Our Climate Options Have Shrunk
... Switched major focus to climate science in 2010, developed course “Astro 7 – Planetary Climate Science” whose main focus is current Earth climate change – physical science, engineering options, policy, confronting climate denialism, psychopathologies, and the Thermodynamics of Civilization ...
... Switched major focus to climate science in 2010, developed course “Astro 7 – Planetary Climate Science” whose main focus is current Earth climate change – physical science, engineering options, policy, confronting climate denialism, psychopathologies, and the Thermodynamics of Civilization ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... This leads us to the second reason why the notion of systemic risk is relevant for climate issues. Such a collective insurance of society is the equivalent of a value that society attributes to mitigation activities. The vehicle of such a value can theoretically take multiple forms. In the world of ...
... This leads us to the second reason why the notion of systemic risk is relevant for climate issues. Such a collective insurance of society is the equivalent of a value that society attributes to mitigation activities. The vehicle of such a value can theoretically take multiple forms. In the world of ...
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... conditions. Adaptation measures are therefore important to help these communities to better face extreme weather conditions and associated climatic variations (Adger et al. 2003). Adaptation has the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in negative impacts from changes in climatic cond ...
... conditions. Adaptation measures are therefore important to help these communities to better face extreme weather conditions and associated climatic variations (Adger et al. 2003). Adaptation has the potential to significantly contribute to reductions in negative impacts from changes in climatic cond ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
Future changes in the supply of goods and services - Munin
... were constructed, going from climate drivers to societal consequences and possible adaptation strategies, based on expert workshops and literature surveys. At the first workshop, we had experts on climate change effects on ecosystem services, societal consequences, as well as societal adaptation str ...
... were constructed, going from climate drivers to societal consequences and possible adaptation strategies, based on expert workshops and literature surveys. At the first workshop, we had experts on climate change effects on ecosystem services, societal consequences, as well as societal adaptation str ...
36 - Ecology and Society
... were constructed, going from climate drivers to societal consequences and possible adaptation strategies, based on expert workshops and literature surveys. At the first workshop, we had experts on climate change effects on ecosystem services, societal consequences, as well as societal adaptation str ...
... were constructed, going from climate drivers to societal consequences and possible adaptation strategies, based on expert workshops and literature surveys. At the first workshop, we had experts on climate change effects on ecosystem services, societal consequences, as well as societal adaptation str ...
Rethinking Private Land Conservation in the
... many regions will increase. Indeed, mean land surface temperature already has risen almost 1º Celsius over the last century.7 Sea level is also already rising, both as a consequence of the inflow of freshwater from melting glaciers and from thermal expansion. From 1961 to 2003, scientists estimate t ...
... many regions will increase. Indeed, mean land surface temperature already has risen almost 1º Celsius over the last century.7 Sea level is also already rising, both as a consequence of the inflow of freshwater from melting glaciers and from thermal expansion. From 1961 to 2003, scientists estimate t ...
Submission by DRC for LDC Group on TEP
... developing countries arising from the adverse effects of climate change (Article 4.8) and to take full account of the specific needs and special situations of the least developed countries in their actions with regard to funding and transfer of technology (Article 4.9). Any delay in global climate a ...
... developing countries arising from the adverse effects of climate change (Article 4.8) and to take full account of the specific needs and special situations of the least developed countries in their actions with regard to funding and transfer of technology (Article 4.9). Any delay in global climate a ...
4 Framework for ICTs` integration in cities climate change
... The second part of the report expands on the contribution of ICTs by identifying their role in helping cities to adapt to climate change. The analysis acknowledges that ICTs have the potential to play a leading role in climate change adaptation in cities, while also adapting its own physical infrast ...
... The second part of the report expands on the contribution of ICTs by identifying their role in helping cities to adapt to climate change. The analysis acknowledges that ICTs have the potential to play a leading role in climate change adaptation in cities, while also adapting its own physical infrast ...
12 International climate change agreements What is covered in this chapter?
... the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report that was about to be published clearly showed the economic costs of implementing the Kyoto Protocol to be very modest6. Special interests, i.e. the coal and oil industry, apparently had a lot of influence. The other argument, i.e. that developing countries were exe ...
... the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report that was about to be published clearly showed the economic costs of implementing the Kyoto Protocol to be very modest6. Special interests, i.e. the coal and oil industry, apparently had a lot of influence. The other argument, i.e. that developing countries were exe ...
Antarctic nematode communities: observed and predicted
... of nematodes with increasing latitude and the community composition is related to local environmental characteristics (Barrett et al. 2006). Similarly, it has been shown that nematode community structure changes with latitude (from the Falkland Islands at 51°S to the base of the Antarctic Peninsula ...
... of nematodes with increasing latitude and the community composition is related to local environmental characteristics (Barrett et al. 2006). Similarly, it has been shown that nematode community structure changes with latitude (from the Falkland Islands at 51°S to the base of the Antarctic Peninsula ...
Read the PDF - REsilience of marginal GrAsslands and biodiveRsity
... (Fig. 1). Climate, other abiotic factors and management are proximate drivers that determine the ecosystem state at a particular time and place. Each state has specific characteristics of biodiversity and functioning that contribute to the supply of ecosystem services. Scenarios may involve change o ...
... (Fig. 1). Climate, other abiotic factors and management are proximate drivers that determine the ecosystem state at a particular time and place. Each state has specific characteristics of biodiversity and functioning that contribute to the supply of ecosystem services. Scenarios may involve change o ...
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... Assessment Report (AR5). Here we analyze two sets of simulations (Taylor et al. 2012): 106-yr simulations forced by historical greenhouse gases (GHGs), aerosols, and other radiative forcing from 1900 to 2005; and 95-yr projections under the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario fro ...
... Assessment Report (AR5). Here we analyze two sets of simulations (Taylor et al. 2012): 106-yr simulations forced by historical greenhouse gases (GHGs), aerosols, and other radiative forcing from 1900 to 2005; and 95-yr projections under the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario fro ...
Inequality, communication, and the avoidance of disastrous climate change in a public goods game (opens in new window)
... affect their ability to coordinate efforts, and how this is mediated through communication of contribution intentions. An essential feature of the global climate change game is that inequality in endowments is mirrored by inequality in past appropriation of the climate commons; roughly speaking, the ...
... affect their ability to coordinate efforts, and how this is mediated through communication of contribution intentions. An essential feature of the global climate change game is that inequality in endowments is mirrored by inequality in past appropriation of the climate commons; roughly speaking, the ...
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations CRS Report for Congress
... Congressional Research Service ...
... Congressional Research Service ...
Co-ordination, Communication and Adaptation for Climate Change
... This report is published as part of the Climate Change Research Programme 2007-2013. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 20072013. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environment Pr ...
... This report is published as part of the Climate Change Research Programme 2007-2013. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 20072013. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environment Pr ...
Vegetation limits the impact of a warm climate on boreal wildfires
... geophysical scientists for more than a century (Bell, 1889), and extensive bodies of work ...
... geophysical scientists for more than a century (Bell, 1889), and extensive bodies of work ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... the Rio Grande. However, models project wildly different futures for El Niño and La Niña cycles, some of which push the Southwest into permanent winter drought and others which create a permanent “El Niño” state in the eastern Pacific that actually increases winter precipitation in the Southwest. Ho ...
... the Rio Grande. However, models project wildly different futures for El Niño and La Niña cycles, some of which push the Southwest into permanent winter drought and others which create a permanent “El Niño” state in the eastern Pacific that actually increases winter precipitation in the Southwest. Ho ...
Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region
... the region’s economic wealth. Over time, human activities from dam construction to shoreline development have dramatically altered natural landscapes, waterways, and ecological processes. Pressures from human activities remain the most important agents of ecological change in the region today. Over ...
... the region’s economic wealth. Over time, human activities from dam construction to shoreline development have dramatically altered natural landscapes, waterways, and ecological processes. Pressures from human activities remain the most important agents of ecological change in the region today. Over ...
Background Paper
... build consensus among states on the potential elements of a Protection Agenda, which may include standards of treatment. Its outcomes may be taken up at domestic, regional and global levels and lead to new laws, soft law instruments or binding agreements. By now, all South Asian countries have natio ...
... build consensus among states on the potential elements of a Protection Agenda, which may include standards of treatment. Its outcomes may be taken up at domestic, regional and global levels and lead to new laws, soft law instruments or binding agreements. By now, all South Asian countries have natio ...
Sensitivity and the Carbon Budget - Apollo
... The temperature change illustrates the impact of change in CO2 concentration without any of the amplifying effects of the feedback system. The 280 ppm point marks the pre-industrial benchmark. Temperature variation is displayed on the vertical axis. (See Table 2, p36) Two concentration markers have ...
... The temperature change illustrates the impact of change in CO2 concentration without any of the amplifying effects of the feedback system. The 280 ppm point marks the pre-industrial benchmark. Temperature variation is displayed on the vertical axis. (See Table 2, p36) Two concentration markers have ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES LIFE David Albouy
... Every day, climate influences human activity, including diet, chores, recreation, and conversation. Households spend considerable amounts on housing, energy, clothing, and travel to protect themselves from extreme climates and to enjoy comfortable moderation. Geographically, climate impacts the desi ...
... Every day, climate influences human activity, including diet, chores, recreation, and conversation. Households spend considerable amounts on housing, energy, clothing, and travel to protect themselves from extreme climates and to enjoy comfortable moderation. Geographically, climate impacts the desi ...
Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5
... is important given the large number of published climate change studies that have analyzed streamflow or runoff using this approach. Results from VIC have informed our understanding of the effects of climate change on runoff, streamflow, wildfire, and snowpack in the western US and around the world, ...
... is important given the large number of published climate change studies that have analyzed streamflow or runoff using this approach. Results from VIC have informed our understanding of the effects of climate change on runoff, streamflow, wildfire, and snowpack in the western US and around the world, ...
Adaptation at the negotiations
... and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change; Economic diversification to build resilience; Ways to strengthen the catalytic role of the Convention in encouraging multilateral bodies, the public an ...
... and damage associated with climate change impacts in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change; Economic diversification to build resilience; Ways to strengthen the catalytic role of the Convention in encouraging multilateral bodies, the public an ...