How Corporations Have Influenced the U.S. Dialogue on Climate
... poisoning even in the early years of manufacture, the prevailing consensus was that lead toxicity was a health concern only at those high levels of exposure (Bridbord and Hanson 2009). Until the 1960s, most research published on lead was conducted by the Kettering Laboratory, a research institution ...
... poisoning even in the early years of manufacture, the prevailing consensus was that lead toxicity was a health concern only at those high levels of exposure (Bridbord and Hanson 2009). Until the 1960s, most research published on lead was conducted by the Kettering Laboratory, a research institution ...
Climate change impacts on snow water availability in the Euphrates
... part of a detailed but straightforward snow module that simulates many of the snow accumulation and ablation processes (Storck et al., 2002). The module is especially well suited for simulating mountain snowpack and includes the effects of forest canopy on snow interception and the attenuation of wi ...
... part of a detailed but straightforward snow module that simulates many of the snow accumulation and ablation processes (Storck et al., 2002). The module is especially well suited for simulating mountain snowpack and includes the effects of forest canopy on snow interception and the attenuation of wi ...
The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution
... remains one of the most uncertain terms in the global carbon budget (Houghton et al., 2012). As on the biogeophysical side, models show a wide range of estimates for historic and future emissions due to LULCC (Arora and Boer, 2010; Boysen et al., 2014; Brovkin et al., 2013). When emissions of all GH ...
... remains one of the most uncertain terms in the global carbon budget (Houghton et al., 2012). As on the biogeophysical side, models show a wide range of estimates for historic and future emissions due to LULCC (Arora and Boer, 2010; Boysen et al., 2014; Brovkin et al., 2013). When emissions of all GH ...
Blöschl, G., A. Viglione and A. Montanari (2013)
... A more explicit debate on the goals of IHRM in a changing world would be desirable. 2. The accuracy of quantifying future hazards and vulnerabilities has received more attention. Each modeling step of the top-down approach (Figure 2) introduces uncertainties that may lead to different prioritization ...
... A more explicit debate on the goals of IHRM in a changing world would be desirable. 2. The accuracy of quantifying future hazards and vulnerabilities has received more attention. Each modeling step of the top-down approach (Figure 2) introduces uncertainties that may lead to different prioritization ...
Atmospheric Recovery Litigation - University of Oregon School of Law
... released in 2014 determined their proportionate responsibility for carbon emissions since the Industrial Revolution based on market share data and other evidence.18 The largest fossil fuel corporations have reaped, collectively, more than $1 trillion in profits since the millennium19 and therefore r ...
... released in 2014 determined their proportionate responsibility for carbon emissions since the Industrial Revolution based on market share data and other evidence.18 The largest fossil fuel corporations have reaped, collectively, more than $1 trillion in profits since the millennium19 and therefore r ...
Geographical restructuring of Arabidopsis thaliana`s
... at the species level will be necessarily less precise than models at the intraspecific genetic level. ...
... at the species level will be necessarily less precise than models at the intraspecific genetic level. ...
Towards indicators for resilient architecture and infrastructure
... use. For example, energy infrastructure put into service in the next five years may “lock-in” physical artefacts, distribution patterns, and greenhouse gas emissions well past 2050 (S. J. Davis, Caldeira, & Matthews, 2010). The building and construction sector alone is responsible for 10-40% of coun ...
... use. For example, energy infrastructure put into service in the next five years may “lock-in” physical artefacts, distribution patterns, and greenhouse gas emissions well past 2050 (S. J. Davis, Caldeira, & Matthews, 2010). The building and construction sector alone is responsible for 10-40% of coun ...
Module: Introduction
... corporate business plan. Like all objectives related to the business plan, progress is monitored throughout the year so there is timely warning if targets are at risk of not being achieved. When that occurs, steps are identified to get back on track. SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH: We’ve analyzed what “doin ...
... corporate business plan. Like all objectives related to the business plan, progress is monitored throughout the year so there is timely warning if targets are at risk of not being achieved. When that occurs, steps are identified to get back on track. SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH: We’ve analyzed what “doin ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: South Korea
... might be affected by climate change. To this end, caution should be applied in interpreting model-based results, even where the models are in agreement. Projected change in the intensity of cyclones in the western Pacific basin are considered more robust than projected change in their frequency. A n ...
... might be affected by climate change. To this end, caution should be applied in interpreting model-based results, even where the models are in agreement. Projected change in the intensity of cyclones in the western Pacific basin are considered more robust than projected change in their frequency. A n ...
Background paper
... and to human life in general. According to expert assessments, global warming is expected to have worst impacts in Africa, South and West Asia; suggesting that developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries.1 Left unabated, climate change threatens to reverse har ...
... and to human life in general. According to expert assessments, global warming is expected to have worst impacts in Africa, South and West Asia; suggesting that developing countries are more vulnerable to climate change than developed countries.1 Left unabated, climate change threatens to reverse har ...
U. S. Senate Report Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man
... Eilperin conceded the obvious, writing that climate skeptics "appear to be expanding rather than shrinking." Many scientists from around the world have dubbed 2007 as the year man-made global warming fears "bite the dust." (LINK) In addition, many scientists who are also progressive environmentalist ...
... Eilperin conceded the obvious, writing that climate skeptics "appear to be expanding rather than shrinking." Many scientists from around the world have dubbed 2007 as the year man-made global warming fears "bite the dust." (LINK) In addition, many scientists who are also progressive environmentalist ...
Risk, uncertainty and the institutional geographies of
... In this study, we explore how uncertainties about climate change and adaptation to it are framed by those involved in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) in England. The term ‘frame’ here relates to schemas of interpretation that organize environmental understanding and guide whether a ...
... In this study, we explore how uncertainties about climate change and adaptation to it are framed by those involved in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) in England. The term ‘frame’ here relates to schemas of interpretation that organize environmental understanding and guide whether a ...
GAO-14-74, CLIMATE CHANGE: Energy Infrastructure Risks and
... power plants and ports, according to DOE, leaving over 8 million customers without power. 4 5 Long-term changes in the climate could also impact energy infrastructure, according to USGCRP and DOE. For example, warming air temperatures may reduce the efficiency of power plants while increasing the ov ...
... power plants and ports, according to DOE, leaving over 8 million customers without power. 4 5 Long-term changes in the climate could also impact energy infrastructure, according to USGCRP and DOE. For example, warming air temperatures may reduce the efficiency of power plants while increasing the ov ...
OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS How to ensure future food production under
... if the right policies are not pursued, prices could increase substantially – by more than 100% for maize and rice by 2030, for example (Willenbockel, 2011). Southern African governments need to invest in agriculture and meet their NEPAD commitments to increase the share of agriculture in national bu ...
... if the right policies are not pursued, prices could increase substantially – by more than 100% for maize and rice by 2030, for example (Willenbockel, 2011). Southern African governments need to invest in agriculture and meet their NEPAD commitments to increase the share of agriculture in national bu ...
United Nations
... • 13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning • 13.a Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal ...
... • 13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning • 13.a Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to a goal ...
What do stakeholders need to manage for climate change
... that about half of the documents found were from the water sector (twenty-six total). Although relatively few documents were found from the agriculture, recreation/tourism, and tribes sectors, many stakeholders from those sectors were involved in the development of documents classified as multiple. ...
... that about half of the documents found were from the water sector (twenty-six total). Although relatively few documents were found from the agriculture, recreation/tourism, and tribes sectors, many stakeholders from those sectors were involved in the development of documents classified as multiple. ...
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... making extensive use of fish meal and fish oil produced from wild fish (Naylor et al., 2000). However, according to Brander (2007), certain positive effects are likely as well. A global warming could make it possible to set up aquaculture operations in regions that formerly were too cold or to benef ...
... making extensive use of fish meal and fish oil produced from wild fish (Naylor et al., 2000). However, according to Brander (2007), certain positive effects are likely as well. A global warming could make it possible to set up aquaculture operations in regions that formerly were too cold or to benef ...
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... and 7.4 will present several studies on the physical mechanisms controlling the Mediterranean climate variation and change. Sections 7.5 and 7.6 will then present the current status of the Mediterranean regional climate modelling and the preliminary results of a regional coupled model. Perspectives ...
... and 7.4 will present several studies on the physical mechanisms controlling the Mediterranean climate variation and change. Sections 7.5 and 7.6 will then present the current status of the Mediterranean regional climate modelling and the preliminary results of a regional coupled model. Perspectives ...
Environmentally displaced people Understanding the linkages
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
Impacts of thermohaline circulation shutdown in the twenty
... When greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations are held fixed at levels typical of the late 19th century (‘pre-industrial’ era), the model’s net radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere is close to zero. HadCM3 does not require flux adjustment to maintain a stable climate under these pre-industri ...
... When greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations are held fixed at levels typical of the late 19th century (‘pre-industrial’ era), the model’s net radiative flux at the top of the atmosphere is close to zero. HadCM3 does not require flux adjustment to maintain a stable climate under these pre-industri ...
A review of global wind energy expansion and a climate change
... This capstone would not have been possible without the help of many people. It is also the product of a large measure of serendipitous and fortuitous encounters with people who knowingly or not have changed the course of my academic career. I am genuinely appreciative for the many professors at John ...
... This capstone would not have been possible without the help of many people. It is also the product of a large measure of serendipitous and fortuitous encounters with people who knowingly or not have changed the course of my academic career. I am genuinely appreciative for the many professors at John ...
Human Development Report 2007/2008 Climate Change and
... international trade and direct foreign investment reinforcing Viet Nam’s progress towards middle-income country status. As Viet Nam continues to be transformed from a highly centralised command economy, to a more market based one, the urgent challenge is to ensure that the relatively equitable growt ...
... international trade and direct foreign investment reinforcing Viet Nam’s progress towards middle-income country status. As Viet Nam continues to be transformed from a highly centralised command economy, to a more market based one, the urgent challenge is to ensure that the relatively equitable growt ...
information - Refugee Studies Centre
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
Politics of global warming
The politics of global warming are complex due to numerous factors that arise from the global economy's interdependence on carbon dioxide emitting hydrocarbon energy sources and because carbon dioxide is directly implicated in global warming - making global warming a non-traditional environmental challenge:Implications to all aspects of a nation-state's economy - The vast majority of the world economy relies on energy sources or manufacturing techniques that release greenhouse gases at almost every stage of production, transportation, storage, delivery & disposal while a consensus of the world's scientists attribute global warming to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This intimate linkage between global warming and economic vitality implicates almost every aspect of a nation-state's economy; Perceived lack of adequate advanced energy technologies - Fossil fuel abundance and low prices continue to put pressure on the development of adequate advanced energy technologies that can realistically replace the role of fossil fuels - as of 2010, over 91% of the worlds energy is derived from fossil fuels and non carbon-neutral technologies. Developing countries do not have cost effective access to the advanced energy technologies that they need for development (most advanced technologies has been developed by and exist in the developed world). Without adequate and cost effective post-hydrocarbon energy sources, it is unlikely the countries of the developed or developing world would accept policies that would materially affect their economic vitality or economic development prospects;Industrialization of the developing world - As developing nations industrialize their energy needs increase and since conventional energy sources produce carbon dioxide, the carbon dioxide emissions of developing countries are beginning to rise at a time when the scientific community, global governance institutions and advocacy groups are telling the world that carbon dioxide emissions should be decreasing. Without access to cost effective and abundant energy sources many developing countries see climate change as a hindrance to their unfettered economic development;Metric selection (transparency) and perceived responsibility / ability to respond - Among the countries of the world, disagreements exist over which greenhouse gas emission metrics should be used like total emissions per year, per capita emissions per year, CO2 emissions only, deforestation emissions, livestock emissions or even total historical emissions. Historically, the release of carbon dioxide has not been historically even among all nation-states and nation-states have challenges with determining who should restrict emissions and at what point of their industrial development they should be subject to such commitments;Vulnerable developing countries and developed country legacy emissions - Some developing nations blame the developed world for having created the global warming crisis because it was the developed countries that emitted most of the carbon dioxide over the twentieth century and vulnerable countries perceive that it should be the developed countries that should pay to address the challenge;Consensus-driven global governance models - The global governance institutions that evolved during the 20th century are all consensus driven deliberative forums where agreement is difficult to achieve and even when agreement is achieved it is almost impossible to enforce;Well organized and funded special-interest lobbying bodies - Special interest lobbying by well organized groups distort and amplify aspects of the challenge (environmental lobbying, energy industry lobbying, other special interest lobbying);Politicization of climate science - Although there is a consensus on the science of global warming and its likely effects - some special interests groups work to suppress the consensus while others work to amplify the alarm of global warming. All parties that engage in such acts add to the politicization of the science of global warming. The result is a clouding of the reality of the global warming problem.The focus areas for global warming politics are Adaptation, Mitigation, Finance, Technology and Losses which are well quantified and studied but the urgency of the global warming challenge combined with the implication to almost every facet of a nation-state's economic interests places significant burdens on the established largely-voluntary global institutions that have developed over the last century; institutions that have been unable to effectively reshape themselves and move fast enough to deal with this unique challenge. Rapidly developing countries who see traditional energy sources as a means to fuel their development, well funded aggressive environmental lobbying groups and an established fossil fuel energy paradigm boasting a mature and sophisticated political lobbying infrastructure all combine to make global warming politics extremely polarized. Distrust between developed and developing countries at most international conferences that seek to address the topic add to the challenges. Further adding to the complexity is the advent of the Internet and the development of media technologies like blogs and other mechanisms for disseminating information that enable the exponential growth in production and dissemination of competing points of view which make it nearly impossible for the development and dissemination of an objective view into the enormity of the subject matter and its politics.