An Inconvenient Trial - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... stood the test of time by constructing an impenetrable historical record. That is why this Article proposes to adopt that judicial framework to put on trial the issue of global climate change. 4. An obvious criticism of this proposal is that if the judicial process is only mock and no court has auth ...
... stood the test of time by constructing an impenetrable historical record. That is why this Article proposes to adopt that judicial framework to put on trial the issue of global climate change. 4. An obvious criticism of this proposal is that if the judicial process is only mock and no court has auth ...
Adaptation at the negotiations
... participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems • The best available science, and as appropriate traditional knowledge • Taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities ...
... participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems • The best available science, and as appropriate traditional knowledge • Taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities ...
Bony et al., 2006
... is substantial for all the feedbacks, it is the largest for cloud feedbacks. The comparison also reveals quite a large range in the strength of water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks among GCMs. A strong anticorrelation between the water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks of models is also seen, consisten ...
... is substantial for all the feedbacks, it is the largest for cloud feedbacks. The comparison also reveals quite a large range in the strength of water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks among GCMs. A strong anticorrelation between the water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks of models is also seen, consisten ...
Adaption to climate-related changes in seagrass ecosystems in
... the global value of all ecosystem services provided by seagrass beds has been estimated by Costanza et al (1997) at US$ 3.8 trillion per year. Waycott et al (2009) found their their nutrient cycling functions alone have a value of US$ 1.9 trillion per year. However it's worth noting that ecosystem v ...
... the global value of all ecosystem services provided by seagrass beds has been estimated by Costanza et al (1997) at US$ 3.8 trillion per year. Waycott et al (2009) found their their nutrient cycling functions alone have a value of US$ 1.9 trillion per year. However it's worth noting that ecosystem v ...
Climate change - The Open University
... Introduction This course explores the topic of climate change and global warming. We will begin by exploring how the Earth's global mean surface temperature is determined through a global “balancing act” of the rate of energy that comes from the Sun and the rate at which the planet returns that ener ...
... Introduction This course explores the topic of climate change and global warming. We will begin by exploring how the Earth's global mean surface temperature is determined through a global “balancing act” of the rate of energy that comes from the Sun and the rate at which the planet returns that ener ...
Regional climate model applications on subregional scales over the
... domain size were concerned with assessing the simulation over the entire model domain. However, increasingly, climate change assessments are required for sub-regions, which are often much smaller than the domain of a typical one-way nested RCMs but highly relevant for developing country or state lev ...
... domain size were concerned with assessing the simulation over the entire model domain. However, increasingly, climate change assessments are required for sub-regions, which are often much smaller than the domain of a typical one-way nested RCMs but highly relevant for developing country or state lev ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture
... for how we interpret our results, and in particular how they extrapolate to future warming scenarios. If farmers failed to adapt in the past because they did not recognize the climate was changing, but in the future they become aware of these changes and quickly adapt, then our findings would be a p ...
... for how we interpret our results, and in particular how they extrapolate to future warming scenarios. If farmers failed to adapt in the past because they did not recognize the climate was changing, but in the future they become aware of these changes and quickly adapt, then our findings would be a p ...
Occasional Paper #2 - Institute for Science Innovation and Society
... issue from a similarly theoretical perspective, analyzing the purpose, possible forms and agents of CE governance (Bodansky 2012, 4, 8+9). He finds that “[g]overnance is needed […] to ensure sufficient geoengineering and […] to avoid too much.” (Bodansky 2012, 4) Andy Parker critically examines the ...
... issue from a similarly theoretical perspective, analyzing the purpose, possible forms and agents of CE governance (Bodansky 2012, 4, 8+9). He finds that “[g]overnance is needed […] to ensure sufficient geoengineering and […] to avoid too much.” (Bodansky 2012, 4) Andy Parker critically examines the ...
From Risk to Return: Investing in Climate Change Adaptation
... generations. But as records continue to be broken, it is increasingly clear that the effects of climate change are being felt today. There is no doubt that the Paris Agreement was a major milestone in establishing the framework for tackling climate change, by setting the global goal of limiting glob ...
... generations. But as records continue to be broken, it is increasingly clear that the effects of climate change are being felt today. There is no doubt that the Paris Agreement was a major milestone in establishing the framework for tackling climate change, by setting the global goal of limiting glob ...
A review of Uganda`s national policies relevant to climate change
... This review was conducted to provide the policy context for the project, Adaptation of people to climate change in East Africa: Ecosystem services, risk reduction and human wellbeing, which is underway in the Ugandan and Kenyan districts surrounding Mount Elgon. This is a collaborative project betwe ...
... This review was conducted to provide the policy context for the project, Adaptation of people to climate change in East Africa: Ecosystem services, risk reduction and human wellbeing, which is underway in the Ugandan and Kenyan districts surrounding Mount Elgon. This is a collaborative project betwe ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... consequences are coupled with uneven, asymmetrical impacts on different regions, countries and socioeconomic groups, with those that have contributed the least to global warming often being the hardest-hit. As part of this picture, Latin America and the Caribbean has historically made no more than a ...
... consequences are coupled with uneven, asymmetrical impacts on different regions, countries and socioeconomic groups, with those that have contributed the least to global warming often being the hardest-hit. As part of this picture, Latin America and the Caribbean has historically made no more than a ...
The future of the Covenant of Mayors
... Research Committee are excellent ways to save urban energy, they still need to attract funding from a bank or from private capital in order to be transformed into projects. This is often because the skills needed to achieve this are absent at the local authority level. The ELENA programme, managed b ...
... Research Committee are excellent ways to save urban energy, they still need to attract funding from a bank or from private capital in order to be transformed into projects. This is often because the skills needed to achieve this are absent at the local authority level. The ELENA programme, managed b ...
Climate Change in Kiana, Alaska - Alaska Native Tribal Health
... villages: there are rows of HUD houses, two churches, tribal and city administrative offices, a health clinic, water plant, school, four stores, boys and girls club, and a bulk fuel storage facility. Snow machines, sleds, and ATVs are parked outside houses, and in summer, there is a landing for smal ...
... villages: there are rows of HUD houses, two churches, tribal and city administrative offices, a health clinic, water plant, school, four stores, boys and girls club, and a bulk fuel storage facility. Snow machines, sleds, and ATVs are parked outside houses, and in summer, there is a landing for smal ...
understanding el niño in ocean–atmosphere general
... and Philander 2000). In addition, El Niño involves interactions extending through different time scales with various climate phenomena, such as the seasonal cycle, intraseasonal oscillations, or decadal oscillations. For example, ENSO is more sensitive to wind perturbations in spring and autumn but ...
... and Philander 2000). In addition, El Niño involves interactions extending through different time scales with various climate phenomena, such as the seasonal cycle, intraseasonal oscillations, or decadal oscillations. For example, ENSO is more sensitive to wind perturbations in spring and autumn but ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... Figure 6: Five year average temperatures in the Rocky Mountains compared to the West and globally (source: Rocky Mountain Climate Organization). ......................................................................... 12 Figure 7: Average monthly temperature change in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, sh ...
... Figure 6: Five year average temperatures in the Rocky Mountains compared to the West and globally (source: Rocky Mountain Climate Organization). ......................................................................... 12 Figure 7: Average monthly temperature change in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, sh ...
Climate Change and College Students
... in Pluto’s planetary status had a specific scientific rationale and that changes such as reclassifications based on new data and evidence are part of ‘‘normal science’’ (Kuhn 1970). Of course not all persuasive messages, including those conveyed through text, will result in attitude change. However, ...
... in Pluto’s planetary status had a specific scientific rationale and that changes such as reclassifications based on new data and evidence are part of ‘‘normal science’’ (Kuhn 1970). Of course not all persuasive messages, including those conveyed through text, will result in attitude change. However, ...
Comparative carbon cycle dynamics of the present and last interglacial
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
In the hot seat: Insolation, ENSO, and vegetation in the African tropics
... [9] Regression coefficients between NDVI and each climate variable are displayed on the resultant regression maps. The patterns displayed in these maps represent regions of negative (brown) and positive (green) correlation to each climate variable, while grey represents regions of no relationship bet ...
... [9] Regression coefficients between NDVI and each climate variable are displayed on the resultant regression maps. The patterns displayed in these maps represent regions of negative (brown) and positive (green) correlation to each climate variable, while grey represents regions of no relationship bet ...
Tools and Approaches for Capacity Building for - ClimDev
... supporting scenario planning, allowing consideration of future risks as well as implications on different development pathways; identifying areas with high potential for future vulnerability to climate risk; climate proof development plans and investments and; guide long-lived, large-scale infrastru ...
... supporting scenario planning, allowing consideration of future risks as well as implications on different development pathways; identifying areas with high potential for future vulnerability to climate risk; climate proof development plans and investments and; guide long-lived, large-scale infrastru ...
Comparative carbon cycle dynamics of the present and last interglacial
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role
... that cause changes in the atmosphere and are a significant cause of global climate change. Ironically, volcanoes actually cool the planet. But a far greater number of factors, natural or manmade, and especially in the form of greenhouse gases and sulphate aerosols, do the opposite. Greenhouse gases ...
... that cause changes in the atmosphere and are a significant cause of global climate change. Ironically, volcanoes actually cool the planet. But a far greater number of factors, natural or manmade, and especially in the form of greenhouse gases and sulphate aerosols, do the opposite. Greenhouse gases ...
Key players` perspective on climate change in the Mediterranean
... below 2°C. The agreement even establishes, for the first time, that we should be aiming for a maximum 1.5°C increase to safeguard island nations, which are most threatened by the rise in sea levels. It provides for the strengthening of adaptive capacities, with a view to ensuring that all States are ...
... below 2°C. The agreement even establishes, for the first time, that we should be aiming for a maximum 1.5°C increase to safeguard island nations, which are most threatened by the rise in sea levels. It provides for the strengthening of adaptive capacities, with a view to ensuring that all States are ...
The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... capacity as a stand-alone report, this document has the ambition of being suitable for use by a European and international readership of scholars and policymakers. In its capacity as a first study in a series of many with a more specifically Swedish focus, an important task of this report is to iden ...
... capacity as a stand-alone report, this document has the ambition of being suitable for use by a European and international readership of scholars and policymakers. In its capacity as a first study in a series of many with a more specifically Swedish focus, an important task of this report is to iden ...