SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT of the United States of America
... President Obama understands the urgency of the issue and has been leading domestic and international efforts to confront this challenge. Building on major first-term actions, such as fuel economy standards, the President released the Climate Action Plan in 2013, which outlines his vision to cut gree ...
... President Obama understands the urgency of the issue and has been leading domestic and international efforts to confront this challenge. Building on major first-term actions, such as fuel economy standards, the President released the Climate Action Plan in 2013, which outlines his vision to cut gree ...
Paper - Wharton Marketing
... Department of Psychology, Columbia University; 2Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University; 3Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University; 4Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; and 5Department of Environmental Conservation, U ...
... Department of Psychology, Columbia University; 2Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University; 3Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University; 4Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; and 5Department of Environmental Conservation, U ...
Post-2015 consultation key messages - Republic
... Current Levels of Awareness & Understanding Levels of awareness and understanding of the RFA and HFA were limited. Only about 1/3 of participants had heard of the frameworks and only those working directly in the DRM field (NDMO staff) had more detailed knowledge of them. There was however a greater ...
... Current Levels of Awareness & Understanding Levels of awareness and understanding of the RFA and HFA were limited. Only about 1/3 of participants had heard of the frameworks and only those working directly in the DRM field (NDMO staff) had more detailed knowledge of them. There was however a greater ...
Texas Coastal Bend Regional Climate Change Vulnerability
... Over the next century, the climate in Texas is expected to experience additional changes. For example, based on projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and results from the United Kingdom Hadley Centre’s climate model (HadCM2), a model that accounts for both greenhou ...
... Over the next century, the climate in Texas is expected to experience additional changes. For example, based on projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and results from the United Kingdom Hadley Centre’s climate model (HadCM2), a model that accounts for both greenhou ...
Climate Variability and Change with Implications for Transportation
... of atmospheric carbon dioxide used by the climate models to simulate these future scenarios is summarized in Figure 1. This figure reveals that the A1B and A2 scenarios are quite similar over the first half of the 21st century but diverge in the second half with the A1B scenario stabilizing at aroun ...
... of atmospheric carbon dioxide used by the climate models to simulate these future scenarios is summarized in Figure 1. This figure reveals that the A1B and A2 scenarios are quite similar over the first half of the 21st century but diverge in the second half with the A1B scenario stabilizing at aroun ...
Climate Change Fact Sheet Series
... Measurements of temperature taken by instruments all over the world, on land and at sea have revealed that during the last 100 years the Earth’s surface and lowest part of the atmosphere have warmed up on average by about 0.6oC. During this period, manmade emissions of greenhouse gases, including ca ...
... Measurements of temperature taken by instruments all over the world, on land and at sea have revealed that during the last 100 years the Earth’s surface and lowest part of the atmosphere have warmed up on average by about 0.6oC. During this period, manmade emissions of greenhouse gases, including ca ...
Climate Change Impact on Public Health in the Russian Arctic
... that are able to move northwards with the warming climate. The Russian Arctic has a significantly larger population than Arctic regions in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Scandinavian countries. The Russian Arctic is home to 46 cities and towns, with 5,000 and over residents. Heavy industrial faciliti ...
... that are able to move northwards with the warming climate. The Russian Arctic has a significantly larger population than Arctic regions in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Scandinavian countries. The Russian Arctic is home to 46 cities and towns, with 5,000 and over residents. Heavy industrial faciliti ...
CO2 Greenhouse calcs - Digging in the Clay
... In 2005 Bjorn Lomborg, (the sceptical environmentalist), now much vilified by his by his previous Green colleagues said2: “Even if everyone (including the United States) applied the Kyoto rules and stuck to them throughout the century, the change would be almost immeasurable, postponing warming for ...
... In 2005 Bjorn Lomborg, (the sceptical environmentalist), now much vilified by his by his previous Green colleagues said2: “Even if everyone (including the United States) applied the Kyoto rules and stuck to them throughout the century, the change would be almost immeasurable, postponing warming for ...
The impact of climate change on disease constraints on production
... canker on stems in the following spring is predicted from the start date of leaf spotting and the accumulated thermal time in °C-days. The increase in the severity of these cankers in the period until harvest is predicted from the date of onset of cankers using the subsequent accumulated thermal tim ...
... canker on stems in the following spring is predicted from the start date of leaf spotting and the accumulated thermal time in °C-days. The increase in the severity of these cankers in the period until harvest is predicted from the date of onset of cankers using the subsequent accumulated thermal tim ...
Chapter 17.
... in the position of the Earth with respect to the Sun (Maxwell 1997). They can be reflected in changes in the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, which help to maintain surface temperatures in the range needed to support life. Th ...
... in the position of the Earth with respect to the Sun (Maxwell 1997). They can be reflected in changes in the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, which help to maintain surface temperatures in the range needed to support life. Th ...
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... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
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... et al. 2010). It is also clear that decisions on how to address climate change should not be made in isolation, creating an added challenge for planners to help coordinate adaptation efforts across relevant levels of organizations, agencies and government. In fact, planners are already working exten ...
... et al. 2010). It is also clear that decisions on how to address climate change should not be made in isolation, creating an added challenge for planners to help coordinate adaptation efforts across relevant levels of organizations, agencies and government. In fact, planners are already working exten ...
What are the next steps? - Environmental Law Institute
... There are, however, several dissenting interpretations and opinions about the scope and purposes of the Law. According to some opinions, the Law does not contain any specific obligation for the sectors involved in the implementation of mitigation policies in fields such as the use and generation of ...
... There are, however, several dissenting interpretations and opinions about the scope and purposes of the Law. According to some opinions, the Law does not contain any specific obligation for the sectors involved in the implementation of mitigation policies in fields such as the use and generation of ...
Georgia report NEWER - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... particularly vulnerable to the potential health effects of climate change. Children are at risk because their immune and other protective systems are not yet fully developed. Children less than a year old are most sensitive to heat stress because their heat regulatory systems have not fully matured. ...
... particularly vulnerable to the potential health effects of climate change. Children are at risk because their immune and other protective systems are not yet fully developed. Children less than a year old are most sensitive to heat stress because their heat regulatory systems have not fully matured. ...
Fourth Carbon Budget Review – part 2
... This will help develop technologies needed in the context of the statutory 2050 target and will avoid costs associated with burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon emissions. The detailed analysis shows that meeting the fourth carbon budget offers a cost saving of over £100 billion versus a scenar ...
... This will help develop technologies needed in the context of the statutory 2050 target and will avoid costs associated with burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon emissions. The detailed analysis shows that meeting the fourth carbon budget offers a cost saving of over £100 billion versus a scenar ...
Climate Change Analysis
... This report has been prepared as a collaborative effort led by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. We gratefully acknowledge: • The financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a regional corporation created to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbi ...
... This report has been prepared as a collaborative effort led by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. We gratefully acknowledge: • The financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a regional corporation created to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbi ...
Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels
... opposing biological responses25. To fully capitalise on the indicator potential of phenological ...
... opposing biological responses25. To fully capitalise on the indicator potential of phenological ...
On the relationship between metrics to compare greenhouse gases
... following a pulse emission of a gas X compared to “the integral of the temperature change” following a pulse emission of CO2 . Such a measure has been discussed previously by, for instance, Fisher et al. (1990), Rotmans and den Elzen (1992), Shine et al. (2005, p. 298), IPCC (2009), Gillet and Matth ...
... following a pulse emission of a gas X compared to “the integral of the temperature change” following a pulse emission of CO2 . Such a measure has been discussed previously by, for instance, Fisher et al. (1990), Rotmans and den Elzen (1992), Shine et al. (2005, p. 298), IPCC (2009), Gillet and Matth ...
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... average increase in global temperature of at least 4 degrees centigrade up to 6 degrees centigrade until the end of this century, if no measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [IPCC (2007)]. Many prominent studies on the welfare effects of climate change come up with significant ...
... average increase in global temperature of at least 4 degrees centigrade up to 6 degrees centigrade until the end of this century, if no measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [IPCC (2007)]. Many prominent studies on the welfare effects of climate change come up with significant ...
Climate Change Assessment for the San Juan Mountain Regions
... system being modeled, projected impacts from climate change should not be viewed as explicit predictions, but as a plausible future condition within a range of scenarios. Projects at the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NC ...
... system being modeled, projected impacts from climate change should not be viewed as explicit predictions, but as a plausible future condition within a range of scenarios. Projects at the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NC ...
Growing within Limits
... possible to achieve such a reduction by rapidly increasing energy efficiency, replacing fossil-fuel technologies by zero-carbon technologies, and by introducing carboncapture-and-storage (CCS) techniques. In addition, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and deforestation can be reduced (Figure ...
... possible to achieve such a reduction by rapidly increasing energy efficiency, replacing fossil-fuel technologies by zero-carbon technologies, and by introducing carboncapture-and-storage (CCS) techniques. In addition, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and deforestation can be reduced (Figure ...