When Science and Ideology Collide: Explaining
... mainstream message, in which more Democratic and Republican members of congress agree about the causes of climate change, should reduce Americans’ global warming doubts (H5). There is much less prior research on evolution opinions from which to derive our expectations. It is particularly informative ...
... mainstream message, in which more Democratic and Republican members of congress agree about the causes of climate change, should reduce Americans’ global warming doubts (H5). There is much less prior research on evolution opinions from which to derive our expectations. It is particularly informative ...
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... the year the Pacific made clear to the world that addressing climate change is an urgent and critical priority, and it culminated in the world coming together to endorse the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This signals a new era of hope for the global communi ...
... the year the Pacific made clear to the world that addressing climate change is an urgent and critical priority, and it culminated in the world coming together to endorse the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. This signals a new era of hope for the global communi ...
- Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... By using statistical models, Agnew and Palutikof (2006) analyzed the effect of climate variability, including both intra- and interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tourism demand is highly sensitive to climate variability within the prece ...
... By using statistical models, Agnew and Palutikof (2006) analyzed the effect of climate variability, including both intra- and interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tourism demand is highly sensitive to climate variability within the prece ...
Ecosystems and Wildlife: Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... streams). A few wildlife species were considered particularly threatened, most of which were coastal, northern or high elevation in distribution. No specific strategies were proposed to address climate change in the original WAP. Mention of climate change was notably absent in profiles for coastal h ...
... streams). A few wildlife species were considered particularly threatened, most of which were coastal, northern or high elevation in distribution. No specific strategies were proposed to address climate change in the original WAP. Mention of climate change was notably absent in profiles for coastal h ...
Climate Change: Adaptation for Queensland Issues Paper
... link between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, policy development in many jurisdictions has focussed on reducing emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. These efforts are commonly referred to as mitigation and will need to be continued and strengthened. At the United Nations Frame ...
... link between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, policy development in many jurisdictions has focussed on reducing emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. These efforts are commonly referred to as mitigation and will need to be continued and strengthened. At the United Nations Frame ...
Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends And their Policy
... Thailand and Turkey likely also to undergo a migration transition in the coming decades. In turn, countries elsewhere, such as Ghana, have moved in the other direction over the second half of the 20th century, becoming net countries of emigration as economic and political events led to expulsions o ...
... Thailand and Turkey likely also to undergo a migration transition in the coming decades. In turn, countries elsewhere, such as Ghana, have moved in the other direction over the second half of the 20th century, becoming net countries of emigration as economic and political events led to expulsions o ...
Draft Discussion Paper Ilaria Carrozza ESCAP/FfD/04/2015
... The Asia-Pacific 1 is one of the most disaster-prone regions, and the possibility that climate change may exacerbate the frequency and severity of extreme weather events is a real threat to progress made towards sustainable development. In order to secure sustainable development gains and to build r ...
... The Asia-Pacific 1 is one of the most disaster-prone regions, and the possibility that climate change may exacerbate the frequency and severity of extreme weather events is a real threat to progress made towards sustainable development. In order to secure sustainable development gains and to build r ...
TAMK - University of Applied Sciences Tampere, Finland
... ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most crucial issues of the 21st century. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which represents the frame and institution to negotiate climate change-related affairs on the global political level, has decided to make an agreement to ...
... ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most crucial issues of the 21st century. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which represents the frame and institution to negotiate climate change-related affairs on the global political level, has decided to make an agreement to ...
Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth
... global terrestrial carbon stock. Changes in grassland vegetation due to overgrazing, conversion to crop land, desertification, fire, fragmentation, and introduction of non‐native species affect their carbon storage capacity, and may in some cases even lead to grasslands becoming a net source of C ...
... global terrestrial carbon stock. Changes in grassland vegetation due to overgrazing, conversion to crop land, desertification, fire, fragmentation, and introduction of non‐native species affect their carbon storage capacity, and may in some cases even lead to grasslands becoming a net source of C ...
Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change | US EPA
... ton of carbon dioxide throughout this document.1 When attempting to assess the incremental economic impacts of carbon dioxide emissions, the analyst faces a number of serious challenges. A recent report from the National Academies of Science (NRC 2009) points out that any assessment will suffer from ...
... ton of carbon dioxide throughout this document.1 When attempting to assess the incremental economic impacts of carbon dioxide emissions, the analyst faces a number of serious challenges. A recent report from the National Academies of Science (NRC 2009) points out that any assessment will suffer from ...
Charting A New Low-Carbon Route To Development
... in the atmosphere, at a level that prevents catastrophic climate change, will require a 50% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from 1990 levels. To achieve this global objective, the Report recommends that developed countries cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050, with 20–3 ...
... in the atmosphere, at a level that prevents catastrophic climate change, will require a 50% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 from 1990 levels. To achieve this global objective, the Report recommends that developed countries cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050, with 20–3 ...
SYNCHRONIZATION OF POLAR CLIMATE VARIABILITY OVER
... The climate system is complex, whatever our definition of system complexity may be, but if that complexity can be reduced in some measure by detecting and recognizing long-range symmetries caused by synchronization, our understanding of climate dynamics would greatly benefit. The focus of this paper ...
... The climate system is complex, whatever our definition of system complexity may be, but if that complexity can be reduced in some measure by detecting and recognizing long-range symmetries caused by synchronization, our understanding of climate dynamics would greatly benefit. The focus of this paper ...
Climate and carbon cycle dynamics in a CESM simulation from 850
... to the existing set of simulations an integration from 850– 2100 CE with the Community Earth System Model, including a carbon cycle module. The aims of this study are (i) to detect coherent large-scale features of forced variability in temperature and carbon cycle quantities, in particular in respon ...
... to the existing set of simulations an integration from 850– 2100 CE with the Community Earth System Model, including a carbon cycle module. The aims of this study are (i) to detect coherent large-scale features of forced variability in temperature and carbon cycle quantities, in particular in respon ...
14 Ecosystem dynamics, harmful algal blooms and
... Changes in the occurrence and magnitude of HABs reflect interactions between the structure and function of coastal ecosystems, the external forcings that impinge on them, and the population dynamics of HAB species that inhabit them. Local responses of biological populations to basin scale forcings s ...
... Changes in the occurrence and magnitude of HABs reflect interactions between the structure and function of coastal ecosystems, the external forcings that impinge on them, and the population dynamics of HAB species that inhabit them. Local responses of biological populations to basin scale forcings s ...
A Profile of the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia and Clues
... market and a low-wage labour supply. How the industry manages this and its impact more broadly is discussed in this paper though from limited literature sources. The paper is organized in the following manner. First, I describe the agri-food sector in the economy and its relationship to the agricul ...
... market and a low-wage labour supply. How the industry manages this and its impact more broadly is discussed in this paper though from limited literature sources. The paper is organized in the following manner. First, I describe the agri-food sector in the economy and its relationship to the agricul ...
Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Biodiversity
... developing world for responding to climate change by building scientific and technical capacity, advancing scientific knowledge, and linking scientific and policy communities. These activities are supporting the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by adding to ...
... developing world for responding to climate change by building scientific and technical capacity, advancing scientific knowledge, and linking scientific and policy communities. These activities are supporting the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by adding to ...
Europe
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
Climate Change and Re-Insurance: The Human Security Issue
... policy makers. The given degree of international consensus varies greatly between those most affected by changes to climatic conditions in contrast to those who are estimated to only experience a limited effect. Controversially, it can also be claimed that some regions are set to gain from climate c ...
... policy makers. The given degree of international consensus varies greatly between those most affected by changes to climatic conditions in contrast to those who are estimated to only experience a limited effect. Controversially, it can also be claimed that some regions are set to gain from climate c ...
Climate Change and Poverty—An Analytical Framework
... of the number of people falling into poverty every year (i.e., an increase from 12% to 13% per year) and a reduction by less than 10% of the number of households escaping poverty (i.e., a reduction from 14% to 13% per year) would reduce the pace of poverty reduction by 50%. As to the second questio ...
... of the number of people falling into poverty every year (i.e., an increase from 12% to 13% per year) and a reduction by less than 10% of the number of households escaping poverty (i.e., a reduction from 14% to 13% per year) would reduce the pace of poverty reduction by 50%. As to the second questio ...
Aalborg Universitet Poulsen, Bo
... industrial period (MacKenzie et al., 2002a,b). The largest cod fishery of all times however, is probably the Newfoundland fishery. At least from 1710–1833 CPUE can be reconstructed as catch per boat per season (Myers, 2001). Going further back in time catch records exist for a substantial number of ye ...
... industrial period (MacKenzie et al., 2002a,b). The largest cod fishery of all times however, is probably the Newfoundland fishery. At least from 1710–1833 CPUE can be reconstructed as catch per boat per season (Myers, 2001). Going further back in time catch records exist for a substantial number of ye ...
Aalborg Universitet The variability of fisheries and fish
... industrial period (MacKenzie et al., 2002a,b). The largest cod fishery of all times however, is probably the Newfoundland fishery. At least from 1710–1833 CPUE can be reconstructed as catch per boat per season (Myers, 2001). Going further back in time catch records exist for a substantial number of ye ...
... industrial period (MacKenzie et al., 2002a,b). The largest cod fishery of all times however, is probably the Newfoundland fishery. At least from 1710–1833 CPUE can be reconstructed as catch per boat per season (Myers, 2001). Going further back in time catch records exist for a substantial number of ye ...
Warm Arctic*cold continents: climate impacts of the
... boundary region based on composite land station records (Wood et al. 2010). Ninety-five percent confidence limits are shown. Decadal-scale variations are emphasized with a two-way Butterworth low-pass filter constructed to remove frequencies higher than 0.1 cycles per year (black line). The early 20 ...
... boundary region based on composite land station records (Wood et al. 2010). Ninety-five percent confidence limits are shown. Decadal-scale variations are emphasized with a two-way Butterworth low-pass filter constructed to remove frequencies higher than 0.1 cycles per year (black line). The early 20 ...
