The Reality, Risks and Response to Climate Change
... Extreme weather is not just an abstract concept. It is a reality that affects people across the country. In 2013, two out of three Americans said weather in the United States has been worse over the past several years, up twelve percentage points since spring 2012. Many (51%) say weather in their l ...
... Extreme weather is not just an abstract concept. It is a reality that affects people across the country. In 2013, two out of three Americans said weather in the United States has been worse over the past several years, up twelve percentage points since spring 2012. Many (51%) say weather in their l ...
Climate Change and Related Program Activities
... The agencies will propose and take comment on strategies, including those designed to increase the use of existing technologies, to achieve substantial annual progress in reducing transportation sector GHG emissions and fossil fuel consumption from the truck sector, consistent with the Administratio ...
... The agencies will propose and take comment on strategies, including those designed to increase the use of existing technologies, to achieve substantial annual progress in reducing transportation sector GHG emissions and fossil fuel consumption from the truck sector, consistent with the Administratio ...
Booth et al. 2013. CC Adaptation to Protect Biodiversity
... A relatively simple framework is needed to summarize the factors that are key components of linked social-ecological systems (Liu et al. 2007). This paper describes a method to assess at a regional scale conditions and trends in key environmental, social and economic factors of importance to conserv ...
... A relatively simple framework is needed to summarize the factors that are key components of linked social-ecological systems (Liu et al. 2007). This paper describes a method to assess at a regional scale conditions and trends in key environmental, social and economic factors of importance to conserv ...
The use of agrobiodiversity in adapting to climate change
... The Swaminathan Research Foundation has adopted and integrated a four point strategy (4 Cs) in relation to millet as an attempt to strengthen resilience, assist in mitigation and adaptation to climate change. It involves: conservation by strengthening the seed system, cultivation by intercropping, ...
... The Swaminathan Research Foundation has adopted and integrated a four point strategy (4 Cs) in relation to millet as an attempt to strengthen resilience, assist in mitigation and adaptation to climate change. It involves: conservation by strengthening the seed system, cultivation by intercropping, ...
Sierra Leone Government GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE
... article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Moreover, decision 5th of the 7th Conference of the Parties (5/CP.7) recognizes that LDCs do not have the necessary means to deal with problems associated with adaptation to climate change. Finally, Decision 28/CP.7 set ...
... article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Moreover, decision 5th of the 7th Conference of the Parties (5/CP.7) recognizes that LDCs do not have the necessary means to deal with problems associated with adaptation to climate change. Finally, Decision 28/CP.7 set ...
Climate Policy
... sponsored by senators Byrd and Hagel with 65 bipartisan co-sponsors,7 that ‘the exemption for Developing Country Parties is inconsistent with the need for global action on climate change and is environmentally flawed’ and that ‘the proposals under negotiation … could result in serious harm to the Un ...
... sponsored by senators Byrd and Hagel with 65 bipartisan co-sponsors,7 that ‘the exemption for Developing Country Parties is inconsistent with the need for global action on climate change and is environmentally flawed’ and that ‘the proposals under negotiation … could result in serious harm to the Un ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Ohio
... state and local studies are used to expand on this work, as well as new calculations derived from federal, state and industry data sources. The economic data is then related to predicted impacts of climate change provided from climate models. To standardize the results, all of the figures used in th ...
... state and local studies are used to expand on this work, as well as new calculations derived from federal, state and industry data sources. The economic data is then related to predicted impacts of climate change provided from climate models. To standardize the results, all of the figures used in th ...
Primary, secondary and tertiary effects of eco
... motivate intense preventive activity. Climate change will also contribute to our grossly unequal global food production and distribution.56e61 The most authoritative prediction of sea level rise by 2100 is now at least 1 m, far ...
... motivate intense preventive activity. Climate change will also contribute to our grossly unequal global food production and distribution.56e61 The most authoritative prediction of sea level rise by 2100 is now at least 1 m, far ...
Impact of climate change on crops, irrigation and
... will decrease basinwide—although these results vary considerably both spatially and throughout the distribution of future climates. Studies like this can help decision makers develop an informed risk-based strategy for national policy decisions and help to direct further studies where local detail i ...
... will decrease basinwide—although these results vary considerably both spatially and throughout the distribution of future climates. Studies like this can help decision makers develop an informed risk-based strategy for national policy decisions and help to direct further studies where local detail i ...
A in West Africa
... When solar radiation reaches the Earth’s atmosphere, a part of it (28%) is directly reflected back (back to space) by the Earth’s air, white clouds and uncovered surface areas (particularly white, ice-covered areas like the Arctic and Antarctic). This is called the albedo. Incidental sun rays that a ...
... When solar radiation reaches the Earth’s atmosphere, a part of it (28%) is directly reflected back (back to space) by the Earth’s air, white clouds and uncovered surface areas (particularly white, ice-covered areas like the Arctic and Antarctic). This is called the albedo. Incidental sun rays that a ...
The Climate Change Benefits of Reducing Methane Emissions
... GWPs have at least three obvious drawbacks: they are very sensitive to the arbitrary time horizon chosen, as the results for methane show. They do not allow impacts that occur soon to be valued more highly than those that occur in the distant future, and they are relative, rather than absolute, meas ...
... GWPs have at least three obvious drawbacks: they are very sensitive to the arbitrary time horizon chosen, as the results for methane show. They do not allow impacts that occur soon to be valued more highly than those that occur in the distant future, and they are relative, rather than absolute, meas ...
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy
... This plan contains a climate change adaptation strategy supported by actions to build resilience into our communities, businesses, infrastructures and natural resources. Acting early and adapting to our changing climate is far more effective and cost-effective than dealing with climate impacts after ...
... This plan contains a climate change adaptation strategy supported by actions to build resilience into our communities, businesses, infrastructures and natural resources. Acting early and adapting to our changing climate is far more effective and cost-effective than dealing with climate impacts after ...
This GREEEN guide is not a manual on how to deal with climate
... iii) Local Mitigation to Climate Change Good practices under this heading include examples of initiatives to change the immediate environment such as creating a green campus, green corner, etc. These examples provide insights into different approaches to change and redesign our immediate environment ...
... iii) Local Mitigation to Climate Change Good practices under this heading include examples of initiatives to change the immediate environment such as creating a green campus, green corner, etc. These examples provide insights into different approaches to change and redesign our immediate environment ...
Climate Regulation and the Limits of Cost
... There is by now a broad consensus that global warming threatens significant harm to the welfare of people across the world and that national governments should take steps to curb warming and alleviate the harm caused by climate change.2 After dragging its heels, the United States has joined most oth ...
... There is by now a broad consensus that global warming threatens significant harm to the welfare of people across the world and that national governments should take steps to curb warming and alleviate the harm caused by climate change.2 After dragging its heels, the United States has joined most oth ...
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... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
Referencing Guides: Harvard
... Sometimes you may need to refer to an author who is cited in another source. Ideally you should use the original (primary) source, but if you are unable to access the primary source, you may cite it as a secondary source, clearly identifying this as follows: Example: The greenhouse effect was first ...
... Sometimes you may need to refer to an author who is cited in another source. Ideally you should use the original (primary) source, but if you are unable to access the primary source, you may cite it as a secondary source, clearly identifying this as follows: Example: The greenhouse effect was first ...
THE EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
... Riebesell U, Zondervan I, Rost B, Tortell PD, Zeebe RE, Morel FMM. Reduced calcification of marine plankton in response to increased atmospheric CO2. Nature. 2000 Sept 21; [Internet]. [cited 2014 Jul 29] 407: 364-367. Available from: http://www.nature.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/nature/journal/v407/n6802/f ...
... Riebesell U, Zondervan I, Rost B, Tortell PD, Zeebe RE, Morel FMM. Reduced calcification of marine plankton in response to increased atmospheric CO2. Nature. 2000 Sept 21; [Internet]. [cited 2014 Jul 29] 407: 364-367. Available from: http://www.nature.com.ezproxy.drew.edu/nature/journal/v407/n6802/f ...
NVCA Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan Milestone 1
... “Scientific evidence shows climate change is happening now. This consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are seriously affecting Earth’s climate and that climate change is having increasing negative global impacts, effects the NVCA watershed’s environment and economy. The NVCA agrees that we need to ...
... “Scientific evidence shows climate change is happening now. This consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are seriously affecting Earth’s climate and that climate change is having increasing negative global impacts, effects the NVCA watershed’s environment and economy. The NVCA agrees that we need to ...
WESTERN KENYA SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURAL CARBON
... that reduce GHG emissions and contribute to sustainable development, as defined by each participating country, can generate CERs, which is a tradable commodity in the international carbon markets. When discussing the market potential of CDM for developing countries, it is important to recognise that ...
... that reduce GHG emissions and contribute to sustainable development, as defined by each participating country, can generate CERs, which is a tradable commodity in the international carbon markets. When discussing the market potential of CDM for developing countries, it is important to recognise that ...
National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Change
... survey of residents of the United States between December 4 and 21, 2011. Individual households and cell phones throughout the United States were selected randomly for inclusion in the study. The sample of phone numbers used in the survey was generated by Genesys Sampling Systems of Ft. Washington, ...
... survey of residents of the United States between December 4 and 21, 2011. Individual households and cell phones throughout the United States were selected randomly for inclusion in the study. The sample of phone numbers used in the survey was generated by Genesys Sampling Systems of Ft. Washington, ...
Carbon pricing: how best to use the revenue?
... the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute brings together international expertise on economics, as well as finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy to establish a worldleading centre for ...
... the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute brings together international expertise on economics, as well as finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy to establish a worldleading centre for ...