributes’ responses to climate-change variables. Secondly, its advantage over hedonic evaluations stems from its reliance on land-use data rather than on profit records ...
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
... In recent decades, historians and sociologists of science have been largely concerned with the social construction of scientific knowledge. This paper examines an important historical episode in the social deconstruction of scientific knowledge. In the early 1980s, a consensus emerged among climate ...
... In recent decades, historians and sociologists of science have been largely concerned with the social construction of scientific knowledge. This paper examines an important historical episode in the social deconstruction of scientific knowledge. In the early 1980s, a consensus emerged among climate ...
Report on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Victoria
... Victorian weather and climate can change due to a wide range of natural and human factors. Day-to-day changes in the weather are the result of relatively random atmospheric fluctuations. Climate variations that occur from year-to-year are largely linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes affe ...
... Victorian weather and climate can change due to a wide range of natural and human factors. Day-to-day changes in the weather are the result of relatively random atmospheric fluctuations. Climate variations that occur from year-to-year are largely linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes affe ...
Against the Grain: The United States and the Global Climate
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
A critical exploration of the concept of `climate stabilization`
... scrutiny, especially where these have material implications for policy. Though the concept of stabilization played an understandable formative role in early climate policy, continued, unreflective reliance on the concept is likely to impede rather than accelerate sensible, constructive action on clim ...
... scrutiny, especially where these have material implications for policy. Though the concept of stabilization played an understandable formative role in early climate policy, continued, unreflective reliance on the concept is likely to impede rather than accelerate sensible, constructive action on clim ...
the factsheet
... dams. One important step they should take is to deal with the issue in their forthcoming Special Report on Renewable Energy and Climate Change, which also includes hydropower. The IPCC should also make it obligatory for countries to report reservoir methane emissions in the greenhouse gas inventorie ...
... dams. One important step they should take is to deal with the issue in their forthcoming Special Report on Renewable Energy and Climate Change, which also includes hydropower. The IPCC should also make it obligatory for countries to report reservoir methane emissions in the greenhouse gas inventorie ...
2015 End-user workshop report (1.4 MB, pdf)
... policy -, two international workshops will be held during the lifespan of the project. The first workshop took place on November 16th and 17th, 2015 at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand. 19 participants and seven organizers attended the event, including international, nationa ...
... policy -, two international workshops will be held during the lifespan of the project. The first workshop took place on November 16th and 17th, 2015 at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand. 19 participants and seven organizers attended the event, including international, nationa ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... Australia has one of the largest compulsory superannuation sectors in the world, giving the country’s superannuation funds a unique ability to influence the financial market through their investment pool.3 This position of influence has prompted suggestions of mandatory sustainable reporting and inv ...
... Australia has one of the largest compulsory superannuation sectors in the world, giving the country’s superannuation funds a unique ability to influence the financial market through their investment pool.3 This position of influence has prompted suggestions of mandatory sustainable reporting and inv ...
The Perils of Modelling How Migration Responds to Climate Change
... climate change, we need accurate predictions of migration to assess the future costs of climate change in order to craft effective policy. Though our emphasis is on the United States, the points we make about modeling and research needs apply to all affected countries. First, issues arise when studi ...
... climate change, we need accurate predictions of migration to assess the future costs of climate change in order to craft effective policy. Though our emphasis is on the United States, the points we make about modeling and research needs apply to all affected countries. First, issues arise when studi ...
Natural Processes in Mitigation of CO2 and CH4 Emission
... changes, which may negatively impact the Earth’s ecosystem. The recommended reduction of these gases aims to prevent unfavourable changes in the environment. The suggested actions, especially concerning reduction of CO2 emission, focus on substituting carbon-based fuels with carbon-free or low-emiss ...
... changes, which may negatively impact the Earth’s ecosystem. The recommended reduction of these gases aims to prevent unfavourable changes in the environment. The suggested actions, especially concerning reduction of CO2 emission, focus on substituting carbon-based fuels with carbon-free or low-emiss ...
Presentation for Congressman Bartlett
... within the historical framework of capitalism, and… “ “…global ecological sustainability will be possible only with fundamental social transformations and a new global economic system organised on the principles of social ownership of land and other major means of production…” “…global ecological su ...
... within the historical framework of capitalism, and… “ “…global ecological sustainability will be possible only with fundamental social transformations and a new global economic system organised on the principles of social ownership of land and other major means of production…” “…global ecological su ...