Global warming in the public sphere
... century, the basic physical science underlying the theory and empirical evidence for global warming was supported through wartime and post-World War II scientific enterprise to master nuclear weaponry and understand how nuclear radiation and fallout would travel throughout the atmosphere and terrestr ...
... century, the basic physical science underlying the theory and empirical evidence for global warming was supported through wartime and post-World War II scientific enterprise to master nuclear weaponry and understand how nuclear radiation and fallout would travel throughout the atmosphere and terrestr ...
Creighton University`s Climate Action Plan
... presidents. Current president, Fr. Timothy Lannon has upheld this commitment. As part of this commitment, Creighton has agreed to: 1. Complete an emissions inventory. 2. Within 2 years, set a target date and interim milestones for becoming climate neutral. 3. Take immediate steps to reduce GHG emiss ...
... presidents. Current president, Fr. Timothy Lannon has upheld this commitment. As part of this commitment, Creighton has agreed to: 1. Complete an emissions inventory. 2. Within 2 years, set a target date and interim milestones for becoming climate neutral. 3. Take immediate steps to reduce GHG emiss ...
Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and
... humanitarian emergency, principally through the United Nations humanitarian coordinated response system, as in Pakistan after the devastating floods in August 2010 that affected more than 20 million people. ...
... humanitarian emergency, principally through the United Nations humanitarian coordinated response system, as in Pakistan after the devastating floods in August 2010 that affected more than 20 million people. ...
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation
... humanitarian emergency, principally through the United Nations humanitarian coordinated response system, as in Pakistan after the devastating floods in August 2010 that affected more than 20 million people. ...
... humanitarian emergency, principally through the United Nations humanitarian coordinated response system, as in Pakistan after the devastating floods in August 2010 that affected more than 20 million people. ...
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... My hypothesis is that, extreme changes in weather patterns are affecting the lives of rural agricultural community leading to loss of livelihood, thereby putting them and their children in a vulnerable position. In the case of children being deprived of their rights, my thesis argues whether a possi ...
... My hypothesis is that, extreme changes in weather patterns are affecting the lives of rural agricultural community leading to loss of livelihood, thereby putting them and their children in a vulnerable position. In the case of children being deprived of their rights, my thesis argues whether a possi ...
Ecosystem Based Adaptation
... Climate change associated events, together with unsustainable management of ecosystems, increase the vulnerabilities of people and nature by impacting them adversely. These impacts can be environmental (degradation, conversion, effects of increasingly frequent and severe events such as floods and dr ...
... Climate change associated events, together with unsustainable management of ecosystems, increase the vulnerabilities of people and nature by impacting them adversely. These impacts can be environmental (degradation, conversion, effects of increasingly frequent and severe events such as floods and dr ...
How The Wall Street Journal Opinion Section
... admitted that his family’s ownership of a coal mine may bias him, but claimed he’s “always declared” his “vested interest in carbon dioxide emissions.” Yet seven of his ten Wall Street Journal pieces did not disclose this information; four of the omissions occurred after a disclosure in 2012.69 Ridl ...
... admitted that his family’s ownership of a coal mine may bias him, but claimed he’s “always declared” his “vested interest in carbon dioxide emissions.” Yet seven of his ten Wall Street Journal pieces did not disclose this information; four of the omissions occurred after a disclosure in 2012.69 Ridl ...
The future of the Covenant of Mayors
... wishes to reiterate that, although the sustainable energy action plans approved by the EU's Joint 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 ski ...
... wishes to reiterate that, although the sustainable energy action plans approved by the EU's Joint 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 ski ...
Rethinking corporate social responsibility in the age of climate change
... December 12, 2015, 186 countries published action plans for how they intend to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “This agreement marks a change in direction, towards a new world. It confirms the target of keeping the rise in temperature below 2 °C …The agreement even establishes, for the ...
... December 12, 2015, 186 countries published action plans for how they intend to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “This agreement marks a change in direction, towards a new world. It confirms the target of keeping the rise in temperature below 2 °C …The agreement even establishes, for the ...
Technological Challenges Nigeria
... Climate change has become our new reality. It brings with it changes in weather patterns that can have serious repercussions for all of us, upsetting seasonal cycles, harming ecosystems and water supply, affecting agricultural farming systems and food production, causing sea-levels to rise. Climate ...
... Climate change has become our new reality. It brings with it changes in weather patterns that can have serious repercussions for all of us, upsetting seasonal cycles, harming ecosystems and water supply, affecting agricultural farming systems and food production, causing sea-levels to rise. Climate ...
Using Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) to realize the economic appraisal of Climate Smart Agriculture policy options
... Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) may become an interesting path to foster low carbon growth. NAMAs are voluntary country engagement proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They consist in a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or limiting Green H ...
... Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) may become an interesting path to foster low carbon growth. NAMAs are voluntary country engagement proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They consist in a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or limiting Green H ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa
... four main climate links to conflict in Africa may emerge. First, reduced water supply and growing demand will, in some places, lead to increasing competition between different sectors of society, different communities and different countries. Under certain conditions, such as poor governance and exi ...
... four main climate links to conflict in Africa may emerge. First, reduced water supply and growing demand will, in some places, lead to increasing competition between different sectors of society, different communities and different countries. Under certain conditions, such as poor governance and exi ...
united nations - Stockholm Convention
... should begin with a new conclusion. This paragraph begins with an action item. Not clear what process is referred to. Unclear what is the “scarce information”. This executive summary could be use more work to improve clarity, flow and grammar. It would appear that much of the text below has been cut ...
... should begin with a new conclusion. This paragraph begins with an action item. Not clear what process is referred to. Unclear what is the “scarce information”. This executive summary could be use more work to improve clarity, flow and grammar. It would appear that much of the text below has been cut ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... will increase security risks over much of the planet. It will not only increase threats to developing nations in resource-challenged parts of the world, but it will also test the security of nations with robust capability, including significant elements of our National Power here at home. Even thoug ...
... will increase security risks over much of the planet. It will not only increase threats to developing nations in resource-challenged parts of the world, but it will also test the security of nations with robust capability, including significant elements of our National Power here at home. Even thoug ...
Is there a relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide
... The environmental Daly curve hypothesis In 1973 the ecological economist Daly writes “Toward a steady state economy” where he describes the relationship between economic growth and environmental damage. Daly argues that today’s economy driven by increased production is doomed and a steady-state typ ...
... The environmental Daly curve hypothesis In 1973 the ecological economist Daly writes “Toward a steady state economy” where he describes the relationship between economic growth and environmental damage. Daly argues that today’s economy driven by increased production is doomed and a steady-state typ ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (Hoffman 2012: 37). Social consensus is contingent upon shared mutually constituted understandings ...
... 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (Hoffman 2012: 37). Social consensus is contingent upon shared mutually constituted understandings ...
Stakeholder mapping report - final version
... Eco Cities is a joint initiative between the University of Manchester and Bruntwood, drawing on the expertise of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre, Centre for Urban Regional Ecology and Brooks World Poverty Institute. The project will focus on the response of urban areas to the impacts of ...
... Eco Cities is a joint initiative between the University of Manchester and Bruntwood, drawing on the expertise of the Manchester Architecture Research Centre, Centre for Urban Regional Ecology and Brooks World Poverty Institute. The project will focus on the response of urban areas to the impacts of ...
“Community Vulnerability Mapping”: Enabling Participation and
... poverty is now one of the main priorities of governments of developing countries and development partners.18 Agriculture (including livestock, fisheries and agro-forestry) is the main economic sector in the West African region, representing around 35% of its GDP and employing around 60% of its activ ...
... poverty is now one of the main priorities of governments of developing countries and development partners.18 Agriculture (including livestock, fisheries and agro-forestry) is the main economic sector in the West African region, representing around 35% of its GDP and employing around 60% of its activ ...
View/Open
... attributed to a low capacity to adapt in the developing world (Thomas & Twyman, 2005). Of the developing countries, many in Africa are seen as being the most vulnerable to climate variability and change (Slingo et al., 2005). The challenges for development are already considerable, and climate chang ...
... attributed to a low capacity to adapt in the developing world (Thomas & Twyman, 2005). Of the developing countries, many in Africa are seen as being the most vulnerable to climate variability and change (Slingo et al., 2005). The challenges for development are already considerable, and climate chang ...
Africa`s climate opportunity: Adapting and thriving
... Concerted global action on climate change matters profoundly for Africa. Of all of the world’s continents, Africa is the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. With so many Africans living close to the poverty line, climate change could roll back much of our hard-won progress on developme ...
... Concerted global action on climate change matters profoundly for Africa. Of all of the world’s continents, Africa is the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. With so many Africans living close to the poverty line, climate change could roll back much of our hard-won progress on developme ...
KLEINER 2009 The bright prospect of biochar
... than those currently on the market. “Char happens to be the one thing that represents a solution to all of these factors together. It’s a unique opportunity,” Fournier says. But while enthusiasts are pushing to have biochar recognized as an official means of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, othe ...
... than those currently on the market. “Char happens to be the one thing that represents a solution to all of these factors together. It’s a unique opportunity,” Fournier says. But while enthusiasts are pushing to have biochar recognized as an official means of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, othe ...
Use of general circulation model output in the creation of climate
... Hansen et al., 1988). A large E1 Nifio/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event, such as that in 1982-83, can draw large amounts of energy out of the oceans and warm the surface climate for a few years; this warming is then superimposed on any warming caused by the greenhouse effect. As our understanding o ...
... Hansen et al., 1988). A large E1 Nifio/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event, such as that in 1982-83, can draw large amounts of energy out of the oceans and warm the surface climate for a few years; this warming is then superimposed on any warming caused by the greenhouse effect. As our understanding o ...
Enhancing the relevance of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for
... adaptation measures in reducing risks or exploiting opportunities. In these studies, socioeconomic development pathways are generally used to characterise future exposure to climate changes. Studies focusing on adaptation require scenarios that characterise the conditions, incentives or barriers tha ...
... adaptation measures in reducing risks or exploiting opportunities. In these studies, socioeconomic development pathways are generally used to characterise future exposure to climate changes. Studies focusing on adaptation require scenarios that characterise the conditions, incentives or barriers tha ...
... by design, with this collaboration mandated by the 2008 Farm Bill. Several components of S&PF’s Redesign, on which sections of this most recent Farm Bill was developed, are intended to shape and influence forest land use on a scale and in a way that optimizes public benefits from trees and forests f ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea levels around the world. Global average sea levels rose by about 1.8 mm per year between ...
... trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea levels around the world. Global average sea levels rose by about 1.8 mm per year between ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (or CPRS) was a proposed cap-and-trade system of emissions trading for anthropogenic greenhouse gases, due to be introduced in Australia in 2010 by the Rudd government, as part of its climate change policy. It marked a major change in the energy policy of Australia. The policy began when the Australian Labor Party was in opposition and the six Labor-controlled states commissioned an independent review on energy policy, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, which published a number of reports. Labor, after winning the federal election and forming a government, published a Green paper for discussion and comment. The Federal Treasury then modelled some of the financial and economic impacts of the proposed scheme.The Rudd Government published a final white paper on 15 December 2008. The Government announced that the legislation was intended to take effect in July 2010; but the legislation for the CPRS (aka ETS) failed to gain adequate support and was twice rejected creating a double dissolution election trigger. After a bitter political debate which saw former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull lose his leadership of the opposition to the anti-CPRS Tony Abbott. The Rudd government did not call an election and the CPRS lost public support. In April 2010, Labor then deferred the CPRS. A successor to the CPRS, the Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) was passed into law as part of the Clean Energy Futures Package (CEF) in 2011, but was repealed in July 2014 following a change in government.