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... management” or “albedo management”). In addition there are other proposed techniques, that could directly increase heat loss, or redistribute energy within the Earth system. Key features of the definition are that the interventions are deliberate, and are on a scale large enough to significantly cou ...
... management” or “albedo management”). In addition there are other proposed techniques, that could directly increase heat loss, or redistribute energy within the Earth system. Key features of the definition are that the interventions are deliberate, and are on a scale large enough to significantly cou ...
The Al Gore Effect: An Inconvenient Truth and Voluntary Carbon
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
geoengineering: ocean iron fertilisation and the
... Few would disagree that the world’s reliance on fossil fuels as a driver of economic growth and prosperity has meant that anthropogenic climate change has become one of the largest issues facing humankind today. Various proposals aimed at addressing climate change through geoengineering have been p ...
... Few would disagree that the world’s reliance on fossil fuels as a driver of economic growth and prosperity has meant that anthropogenic climate change has become one of the largest issues facing humankind today. Various proposals aimed at addressing climate change through geoengineering have been p ...
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Revies
... Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating and refining polic ...
... Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating and refining polic ...
Climate Action Plan - City of Boynton Beach
... centers, creating a cohesive network of multimodal facilities. The primary goal of the plan is to increase and enhance multimodal and non-motorized transportation; tourism, education, recreation, economic development, health, physical fitness, and environmental conservation. From a planning perspect ...
... centers, creating a cohesive network of multimodal facilities. The primary goal of the plan is to increase and enhance multimodal and non-motorized transportation; tourism, education, recreation, economic development, health, physical fitness, and environmental conservation. From a planning perspect ...
www.epa.ie Report No. 164 w.epa.ie
... transitional and coastal waters of Ireland and groundwaters; measuring water levels and river flows. • National coordination and oversight of the Water Framework ...
... transitional and coastal waters of Ireland and groundwaters; measuring water levels and river flows. • National coordination and oversight of the Water Framework ...
International Council on Human Rights Policy (Stephen Humphreys), Climate Change and Human Rights: A Rough Guide (ICHRP, 2008) - FULL TEXT
... and conflicts will result. Only very gradually will these awful consequences reach those whose lifestyles and activities are most to blame. Climate change will, in short, have immense human consequences. We have known this for a long time. This report is not by any means the first to draw attention ...
... and conflicts will result. Only very gradually will these awful consequences reach those whose lifestyles and activities are most to blame. Climate change will, in short, have immense human consequences. We have known this for a long time. This report is not by any means the first to draw attention ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... soon push some systems past tipping points, with global implications. For example, the additional heat absorbed by an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer is already accelerating local and regional warming and preventing sea ice from recovering. There is also a concern that arctic feedbacks ...
... soon push some systems past tipping points, with global implications. For example, the additional heat absorbed by an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer is already accelerating local and regional warming and preventing sea ice from recovering. There is also a concern that arctic feedbacks ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... soon push some systems past tipping points, with global implications. For example, the additional heat absorbed by an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer is already accelerating local and regional warming and preventing sea ice from recovering. There is also a concern that arctic feedbacks ...
... soon push some systems past tipping points, with global implications. For example, the additional heat absorbed by an increasingly ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer is already accelerating local and regional warming and preventing sea ice from recovering. There is also a concern that arctic feedbacks ...
Dissertation from the Department of Geological Sciences No. Lipid
... Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden ...
... Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden ...
CRISIS IN THE SAHEL - The Bixby Center for Population, Health
... The following report documents how, over the next 30 to 40 years in parts of subSaharan Africa, between 100 million and 200 million people are likely to be without sustainable food supplies. This was the conclusion of a multidisciplinary group of experts from Africa and North America, who asked what ...
... The following report documents how, over the next 30 to 40 years in parts of subSaharan Africa, between 100 million and 200 million people are likely to be without sustainable food supplies. This was the conclusion of a multidisciplinary group of experts from Africa and North America, who asked what ...
Pastoralism and climate change in East Africa
... Uganda, 64 per cent of the population live below the poverty line, compared with 38 per cent nationally. The challenges Pastoralists face a number of challenges that hinder their way of life and stifle their ability to adapt to changes in their external environment. Taken together, these challenges ...
... Uganda, 64 per cent of the population live below the poverty line, compared with 38 per cent nationally. The challenges Pastoralists face a number of challenges that hinder their way of life and stifle their ability to adapt to changes in their external environment. Taken together, these challenges ...
Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
... the role of human behaviour in mediating adaptive capacity. However, practitioners may also be concerned with the adaptive capacity of ecological systems, or coupled social-ecological systems. For unmanaged ecological systems, adaptive capacity will depend on factors such as biodiversity and migrati ...
... the role of human behaviour in mediating adaptive capacity. However, practitioners may also be concerned with the adaptive capacity of ecological systems, or coupled social-ecological systems. For unmanaged ecological systems, adaptive capacity will depend on factors such as biodiversity and migrati ...
Land Use Change Impacts on Air Quality and Climate
... atmospheric composition, with implications for both air quality and climate. Our goal here is to review current understanding of the interplay between land use change and atmospheric chemistry, with a focus on short-lived atmospheric pollutants. Particulate matter (PM, or aerosols) and ozone in the ...
... atmospheric composition, with implications for both air quality and climate. Our goal here is to review current understanding of the interplay between land use change and atmospheric chemistry, with a focus on short-lived atmospheric pollutants. Particulate matter (PM, or aerosols) and ozone in the ...
Cotton and Climate Change: Impacts and options to mitigate
... areas benefit from full or supplementary irrigation. Cotton has a certain resilience to high temperatures and drought due to its vertical tap root. The crop is, however, sensitive to water availability, particularly at the height of flowering and boll formation. Rising temperatures favour cotton pla ...
... areas benefit from full or supplementary irrigation. Cotton has a certain resilience to high temperatures and drought due to its vertical tap root. The crop is, however, sensitive to water availability, particularly at the height of flowering and boll formation. Rising temperatures favour cotton pla ...
Link-Securitization - Open Evidence Archive
... The relationship between economic activity and environmental quality is extremely complex. It is difficult to define, let alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primar ...
... The relationship between economic activity and environmental quality is extremely complex. It is difficult to define, let alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primar ...
Canadian Climate Change Risk Assessment Guide
... Adapting to climate change may be one of the greatest challenges to communities, governments and corporations during the next century. This Guide has been written to assist organizations, particularly small and medium sized ones, understand the risks and opportunities of climate impacts and how to m ...
... Adapting to climate change may be one of the greatest challenges to communities, governments and corporations during the next century. This Guide has been written to assist organizations, particularly small and medium sized ones, understand the risks and opportunities of climate impacts and how to m ...
The ocean carbon sink – impacts, vulnerabilities and challenges
... Revised: 30 April 2015 – Accepted: 14 May 2015 – Published: 9 June 2015 ...
... Revised: 30 April 2015 – Accepted: 14 May 2015 – Published: 9 June 2015 ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... other GEF focal areas. This will enable the GEF to realize, to the fullest extent possible, both the adaptation and global environmental benefits delivered through other GEF focal areas. The strategy reaffirms the need to identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of women and marginalized grou ...
... other GEF focal areas. This will enable the GEF to realize, to the fullest extent possible, both the adaptation and global environmental benefits delivered through other GEF focal areas. The strategy reaffirms the need to identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of women and marginalized grou ...
The positive impact of human CO2 emissions on the survival of life
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
Cotton and Climate Change - International Trade Centre
... areas benefit from full or supplementary irrigation. Cotton has a certain resilience to high temperatures and drought due to its vertical tap root. The crop is, however, sensitive to water availability, particularly at the height of flowering and boll formation. Rising temperatures favour cotton pla ...
... areas benefit from full or supplementary irrigation. Cotton has a certain resilience to high temperatures and drought due to its vertical tap root. The crop is, however, sensitive to water availability, particularly at the height of flowering and boll formation. Rising temperatures favour cotton pla ...
The Economic Effects of Long(Term Climate Change
... seminar participants at Harvard, London School of Economics, Oxford, Warwick, Tuebingen, the conference of the European Economic Association, of the American Economic Association, the BETA Workshop in Historical Economics, LSE Grantham Institute Green Growth Conference, AK Klima Basel, and the Econo ...
... seminar participants at Harvard, London School of Economics, Oxford, Warwick, Tuebingen, the conference of the European Economic Association, of the American Economic Association, the BETA Workshop in Historical Economics, LSE Grantham Institute Green Growth Conference, AK Klima Basel, and the Econo ...
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK, Department of Health
... in sea level and an increase in the frequency of severe winter storms will make flooding of lowlying coastal areas more likely. Our examination of the evidence has led to a number of conclusions and recommendations; these are summarised below. One significant conclusion is presented here. It is reco ...
... in sea level and an increase in the frequency of severe winter storms will make flooding of lowlying coastal areas more likely. Our examination of the evidence has led to a number of conclusions and recommendations; these are summarised below. One significant conclusion is presented here. It is reco ...
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and climate change: Short
... of apparent range expansion were, on average, at higher elevations than extant Quino populations within the traditional range, while the latter were, in turn, at higher mean elevation than extinct populations in the traditional range (Preston et al. 2012, their Fig. 3a). The principal host at the ‘‘ ...
... of apparent range expansion were, on average, at higher elevations than extant Quino populations within the traditional range, while the latter were, in turn, at higher mean elevation than extinct populations in the traditional range (Preston et al. 2012, their Fig. 3a). The principal host at the ‘‘ ...
Urbanisation Challenges in the Himalayan Region in the Context of
... India has made efforts to set up disaster response infrastructure by way of setting up National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). However, th size of NDRF (8-10 Battalions of paramilitary forces) is way too small for a country of India’s size and diversity. States need to be mandated to set up their o ...
... India has made efforts to set up disaster response infrastructure by way of setting up National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). However, th size of NDRF (8-10 Battalions of paramilitary forces) is way too small for a country of India’s size and diversity. States need to be mandated to set up their o ...