Can Climate Influence Cultural Development? A View through Time
... human society, there is little information on the impact similar events may have had in the deeper past. Historians and archaeologists have documented catastrophic events in human history from the collapse of great civilisations to the rise of devastating pandemics, which suggest human history has b ...
... human society, there is little information on the impact similar events may have had in the deeper past. Historians and archaeologists have documented catastrophic events in human history from the collapse of great civilisations to the rise of devastating pandemics, which suggest human history has b ...
Abstract - Centre for Marine Science
... A system to examine and test mitigation options to reduce future impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on marine systems. ...
... A system to examine and test mitigation options to reduce future impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on marine systems. ...
APH-13 - Laboratory for Remote Sensing Hydrology and Spatial
... global climate to various perturbations and to predict the course it will following in the future. • The GCMs cannot represent the global climate in the same details as the numerical weather predictions because they must be run for decades and even centuries ahead in order to consider possible chang ...
... global climate to various perturbations and to predict the course it will following in the future. • The GCMs cannot represent the global climate in the same details as the numerical weather predictions because they must be run for decades and even centuries ahead in order to consider possible chang ...
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... (IO) model developed by Leontief (1970), combined with a mixed model approach and water accounts. The advantage of this modelling approach is that it allows the so-called “backward linkage” effect to be investigated from a supply side perspective, whereby a reduction in agricultural output due to cl ...
... (IO) model developed by Leontief (1970), combined with a mixed model approach and water accounts. The advantage of this modelling approach is that it allows the so-called “backward linkage” effect to be investigated from a supply side perspective, whereby a reduction in agricultural output due to cl ...
What does the Paris Agreement mean for climate policy in the
... …that 100% of energy demand should be covered by renewable sources by 2025 – 2035; …that 100% of electricity generation has to come from renewable sources at the latest by 2025. This includes a complete phase-out of coal latest by 2020; …that the total personal vehicle fleet should come to consist o ...
... …that 100% of energy demand should be covered by renewable sources by 2025 – 2035; …that 100% of electricity generation has to come from renewable sources at the latest by 2025. This includes a complete phase-out of coal latest by 2020; …that the total personal vehicle fleet should come to consist o ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... change debate. After the Kyoto Protocol comes into force on the 16th February 2005, the developed countries in the world will be able to make progress towards reducing carbon emissions without waiting for the White House. Developing countries are also making efforts to reduce emissions with the help ...
... change debate. After the Kyoto Protocol comes into force on the 16th February 2005, the developed countries in the world will be able to make progress towards reducing carbon emissions without waiting for the White House. Developing countries are also making efforts to reduce emissions with the help ...
Supply-side climate policy: the road less taken
... The combustion of fossil fuels is by far the largest human source of global greenhouse gas emissions, releasing more than 30 billion tonnes of CO 2 into the atmosphere each year (IPCC 2014). Reducing fossil fuel combustion is thus a top priority for climate policy. For decades, policy-makers and int ...
... The combustion of fossil fuels is by far the largest human source of global greenhouse gas emissions, releasing more than 30 billion tonnes of CO 2 into the atmosphere each year (IPCC 2014). Reducing fossil fuel combustion is thus a top priority for climate policy. For decades, policy-makers and int ...
Environmental economics and modeling marketable permits
... market mechanisms to bring about a socially acceptable level of externalities. However, such a theory holds only in the absence of transaction costs and strategic behaviour (more on this in the next section). Following Coase’s principle, environmental economists introduced market-based instruments s ...
... market mechanisms to bring about a socially acceptable level of externalities. However, such a theory holds only in the absence of transaction costs and strategic behaviour (more on this in the next section). Following Coase’s principle, environmental economists introduced market-based instruments s ...
Climate Ready Stirling`s Main Issues Report
... bridges, flood and storm-water control systems, public health systems, parks, woodlands and other aspects of our communities will be affected in both positive and negative ways. Some of these changes could have disastrous consequences for economic competitiveness and social wellbeing if no coping or ...
... bridges, flood and storm-water control systems, public health systems, parks, woodlands and other aspects of our communities will be affected in both positive and negative ways. Some of these changes could have disastrous consequences for economic competitiveness and social wellbeing if no coping or ...
Business in a Climate- Constrained World
... of measures for business to follow. Instead, we propose a framework for collaborative action that helps companies identify a menu of small steps that cumulatively add up to significant ambition to address climate change. We also offer an open invitation to collaborate on bold collective action. Iden ...
... of measures for business to follow. Instead, we propose a framework for collaborative action that helps companies identify a menu of small steps that cumulatively add up to significant ambition to address climate change. We also offer an open invitation to collaborate on bold collective action. Iden ...
Environmental economics and modelling marketable permits: Working Paper 25 (395 kB) (opens in new window)
... market mechanisms to bring about a socially acceptable level of externalities. However, such a theory holds only in the absence of transaction costs and strategic behaviour (more on this in the next section). Following Coase’s principle, environmental economists introduced market-based instruments s ...
... market mechanisms to bring about a socially acceptable level of externalities. However, such a theory holds only in the absence of transaction costs and strategic behaviour (more on this in the next section). Following Coase’s principle, environmental economists introduced market-based instruments s ...
a carbon price
... • A uniform global carbon price (and prices on other greenhouse gases in proportion to their warming potential), delivered either by carbon taxes or carbon trading, would be an ideal tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply in a cost-effective way, based on the principle that the ‘polluter p ...
... • A uniform global carbon price (and prices on other greenhouse gases in proportion to their warming potential), delivered either by carbon taxes or carbon trading, would be an ideal tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply in a cost-effective way, based on the principle that the ‘polluter p ...
Workshop summary
... change and food security. Incorporating mitigation activities into the food system is important because agriculture and forestry are also responsible for more than 30 percent of total global GHG emissions. It has been estimated that about 50 percent of the global technical mitigation potential in ag ...
... change and food security. Incorporating mitigation activities into the food system is important because agriculture and forestry are also responsible for more than 30 percent of total global GHG emissions. It has been estimated that about 50 percent of the global technical mitigation potential in ag ...
Climate Change News 33 October 12
... Livestock and renewable energy The ‘Livestock and renewable energy’ paper assesses existing synergies between livestock and the renewable energy sector. It considers the potential benefits that could arise from the interaction of these sectors in areas such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, ...
... Livestock and renewable energy The ‘Livestock and renewable energy’ paper assesses existing synergies between livestock and the renewable energy sector. It considers the potential benefits that could arise from the interaction of these sectors in areas such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, ...
Text S1: Models, Climate Change Scenario Linkages, and
... this research only used regression approaches rather than regression and neural network models. The second major difference is that the latter does not include streamflow data for the Blue Nile upstream of the Border gauging station, since data from the Ethiopian catchment were previously unavailabl ...
... this research only used regression approaches rather than regression and neural network models. The second major difference is that the latter does not include streamflow data for the Blue Nile upstream of the Border gauging station, since data from the Ethiopian catchment were previously unavailabl ...
Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation
... social practices, values and change in the natural world12. In most cases, the methods for studying culture tend to be qualitative, frequently including ethnography and participant observation, and data from these methods do not sit comfortably with the quantitative approaches prevalent in other soc ...
... social practices, values and change in the natural world12. In most cases, the methods for studying culture tend to be qualitative, frequently including ethnography and participant observation, and data from these methods do not sit comfortably with the quantitative approaches prevalent in other soc ...
Report of the Smith College Study Group on Climate Change
... for future ones fall well short of what is needed.2,3,4 How did climate change become one of modern society’s most pressing issues, and what are the risks? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared warming of the climate system to be unequivocal and its root cause the emissio ...
... for future ones fall well short of what is needed.2,3,4 How did climate change become one of modern society’s most pressing issues, and what are the risks? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared warming of the climate system to be unequivocal and its root cause the emissio ...
Earth System Modeling—An Integrated Assessment Tool for Environmental Studies R. A. P
... Chase et al. (1996, 2000a) have presented results that indicate a substantial effect on the Earth’s atmospheric circulation thousands of kilometers from where historical landscape changes occurred. These teleconnections in the model, for example, produce major shifts in the polar jet stream, with su ...
... Chase et al. (1996, 2000a) have presented results that indicate a substantial effect on the Earth’s atmospheric circulation thousands of kilometers from where historical landscape changes occurred. These teleconnections in the model, for example, produce major shifts in the polar jet stream, with su ...
Climate change and ecosystems of the Mid
... temperature, salinity and nutrient loads, and could be adversely affected by projected climatic changes. Populations of rare, native species could decline, while problems with non-native invasive species, such as kudzu and gypsy moths, might increase. The best strategies to protect ecosystems from c ...
... temperature, salinity and nutrient loads, and could be adversely affected by projected climatic changes. Populations of rare, native species could decline, while problems with non-native invasive species, such as kudzu and gypsy moths, might increase. The best strategies to protect ecosystems from c ...
The Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR
... finance. As a starting point, it is important to recognise that the phenomenon of ‘adaptation deficit’ applies in all countries. This term, perhaps better described as the development deficit, refers to the extent to which societies are adequately adapted to the current climate (Burton, 2004). Norma ...
... finance. As a starting point, it is important to recognise that the phenomenon of ‘adaptation deficit’ applies in all countries. This term, perhaps better described as the development deficit, refers to the extent to which societies are adequately adapted to the current climate (Burton, 2004). Norma ...
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... necessitates the development and use of models capable of tracing the main interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models ...
... necessitates the development and use of models capable of tracing the main interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models ...
Global climate change: climates of the future, choices for the present
... 3.1 mm y 1 over the last decade of this period. The increased temperatures have also brought about a decline in mountain glaciers, snow cover and ice caps in both the north and south hemispheres, which has also contributed to the rise in sea level. It is noteworthy that the last time the polar ...
... 3.1 mm y 1 over the last decade of this period. The increased temperatures have also brought about a decline in mountain glaciers, snow cover and ice caps in both the north and south hemispheres, which has also contributed to the rise in sea level. It is noteworthy that the last time the polar ...
(I) - GCMs and Climate Change Scenarios
... global climate to various perturbations and to predict the course it will following in the future. • The GCMs cannot represent the global climate in the same details as the numerical weather predictions because they must be run for decades and even centuries ahead in order to consider possible chang ...
... global climate to various perturbations and to predict the course it will following in the future. • The GCMs cannot represent the global climate in the same details as the numerical weather predictions because they must be run for decades and even centuries ahead in order to consider possible chang ...
Professional Development Scholarship Program
... Session 3: Evolution of Human & Environmental Security Concepts. This seminar expands upon rethinking of security issues which has occurred since the end of the cold-war. It includes a review of competing views on security and then explores how current debates regarding human and environmental secur ...
... Session 3: Evolution of Human & Environmental Security Concepts. This seminar expands upon rethinking of security issues which has occurred since the end of the cold-war. It includes a review of competing views on security and then explores how current debates regarding human and environmental secur ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... argue that an additive form, in which welfare is the difference between the utility of consumption and a quadratic disutility- loss function of temperature change, may make just as much sense for evaluating extreme climate damages. The distinction between multiplicative and additive welfare specifica ...
... argue that an additive form, in which welfare is the difference between the utility of consumption and a quadratic disutility- loss function of temperature change, may make just as much sense for evaluating extreme climate damages. The distinction between multiplicative and additive welfare specifica ...
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.