CoP4 reviews from the BBC etc.
... public concern about climate change, and a growing willingness of US industry to take climate change seriously, as grounds for hope. Moreover, if there continue to be large numbers of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts and floods, people's minds may become concentrated on the subjec ...
... public concern about climate change, and a growing willingness of US industry to take climate change seriously, as grounds for hope. Moreover, if there continue to be large numbers of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, droughts and floods, people's minds may become concentrated on the subjec ...
Briefing on Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2017
... portfolio.16 To continue to invest in these or other fossil fuel companies is to knowingly invest in their future emissions and the impacts they will generate. The ISIF’s Sustainability and Responsible Investment Policy rightly places significant importance on climate change by acknowledging the imp ...
... portfolio.16 To continue to invest in these or other fossil fuel companies is to knowingly invest in their future emissions and the impacts they will generate. The ISIF’s Sustainability and Responsible Investment Policy rightly places significant importance on climate change by acknowledging the imp ...
Chapter 9 Climate Research and Climate Politics in Germany
... For politics, the problem is similarly risky. Legitimacy and credibility are in danger because the issue touches many sensitive political agendas like energy, transport, and agriculture as well as the everyday consumption patterns of most, if not all, citizens. Precautionary measures are bound to sp ...
... For politics, the problem is similarly risky. Legitimacy and credibility are in danger because the issue touches many sensitive political agendas like energy, transport, and agriculture as well as the everyday consumption patterns of most, if not all, citizens. Precautionary measures are bound to sp ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... Taylor, Bruine de Bruin, and Dessai Although the research that was discussed above suggested a link between perceptions of temperature increases and beliefs about climate change, most of that work has been conducted in the United States.(6,8–11,24,25) One study did find that U.K. participants were m ...
... Taylor, Bruine de Bruin, and Dessai Although the research that was discussed above suggested a link between perceptions of temperature increases and beliefs about climate change, most of that work has been conducted in the United States.(6,8–11,24,25) One study did find that U.K. participants were m ...
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... from one sector to another explicitly. Moreover, most studies were focused on a single sector, either crops or animal husbandry or forestry. Any change in an individual sector, however, would alter relative profitabilities among them which would spur the changes in allocation of land resources (von T ...
... from one sector to another explicitly. Moreover, most studies were focused on a single sector, either crops or animal husbandry or forestry. Any change in an individual sector, however, would alter relative profitabilities among them which would spur the changes in allocation of land resources (von T ...
Carbon Credit 30 Dec 2013
... of current and potential impacts that will affect people today and in coming decades. This understanding is crucial because it allows decision makers to place climate change in the context of other large challenges facing the nation and the world. There are still some uncertainties, and there always ...
... of current and potential impacts that will affect people today and in coming decades. This understanding is crucial because it allows decision makers to place climate change in the context of other large challenges facing the nation and the world. There are still some uncertainties, and there always ...
Making sense of the early-2000s warming slowdown
... a reduced rate of global surface warming, has been overstated, lacks sound scientific basis, or is unsupported by observations. The evidence presented here contradicts these claims. ...
... a reduced rate of global surface warming, has been overstated, lacks sound scientific basis, or is unsupported by observations. The evidence presented here contradicts these claims. ...
The physical concept of climate forcing
... of the climate-forcing concept remains surprisingly small. Here, this overview focuses on explaining to an interdisciplinary audience the physical interpretation of the concept, including its limitations. It also examines new developments, such as polluter-based emission scenarios, energy budget app ...
... of the climate-forcing concept remains surprisingly small. Here, this overview focuses on explaining to an interdisciplinary audience the physical interpretation of the concept, including its limitations. It also examines new developments, such as polluter-based emission scenarios, energy budget app ...
Moving beyond scientific knowledge: leveraging
... response to climate change is a difficult research goal. One problem is that knowledge acquisition is relatively easy to measure after an intervention (e.g., with a test), while behaviour change may occur well after learners have left the intervention context and returned to their lives. Thus, many ...
... response to climate change is a difficult research goal. One problem is that knowledge acquisition is relatively easy to measure after an intervention (e.g., with a test), while behaviour change may occur well after learners have left the intervention context and returned to their lives. Thus, many ...
Regional Climate Messages for Southern Africa
... and longer term variability in the climate system results from natural processes both internal and external to the climate system. On decadal, multi-decadal and centennial time scales, major modes of variability are found in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans, and they can have substa ...
... and longer term variability in the climate system results from natural processes both internal and external to the climate system. On decadal, multi-decadal and centennial time scales, major modes of variability are found in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans, and they can have substa ...
NPS Climate Change Scenario Planning (CCSP) Workshop
... orient, explore, synthesize, act, monitor (Figure 1). In the first step, orient, participants considered the questions “What is the strategic issue or decision that we wish to address?” and more specifically, “How can NPS managers best preserve the natural and cultural resources and values within th ...
... orient, explore, synthesize, act, monitor (Figure 1). In the first step, orient, participants considered the questions “What is the strategic issue or decision that we wish to address?” and more specifically, “How can NPS managers best preserve the natural and cultural resources and values within th ...
Climate Change and the Past, Present and Future of Biotic Interactions
... Higher trophic levels may be most sensitive to climatic change, and both modern and fossil evidence shows that disrupting their trophic interactions can amplify climate changes throughout the community (6, 9, 47). At the same time, experiments in aquatic systems show that warming can intensify troph ...
... Higher trophic levels may be most sensitive to climatic change, and both modern and fossil evidence shows that disrupting their trophic interactions can amplify climate changes throughout the community (6, 9, 47). At the same time, experiments in aquatic systems show that warming can intensify troph ...
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... Its mission is to: Review the state of knowledge of the science of climate change; Carry out studies on the social and economic impact of climate change, including global warming; Propose possible response strategies to delay, limit or mitigate the impact of adverse climate change; Acts as ...
... Its mission is to: Review the state of knowledge of the science of climate change; Carry out studies on the social and economic impact of climate change, including global warming; Propose possible response strategies to delay, limit or mitigate the impact of adverse climate change; Acts as ...
indigenous strategies and empirical models for adaptability of the
... stresses, taking full advantage of the available water and making efficient use of it, and growing a variety of crops on the same plot or on different plots. By doing so farmers reduce the risk of complete crop failure because different crops are affected differently by climate changes (Benhin, 2006 ...
... stresses, taking full advantage of the available water and making efficient use of it, and growing a variety of crops on the same plot or on different plots. By doing so farmers reduce the risk of complete crop failure because different crops are affected differently by climate changes (Benhin, 2006 ...
Calculating the Environmental Impact of Aviation
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... OX1 3QY Tel: 01865 275858 Fax: 01865 275850 ...
Dietz et al. 2007. Support for CC Policy
... stable determinants of environmental concern (Dietz, Fitzgerald and Shwom 2005). This means they are the hardest social psychological influences on environmentalism to change, but in the long-run value changes may have the most impact on environmental decisions (Schultz and Zelenzy 2003). Values are ...
... stable determinants of environmental concern (Dietz, Fitzgerald and Shwom 2005). This means they are the hardest social psychological influences on environmentalism to change, but in the long-run value changes may have the most impact on environmental decisions (Schultz and Zelenzy 2003). Values are ...
Climate change and journalistic norms: A case-study of US mass-media coverage V
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
When Environmental Issues Collide: Climate Change
... plants produce no carbon dioxide. . .no air emissions at all.” (in McCully 2001:141). Similarly, Zhou and coauthors (2008:1078) more recently claim that (small) hydro “is a renewable energy with zero emissions.” As a result, the growing focus on mitigating climate change provides a new incentive fo ...
... plants produce no carbon dioxide. . .no air emissions at all.” (in McCully 2001:141). Similarly, Zhou and coauthors (2008:1078) more recently claim that (small) hydro “is a renewable energy with zero emissions.” As a result, the growing focus on mitigating climate change provides a new incentive fo ...
5 A Portfolio of Carbon Management Options
... Continuation of current trends in fossil-fuel and land use is likely to lead to significant climate change, with important adverse consequences for both natural and human systems. This has led to the investigation of various options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or otherwise diminish the impact ...
... Continuation of current trends in fossil-fuel and land use is likely to lead to significant climate change, with important adverse consequences for both natural and human systems. This has led to the investigation of various options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or otherwise diminish the impact ...
Climate change and journalistic norms: A case - UNC
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
paper
... 3.1 Quantifying potential impacts on pavements and structures A review of published evidence and discussions with Highways Agency experts did not produce commonly agreed assumptions on the impact of hotter, drier summers on pavements or structures. Illustrative assumptions were therefore developed b ...
... 3.1 Quantifying potential impacts on pavements and structures A review of published evidence and discussions with Highways Agency experts did not produce commonly agreed assumptions on the impact of hotter, drier summers on pavements or structures. Illustrative assumptions were therefore developed b ...
improving climate change reporting AN ACCA AND FTSE GROUP DiSCUSSiON PAPER
... companies in the analysis do this in their reporting by describing the science behind climate change statistics. Only 12% refer to the IPCC as providing further evidence or explanation of the science. Just under half (45%) of companies expressed support for binding reduction targets – most of which ...
... companies in the analysis do this in their reporting by describing the science behind climate change statistics. Only 12% refer to the IPCC as providing further evidence or explanation of the science. Just under half (45%) of companies expressed support for binding reduction targets – most of which ...
The climate of the United Kingdom and recent trends
... East Anglia (UEA). The most recent version of this data set, known as HadCRUT3, blends land-surface air temperatures from over 4,000 stations with sea-surface temperatures from 185 million observations from ships and buoys over the past 157 years (Rayner et al., 2006). This dataset is used to plot F ...
... East Anglia (UEA). The most recent version of this data set, known as HadCRUT3, blends land-surface air temperatures from over 4,000 stations with sea-surface temperatures from 185 million observations from ships and buoys over the past 157 years (Rayner et al., 2006). This dataset is used to plot F ...
Environmental prices, uncertainty, and learning
... the structure of the problem and how to model it. A further complication is the second-best nature of real environmental policy making. In this paper, we propose some practical steps for setting prices in the face of these difficulties, drawing on the example of climate change. We consider how to de ...
... the structure of the problem and how to model it. A further complication is the second-best nature of real environmental policy making. In this paper, we propose some practical steps for setting prices in the face of these difficulties, drawing on the example of climate change. We consider how to de ...
Indigenous Australians` knowledge of weather and climate
... 1990). Unsurprisingly, Indigenous Australians have a long history of adaptation to gradually changing landscapes and climates. Ancestors of today’s Aboriginal people lived in landscapes very different to what the current generation calls their ‘country’. When continental icesheets melted about 15,00 ...
... 1990). Unsurprisingly, Indigenous Australians have a long history of adaptation to gradually changing landscapes and climates. Ancestors of today’s Aboriginal people lived in landscapes very different to what the current generation calls their ‘country’. When continental icesheets melted about 15,00 ...
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.