Adaptation behavior in the face of global climate change: Survey
... adaptation behavior in the context of climate change (APA, 2009). The limited ability of public surveys to evaluate institutional resource and information needs provides further rationale for collecting responses from experts and decision makers in the current study. 4. Methodology and survey implem ...
... adaptation behavior in the context of climate change (APA, 2009). The limited ability of public surveys to evaluate institutional resource and information needs provides further rationale for collecting responses from experts and decision makers in the current study. 4. Methodology and survey implem ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... The last few years have seen a growing scientific consensus about human influence on climate and the significant risks posed by climate change for humans and non-human life (IPCC, 2007). Indeed, there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists direc ...
... The last few years have seen a growing scientific consensus about human influence on climate and the significant risks posed by climate change for humans and non-human life (IPCC, 2007). Indeed, there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists direc ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to
... Consensus is growing that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and adaptation responses are necessary to minimize impacts. Nonetheless, the diversity of potential impacts, agro-ecological contexts and regional capacity for change make understanding adaptation behaviors challenging and ensure ...
... Consensus is growing that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and adaptation responses are necessary to minimize impacts. Nonetheless, the diversity of potential impacts, agro-ecological contexts and regional capacity for change make understanding adaptation behaviors challenging and ensure ...
Climate Science: An Empirical Example of Postnormal Science
... with Fig. 1, all data are presented so as to distinguish groups according to national bases. We proceed first with the presentation of perspectives pertaining to “scientific” knowledge and follow with an analysis of the metamorphosis of such knowledge into the social and political commentary. Sectio ...
... with Fig. 1, all data are presented so as to distinguish groups according to national bases. We proceed first with the presentation of perspectives pertaining to “scientific” knowledge and follow with an analysis of the metamorphosis of such knowledge into the social and political commentary. Sectio ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE ECONOMICS OF CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE
... than 4.5 C”which “cannot be excluded.” Eighteen recent studies of climate sensitivity with 18 probability density functions (PDFs) of S lie behind the above-quoted IPCC4 summary statement. From Figure 1 in Box 10.2 of IPCC4 (2007), it is apparent that the upper tails of these 18 PDFs tend to be long ...
... than 4.5 C”which “cannot be excluded.” Eighteen recent studies of climate sensitivity with 18 probability density functions (PDFs) of S lie behind the above-quoted IPCC4 summary statement. From Figure 1 in Box 10.2 of IPCC4 (2007), it is apparent that the upper tails of these 18 PDFs tend to be long ...
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... forest turnover - how fast trees grow and die in a forest o study shows turnover in tropical forests is accelerating reduce biodiversity of tree species enhance global warming (reduce CO2 removal as less dense, faster-growing trees need less CO2) increase in methane from wetlands global wa ...
... forest turnover - how fast trees grow and die in a forest o study shows turnover in tropical forests is accelerating reduce biodiversity of tree species enhance global warming (reduce CO2 removal as less dense, faster-growing trees need less CO2) increase in methane from wetlands global wa ...
- The University of Liverpool Repository
... need to be cut by at least 80% by mid-century. What would be the implications of this for cornucopian conceptions of urbanism that stressed unlimited global urban competition based on externalised fossil fuel used and greenhouse gas emissions? This is a problem at a higher level than protecting or ...
... need to be cut by at least 80% by mid-century. What would be the implications of this for cornucopian conceptions of urbanism that stressed unlimited global urban competition based on externalised fossil fuel used and greenhouse gas emissions? This is a problem at a higher level than protecting or ...
Practical consideration of climate change
... The impacts of climate change and the associated ramifications upon the vulnerability of floodplain risk management (FRM) mitigation options and development decisions can be significant and therefore cannot be ignored in decision making today. The climate change factors affecting flood behaviour and ...
... The impacts of climate change and the associated ramifications upon the vulnerability of floodplain risk management (FRM) mitigation options and development decisions can be significant and therefore cannot be ignored in decision making today. The climate change factors affecting flood behaviour and ...
Not a Problem, Someone Else`s Problem, My Problem or Our
... models for pro-environmental behaviour change, and two examples of applied approaches to behaviour change (community-based social marketing and Theory U). Although this review has been too cursory to permit conclusive recommendations, some emergent insights could merit further consideration: 1. Peo ...
... models for pro-environmental behaviour change, and two examples of applied approaches to behaviour change (community-based social marketing and Theory U). Although this review has been too cursory to permit conclusive recommendations, some emergent insights could merit further consideration: 1. Peo ...
11Climate Change
... Carbon dioxide and methane amounts of vulnerable permafrost, the are major greenhouse gases, current and projected rates of thaw, and which absorb outgoing longthe potential impacts to the permafrost– wave radiation and radiate it back carbon positive feedback. The thawing toward Earth, enhancing th ...
... Carbon dioxide and methane amounts of vulnerable permafrost, the are major greenhouse gases, current and projected rates of thaw, and which absorb outgoing longthe potential impacts to the permafrost– wave radiation and radiate it back carbon positive feedback. The thawing toward Earth, enhancing th ...
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an
... communications and social psychology that seek to determine which factors influence individual beliefs, knowledge, and action regarding climate change (Marquart-Pyatt et al. 2011). While useful, this approach neglects the larger cultural and political context that informs aggregate patterns of publi ...
... communications and social psychology that seek to determine which factors influence individual beliefs, knowledge, and action regarding climate change (Marquart-Pyatt et al. 2011). While useful, this approach neglects the larger cultural and political context that informs aggregate patterns of publi ...
full text - MODUL University Vienna
... from climate change that has already occurred. (Stern, 2007, p. 458) The function of adaptation measures are the implementation of reactive measures for irreparable changes which have occurred due to climate change. (Bahn, 2010, p. 193) Mitigation measures are introduced in order to curb greenhouse ...
... from climate change that has already occurred. (Stern, 2007, p. 458) The function of adaptation measures are the implementation of reactive measures for irreparable changes which have occurred due to climate change. (Bahn, 2010, p. 193) Mitigation measures are introduced in order to curb greenhouse ...
Climate Change Resources Working Group
... The PCCR welcomed the participation of the Pacific Representative (Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia) on the Transitional Committee of the Cancun Green Fund and agreed to provide comments, information and requests to him through the Climate Change Resources Working Group, and other bilateral mecha ...
... The PCCR welcomed the participation of the Pacific Representative (Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia) on the Transitional Committee of the Cancun Green Fund and agreed to provide comments, information and requests to him through the Climate Change Resources Working Group, and other bilateral mecha ...
adapt to climate change
... and animals depend for survival. Waterbirds are the most widely used tool to identify, designate and justify the protection of important wetlands. Their sensitivity to environmental change, the relative ease with which they can be counted and their tendency to congregate at key locations make them e ...
... and animals depend for survival. Waterbirds are the most widely used tool to identify, designate and justify the protection of important wetlands. Their sensitivity to environmental change, the relative ease with which they can be counted and their tendency to congregate at key locations make them e ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... activities with national policies and sector specific experiences. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation activities into national development planning is a major focus and several actions have been identified to support resilience building at all levels. These include: 1. Enhancing institutional f ...
... activities with national policies and sector specific experiences. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation activities into national development planning is a major focus and several actions have been identified to support resilience building at all levels. These include: 1. Enhancing institutional f ...
The Implications of Climate Change for the Insurance
... somwhere they could go should there be a prolonged drought in their area. In times of plenty, the aborigines would have great feasts, called “corroborees” where they invited other clans to come and share in their good fortune. In effect “paying a premium” for protection when times were hard. It is p ...
... somwhere they could go should there be a prolonged drought in their area. In times of plenty, the aborigines would have great feasts, called “corroborees” where they invited other clans to come and share in their good fortune. In effect “paying a premium” for protection when times were hard. It is p ...
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... et al., 2011; URT, 2012). Agriculture is the mainstay of the country’s economy contributing to 25 percent of the GDP and employs 80 percent of the workforce. Only 23 percent of the arable land is currently put into use and the majority of the users are the smallholder farmers (85 percent) with an av ...
... et al., 2011; URT, 2012). Agriculture is the mainstay of the country’s economy contributing to 25 percent of the GDP and employs 80 percent of the workforce. Only 23 percent of the arable land is currently put into use and the majority of the users are the smallholder farmers (85 percent) with an av ...
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... to enhance C sinks, particularly through soil C sequestration (IPCC, 2007a). It is estimated that improved grassland management and restoring degraded soils together have the potential to sequester around 2 000 tonnes CO2eq/year by 2030 (Smith et al., 2008), and in extensive grazing systems these fi ...
... to enhance C sinks, particularly through soil C sequestration (IPCC, 2007a). It is estimated that improved grassland management and restoring degraded soils together have the potential to sequester around 2 000 tonnes CO2eq/year by 2030 (Smith et al., 2008), and in extensive grazing systems these fi ...
Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... down of this road would cost the nation $7.8 billion. Sea level rise increases pressure on utilities – such as water and energy – by contaminating potential freshwater supplies with saltwater. Such problems are amplified during extreme dry periods with little runoff. Uncertainties in the scale, timi ...
... down of this road would cost the nation $7.8 billion. Sea level rise increases pressure on utilities – such as water and energy – by contaminating potential freshwater supplies with saltwater. Such problems are amplified during extreme dry periods with little runoff. Uncertainties in the scale, timi ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well established. Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertain ...
... grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well established. Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertain ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well established. Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertain ...
... grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well established. Estimates of these have various degrees of uncertain ...
Climate Change Is Harming Our Health
... Consortium on Climate & Health and others—will highlight the urgency of this challenge and provide direction on how to respond to climate change to improve the health of Americans today and in the future. The health harms and risks from climate change vary from region to region, but all regions of t ...
... Consortium on Climate & Health and others—will highlight the urgency of this challenge and provide direction on how to respond to climate change to improve the health of Americans today and in the future. The health harms and risks from climate change vary from region to region, but all regions of t ...
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... The severity of the drought is related, at least in part, to climate change caused by human activity (Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council 2007). Climate models suggest that it is likely (above 50 per cent, but below 90 per cent), that precipitation in the Murray–Darling Basin will decline as a ...
... The severity of the drought is related, at least in part, to climate change caused by human activity (Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council 2007). Climate models suggest that it is likely (above 50 per cent, but below 90 per cent), that precipitation in the Murray–Darling Basin will decline as a ...
The 1430s: a cold period of extraordinary internal climate variability
... information available. New evidence from proxy archives, historical documentary sources and climate model simulations permit us to provide an interdisciplinary, systematic assessment of an exceptionally cold period in the 15th century. Our assessment includes the role of internal, unforced climate v ...
... information available. New evidence from proxy archives, historical documentary sources and climate model simulations permit us to provide an interdisciplinary, systematic assessment of an exceptionally cold period in the 15th century. Our assessment includes the role of internal, unforced climate v ...
The Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Hinders Climate
... United States has peaked and will remain flat for the next two decades. Building Keystone XL, however, would eliminate the benefits that efficiency standards will bring to the climate. For example, the standards that would cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20 percent by 2018 from medium- to heav ...
... United States has peaked and will remain flat for the next two decades. Building Keystone XL, however, would eliminate the benefits that efficiency standards will bring to the climate. For example, the standards that would cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20 percent by 2018 from medium- to heav ...
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.