On the moral differences between mitigation and adaptation
... It should be noted thatthis assumption speaksof an asymmetry specifically regarding the distribution of burdens. In other respects there are clearly morally significant differences between adaptation and mitigation. Let us provide a couple of examples. Adaptation ...
... It should be noted thatthis assumption speaksof an asymmetry specifically regarding the distribution of burdens. In other respects there are clearly morally significant differences between adaptation and mitigation. Let us provide a couple of examples. Adaptation ...
Lebanon Country Report February - March 2013
... The ENPI ClimA-South project is at the beginning of the inception phase. A first mission was organized in Beirut (February 19th -March 1st2013) with the entire team to build and strengthen the project team, review the methodology and the overall work plan of the project --including the indicators fo ...
... The ENPI ClimA-South project is at the beginning of the inception phase. A first mission was organized in Beirut (February 19th -March 1st2013) with the entire team to build and strengthen the project team, review the methodology and the overall work plan of the project --including the indicators fo ...
Seed dressing systemic insecticides and honeybees: a challenge for
... The seasonal snow cover is likely to continue shrinking (Stewart, 2009). Map Error! No text of specified style in document..1 shows projections of changes in annual snow fall days based on a multi-model ensemble. The multi-model mean shows decreases in days with snow fall exceeding 1 cm across Europ ...
... The seasonal snow cover is likely to continue shrinking (Stewart, 2009). Map Error! No text of specified style in document..1 shows projections of changes in annual snow fall days based on a multi-model ensemble. The multi-model mean shows decreases in days with snow fall exceeding 1 cm across Europ ...
Declaration by CSO to the 29th ARC
... landless peoples, consumers, and NGOs representing national, regional and international CSOs coming from 24 countries met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on the 1st and 2nd of April 2016 in the frame of the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Africa. We recognize that the FAO has done a lot to implement som ...
... landless peoples, consumers, and NGOs representing national, regional and international CSOs coming from 24 countries met in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on the 1st and 2nd of April 2016 in the frame of the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Africa. We recognize that the FAO has done a lot to implement som ...
nicpp final report
... However, as the present report will show, it ignored available evidence against a human contribution to current warming and the substantial research of the past few years on the effects of solar activity on climate change. Why have the IPCC reports been marred by controversy and so frequently contra ...
... However, as the present report will show, it ignored available evidence against a human contribution to current warming and the substantial research of the past few years on the effects of solar activity on climate change. Why have the IPCC reports been marred by controversy and so frequently contra ...
Farming in a Changing Climate
... Extreme weather events have taken a substantial toll on human livelihoods and lives around the globe, and have often detrimentally affected food production and security. In 2005, persistent droughts in several African countries severely limited food supplies, flooding in Bangladesh routinely disrupt ...
... Extreme weather events have taken a substantial toll on human livelihoods and lives around the globe, and have often detrimentally affected food production and security. In 2005, persistent droughts in several African countries severely limited food supplies, flooding in Bangladesh routinely disrupt ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... seven parts that are explored, discussed and ultimately assessed. The results of each assessment are summarised in a table format. The CAF offers a ‘holistic’ look at the feasibility of different NRM actions as options for climate change adaptation. Its aim is to highlight those actions that present ...
... seven parts that are explored, discussed and ultimately assessed. The results of each assessment are summarised in a table format. The CAF offers a ‘holistic’ look at the feasibility of different NRM actions as options for climate change adaptation. Its aim is to highlight those actions that present ...
A comprehensive set of high-resolution grids of monthly climate for
... It is desirable that any study of the potential consequences of future climate change should use the best available information about projected climates. These projections are most commonly obtained from global climate model (GCM) simulations of the climate response to a given scenario of future gre ...
... It is desirable that any study of the potential consequences of future climate change should use the best available information about projected climates. These projections are most commonly obtained from global climate model (GCM) simulations of the climate response to a given scenario of future gre ...
ClimateJobsBooklet2011-2_South Africa
... We know that South Africa alone cannot stop climate change, but by creating a million climate jobs in our country, we will offer a model for genuine responses to climate change. This is more and more important given the failure of the global elites to secure a binding agreement to slow down climate ...
... We know that South Africa alone cannot stop climate change, but by creating a million climate jobs in our country, we will offer a model for genuine responses to climate change. This is more and more important given the failure of the global elites to secure a binding agreement to slow down climate ...
US Food Security and Climate Change
... Review of Current Situation • Proportion of the population living on less than $2 per day is near zero • Education levels are high • Under-5 malnutrition level is very low • Well-being indicators (life expectancy at birth and under-5 mortality rate) are favorable and have improved in the last 47 yea ...
... Review of Current Situation • Proportion of the population living on less than $2 per day is near zero • Education levels are high • Under-5 malnutrition level is very low • Well-being indicators (life expectancy at birth and under-5 mortality rate) are favorable and have improved in the last 47 yea ...
Using climate information to support crop breeding decisions and
... increase the demand for natural resources. Over the same time period, the demand for water and energy could increase by 40 and 50% respectively and for food by 35% (2). These pressures could be further exacerbated by the changing climate, particularly in the longer-term. The global mean surface temp ...
... increase the demand for natural resources. Over the same time period, the demand for water and energy could increase by 40 and 50% respectively and for food by 35% (2). These pressures could be further exacerbated by the changing climate, particularly in the longer-term. The global mean surface temp ...
In Cook et al., the definition of consensus hypothesis that comes
... Though Cook et al. (2013) reviewed abstracts of 11,944 papers on climate change and concluded that 97.1% of those expressing an opinion supported consensus, the philosophy of science allows no role for head-count. Aristotle, in his Sophistical Refutations, (c. 350 B.C.E.), identified the argument fr ...
... Though Cook et al. (2013) reviewed abstracts of 11,944 papers on climate change and concluded that 97.1% of those expressing an opinion supported consensus, the philosophy of science allows no role for head-count. Aristotle, in his Sophistical Refutations, (c. 350 B.C.E.), identified the argument fr ...
Silvicultural Challenges and Options in the Context of Global Change
... altered conditions (Lawler et al. 2010), especially because the rates of change may be quite a bit faster than a forest’s response to manipulations. Additionally, there is no single source of information about the prediction of global change and the uncertainties associated with it. This makes it di ...
... altered conditions (Lawler et al. 2010), especially because the rates of change may be quite a bit faster than a forest’s response to manipulations. Additionally, there is no single source of information about the prediction of global change and the uncertainties associated with it. This makes it di ...
Long-Term Climate Change - Ontario Power Generation
... In assessing the regional study area (RSA) and the Bruce nuclear site, it should be noted that this northern portion of the North American continent has been subjected to a series of intense continental scale glaciation and deglaciation events over the past million years of Earth history. This proce ...
... In assessing the regional study area (RSA) and the Bruce nuclear site, it should be noted that this northern portion of the North American continent has been subjected to a series of intense continental scale glaciation and deglaciation events over the past million years of Earth history. This proce ...
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... thermoregulatory control, but they point out that this could be difficult because it may not be consistent with high production potential (Finch et al. 1982, 1984). McInnes et al. (2003) have commented on possible impacts of climate change scenarios on Australia’s viticultural regions. Warmer, drier ...
... thermoregulatory control, but they point out that this could be difficult because it may not be consistent with high production potential (Finch et al. 1982, 1984). McInnes et al. (2003) have commented on possible impacts of climate change scenarios on Australia’s viticultural regions. Warmer, drier ...
Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
... fixed, e.g., current snowmaking technologies within the US generally require conditions below 28ºF wetbulb for operation. In the case of consumers, however, scientific knowledge is more limited. For example, though it has been established that the typical tourist prefers an average daily temperature ...
... fixed, e.g., current snowmaking technologies within the US generally require conditions below 28ºF wetbulb for operation. In the case of consumers, however, scientific knowledge is more limited. For example, though it has been established that the typical tourist prefers an average daily temperature ...
The Challenges of Change in Future Emergency
... media and communities’ needs to find information where it is not forthcoming from emergency services (Yates & Paquette 2011; Bruns et al. 2012). Strategic emergency management must somehow live with the tensions of potential information distortion, greater intelligence gathering and self-organised e ...
... media and communities’ needs to find information where it is not forthcoming from emergency services (Yates & Paquette 2011; Bruns et al. 2012). Strategic emergency management must somehow live with the tensions of potential information distortion, greater intelligence gathering and self-organised e ...
2014 Energy and Climate Outlook
... recognizing that our projections of environmental change indicate that further policy measures are needed to stabilize our relationship with the planet. This scenario is a description and certainly not a prescription or recommendation. ...
... recognizing that our projections of environmental change indicate that further policy measures are needed to stabilize our relationship with the planet. This scenario is a description and certainly not a prescription or recommendation. ...
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within
... identifying them. In Sections 3 and 4, we consider winners and losers in the context of climate change, and from the perspective of economic globalization. Section 3 introduces the concept of double exposure, and presents some examples. In conclusion, we suggest some issues and questions for future ...
... identifying them. In Sections 3 and 4, we consider winners and losers in the context of climate change, and from the perspective of economic globalization. Section 3 introduces the concept of double exposure, and presents some examples. In conclusion, we suggest some issues and questions for future ...
IMOGEN: an intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial
... simulations to different future pathways of greenhouse gases, including rapid first-order assessments of how the land surface and associated biogeochemical cycles might change. Evaluation of how new terrestrial process understanding influences such predictions can also be made with relative ease. ...
... simulations to different future pathways of greenhouse gases, including rapid first-order assessments of how the land surface and associated biogeochemical cycles might change. Evaluation of how new terrestrial process understanding influences such predictions can also be made with relative ease. ...
The shape of things to come: why is climate change so predictable?
... Projections of future climate changes are inherently probabilistic, because of the many uncertainties surrounding choices of climate parameters, uncertainties in the underlying physical processes and future emissions, and because the climate system is highly complex. On the other hand, such projecti ...
... Projections of future climate changes are inherently probabilistic, because of the many uncertainties surrounding choices of climate parameters, uncertainties in the underlying physical processes and future emissions, and because the climate system is highly complex. On the other hand, such projecti ...
The response of atmospheric nitrous oxide to climate variations
... Figure 1. Termination 1 and the last glacial period (10 to 70 kyr BP in the upper panel, 60 to 120 kyr BP in the lower panel). (a) NGRIP N2 O, diamonds [Flückiger et al., 2004; Schilt et al., 2010b] and crosses (new data). Stars indicate published and new measurements affected by artifacts. The red ...
... Figure 1. Termination 1 and the last glacial period (10 to 70 kyr BP in the upper panel, 60 to 120 kyr BP in the lower panel). (a) NGRIP N2 O, diamonds [Flückiger et al., 2004; Schilt et al., 2010b] and crosses (new data). Stars indicate published and new measurements affected by artifacts. The red ...
Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the
... where an anthropogenic signal could be detected. When monitoring observed changes in climate and, in particular, climate extremes, for many regions (particularly in Africa, South America and parts of Asia) we are still lacking suitable and comparable data (Alexander et al ., 2006). To address this a ...
... where an anthropogenic signal could be detected. When monitoring observed changes in climate and, in particular, climate extremes, for many regions (particularly in Africa, South America and parts of Asia) we are still lacking suitable and comparable data (Alexander et al ., 2006). To address this a ...
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... flooding). For an estimation of the costs, one could argue that this second type of measures, the reactive, does not correspond to the costs of adaptation but to the costs of the impact of climate change. In fact, from our review of the literature concerning the water sector, reactive measures are a ...
... flooding). For an estimation of the costs, one could argue that this second type of measures, the reactive, does not correspond to the costs of adaptation but to the costs of the impact of climate change. In fact, from our review of the literature concerning the water sector, reactive measures are a ...
