Silva2013-ERL-APMortality.pdf
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
a prediction market for climate outcomes
... intertwined with a variety of economic and professional interests, such that virtually no one can make an assertion about climate change without being accused of having some interest—economic, professional, or psychic—in convincing others. In prediction markets, it is simply too costly to sustain a ...
... intertwined with a variety of economic and professional interests, such that virtually no one can make an assertion about climate change without being accused of having some interest—economic, professional, or psychic—in convincing others. In prediction markets, it is simply too costly to sustain a ...
Long-term changes in environmental characteristics required by
... ecosystems in western North America but also among the most imperiled due to interactions among land use, fire, and exotic plants. Global climate change models predict an accelerated loss of sagebrush due to synergistic feedbacks among disturbance patterns and vegetation response; only 20% would rem ...
... ecosystems in western North America but also among the most imperiled due to interactions among land use, fire, and exotic plants. Global climate change models predict an accelerated loss of sagebrush due to synergistic feedbacks among disturbance patterns and vegetation response; only 20% would rem ...
Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and... past climate change
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Perspectives for Disaster Risk
... Recommendations for further research, the need for more regional downscaling, issues specific studies, and the refinement and modelling of specific adaptation options are given in Section 5. ...
... Recommendations for further research, the need for more regional downscaling, issues specific studies, and the refinement and modelling of specific adaptation options are given in Section 5. ...
Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Paper MS Word
... City of Melbourne’s response to climate change ........................................................................................... 15 The climate is already changing and the rate is increasing .......................................................................... 15 We’ve already made ad ...
... City of Melbourne’s response to climate change ........................................................................................... 15 The climate is already changing and the rate is increasing .......................................................................... 15 We’ve already made ad ...
Climate Change Impacts and Opportunities for Biodiversity and
... National Biodiversity Planning to Support the Implementation of the CBD 2011-2020 Strategic Plan in the Republic of Sudan, is a project aims towards integrating the country’s obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) into its national development and sectoral planning frameworks ...
... National Biodiversity Planning to Support the Implementation of the CBD 2011-2020 Strategic Plan in the Republic of Sudan, is a project aims towards integrating the country’s obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) into its national development and sectoral planning frameworks ...
Responses of vegetation distribution to climate change in China
... studies. The initiative to study the potential effects of climate change is motivated by the increasing scientific and political interests in the interrelationship between climate change and ecosystems in regional levels. To date, few studies have investigated the influence of regional climate scena ...
... studies. The initiative to study the potential effects of climate change is motivated by the increasing scientific and political interests in the interrelationship between climate change and ecosystems in regional levels. To date, few studies have investigated the influence of regional climate scena ...
Full Paper - EEE Seminar
... All in all, it seems fair to say that the COP21 Accord, which is as yet not fully tried, represents movement in a direction that may slow GHG emissions. A critically important …rst step achieved in COP21 is the near-universal acceptance of the repeated …ve-year cycle: pledge-verify-review-repledge-e ...
... All in all, it seems fair to say that the COP21 Accord, which is as yet not fully tried, represents movement in a direction that may slow GHG emissions. A critically important …rst step achieved in COP21 is the near-universal acceptance of the repeated …ve-year cycle: pledge-verify-review-repledge-e ...
Weather, Climate, and Worldviews: The Sources
... social groupings and the degree to which ‘‘the individual’s life is absorbed in and sustained by group membership’’ (Douglas and Wildalvsky 1982, p. 206). The ‘‘grid’’ dimension taps the degree to which individuals perceive their lives to be circumscribed by externally imposed rules and prescription ...
... social groupings and the degree to which ‘‘the individual’s life is absorbed in and sustained by group membership’’ (Douglas and Wildalvsky 1982, p. 206). The ‘‘grid’’ dimension taps the degree to which individuals perceive their lives to be circumscribed by externally imposed rules and prescription ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple
... manipulative experiments if we are to develop a truly mechanistic, and hence predictive, understanding of responses to future change. To date, most freshwater climate change research has focused on responses of individuals (e.g. growth and metabolism under warming; Sweeney & Schanck 1977) or focal s ...
... manipulative experiments if we are to develop a truly mechanistic, and hence predictive, understanding of responses to future change. To date, most freshwater climate change research has focused on responses of individuals (e.g. growth and metabolism under warming; Sweeney & Schanck 1977) or focal s ...
fair shares: a civil society equity review of indcs report
... since the basis of our industrial society – the way we produce and consume energy and goods – has historically been premised on unlimited natural resource use and an infinite capacity to ‘store’ CO2 in the atmosphere and ocean. We now know that a healthy, habitable planet has ecological limits that ...
... since the basis of our industrial society – the way we produce and consume energy and goods – has historically been premised on unlimited natural resource use and an infinite capacity to ‘store’ CO2 in the atmosphere and ocean. We now know that a healthy, habitable planet has ecological limits that ...
PDF Format - Department of Environmental Sciences
... Description of Research and Scholarly or Creative Objectives My primary research interest is climate dynamics. I use numerical models of the climate system to study changes in climate, both past and future, with a goal of better understanding the mechanisms responsible for such changes. ...
... Description of Research and Scholarly or Creative Objectives My primary research interest is climate dynamics. I use numerical models of the climate system to study changes in climate, both past and future, with a goal of better understanding the mechanisms responsible for such changes. ...
Monitoring programs sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Natural
... data and information with which they can assess change and support commitments to manage for climate change (Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation 2009, Government of Ontario 2011). The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) employs a strategy, Sustainability in a Changing Climate, which wh ...
... data and information with which they can assess change and support commitments to manage for climate change (Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation 2009, Government of Ontario 2011). The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) employs a strategy, Sustainability in a Changing Climate, which wh ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts
... manipulative experiments if we are to develop a truly mechanistic, and hence predictive, understanding of responses to future change. To date, most freshwater climate change research has focused on responses of individuals (e.g. growth and metabolism under warming; Sweeney & Schanck 1977) or focal s ...
... manipulative experiments if we are to develop a truly mechanistic, and hence predictive, understanding of responses to future change. To date, most freshwater climate change research has focused on responses of individuals (e.g. growth and metabolism under warming; Sweeney & Schanck 1977) or focal s ...
Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal
... (more land) and southern (less land) mid-latitude oceans, combined with tropical warming, the Northern Hemisphere Hadley Cell is predicted to decrease in intensity while that of the Southern Hemisphere will increase in intensity [9]. It is still unclear how these future shifts in the Hadley Cell mig ...
... (more land) and southern (less land) mid-latitude oceans, combined with tropical warming, the Northern Hemisphere Hadley Cell is predicted to decrease in intensity while that of the Southern Hemisphere will increase in intensity [9]. It is still unclear how these future shifts in the Hadley Cell mig ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
Studying Climate Change: Proxy Indicators
... intervention? • Intervention = set of possible large-scale technological modifications to the global climate system • Causes of concern: - Interfering with global-scale Earth’s systems - Abandon mitigation efforts • Geo-engineering – grand scale intervention (for more information, see http://www.sci ...
... intervention? • Intervention = set of possible large-scale technological modifications to the global climate system • Causes of concern: - Interfering with global-scale Earth’s systems - Abandon mitigation efforts • Geo-engineering – grand scale intervention (for more information, see http://www.sci ...
The Tragedy of the Risk
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
- Wiley Online Library
... climate patterns translate directly or indirectly into climate-related attitudes and behaviors. Here we ask two-related questions: Do local residents recognize changes in local climate patterns, and, if so, do these perceptions influence beliefs about the existence and consequences of climate change ...
... climate patterns translate directly or indirectly into climate-related attitudes and behaviors. Here we ask two-related questions: Do local residents recognize changes in local climate patterns, and, if so, do these perceptions influence beliefs about the existence and consequences of climate change ...
Autumn, the neglected season in climate change
... speed, and endogenous circannual rhythms. The proportional influence of these drivers varies widely among species, migratory cohorts, and geographies [8–10,25,26], and requires further, widespread investigation using multivariate analyses. Methods for studying autumn phenology Compared to those that ...
... speed, and endogenous circannual rhythms. The proportional influence of these drivers varies widely among species, migratory cohorts, and geographies [8–10,25,26], and requires further, widespread investigation using multivariate analyses. Methods for studying autumn phenology Compared to those that ...
Mangrove ecosystem under climate change conditions
... biospheric processes. Regulation functions maintain a “healthy” ecosystem at different scale levels and, at the biosphere level, provide and maintain the conditions for life on Earth. In many ways, these regulation functions provide the necessary pre-conditions for all other functions. (2) Habitat f ...
... biospheric processes. Regulation functions maintain a “healthy” ecosystem at different scale levels and, at the biosphere level, provide and maintain the conditions for life on Earth. In many ways, these regulation functions provide the necessary pre-conditions for all other functions. (2) Habitat f ...
Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of
... The first, the “partial repair” or “acceptance” position, is a pragmatic stance that accepts from the outset a certain level of, or some forms of, climate change harm, based on the assumption that it is not possible or not optimal to try to adapt to such harms. A widely accepted attitude, this pos ...
... The first, the “partial repair” or “acceptance” position, is a pragmatic stance that accepts from the outset a certain level of, or some forms of, climate change harm, based on the assumption that it is not possible or not optimal to try to adapt to such harms. A widely accepted attitude, this pos ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.