Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
... the atmosphere in less than a century fossil fuels stored over hundreds of millions of years of geological time.9 In their now-famous Tellus article, published in 1957, Suess and Revelle argued primarily for the importance of monitoring — a project commenced during the International Geophysical Yea ...
... the atmosphere in less than a century fossil fuels stored over hundreds of millions of years of geological time.9 In their now-famous Tellus article, published in 1957, Suess and Revelle argued primarily for the importance of monitoring — a project commenced during the International Geophysical Yea ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... Carbon (C), the fourth most abundant element in the Universe, Building block of life. – from fossil fuels and DNA – Carbon cycles through the land (bioshpere), ocean, atmosphere, and the Earth’s interior Carbon found – in all living things, – in the atmosphere, – in the layers of limestone sed ...
... Carbon (C), the fourth most abundant element in the Universe, Building block of life. – from fossil fuels and DNA – Carbon cycles through the land (bioshpere), ocean, atmosphere, and the Earth’s interior Carbon found – in all living things, – in the atmosphere, – in the layers of limestone sed ...
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... best. This approach has been adopted to enable stakeholders to think more creatively about the future, encouraging more proactive attitudes to adaptation as well as enhancing appreciation of the interconnectivity of processes and stakeholders operating at different scales. IMCORE is a European INTRR ...
... best. This approach has been adopted to enable stakeholders to think more creatively about the future, encouraging more proactive attitudes to adaptation as well as enhancing appreciation of the interconnectivity of processes and stakeholders operating at different scales. IMCORE is a European INTRR ...
Computational data sciences may offer a path
... nighttime minima, which relates to human discomfort and possible loss of lives: Meehl and Tebaldi 2004) or through statistical distributions (e.g., extreme value theory for precipitation extremes: Kharin et al. 2007). Thus, our analysis (Ganguly et al. 2009b) of model-simulations and surrogate obser ...
... nighttime minima, which relates to human discomfort and possible loss of lives: Meehl and Tebaldi 2004) or through statistical distributions (e.g., extreme value theory for precipitation extremes: Kharin et al. 2007). Thus, our analysis (Ganguly et al. 2009b) of model-simulations and surrogate obser ...
IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM)
... 2.1. Major Regulations Related To Climate Change And GHG Emissions Two important international agreements address the pressing issue of reducing anthropogenic GHG emissions in the atmosphere: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC is a m ...
... 2.1. Major Regulations Related To Climate Change And GHG Emissions Two important international agreements address the pressing issue of reducing anthropogenic GHG emissions in the atmosphere: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC is a m ...
Environmental - Successor-agreement to the extended Kyoto protocol
... again by those gases. The rays stay on earth and cause global warming. The Kyoto protocol tries to reduce those gases making countries use other energy sources less harmful to the environment especially the developed countries. Its goal was to reduce the rising temperature to 2° Celsius as it was pl ...
... again by those gases. The rays stay on earth and cause global warming. The Kyoto protocol tries to reduce those gases making countries use other energy sources less harmful to the environment especially the developed countries. Its goal was to reduce the rising temperature to 2° Celsius as it was pl ...
climate change: challenges to sustainable development in india
... step, the Convention called upon the developed countries to restrict their green house gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2000. In reality, emissions from these countries, as a whole, have increased since 1990. Between 1990 and 2005, green house gas emissions continued to rise in 26 out of a total of 4 ...
... step, the Convention called upon the developed countries to restrict their green house gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2000. In reality, emissions from these countries, as a whole, have increased since 1990. Between 1990 and 2005, green house gas emissions continued to rise in 26 out of a total of 4 ...
International Aviation
... ternational aviation and shipping emissions will take up about 30% of the 2 degree Celsius global emissions budget by 2050. This makes it clear the aviation sector must reduce its own emissions if we are to achieve the 2 degree Celsius goal. Even as a short term solution, offsetting has se rious dr ...
... ternational aviation and shipping emissions will take up about 30% of the 2 degree Celsius global emissions budget by 2050. This makes it clear the aviation sector must reduce its own emissions if we are to achieve the 2 degree Celsius goal. Even as a short term solution, offsetting has se rious dr ...
Climate Change Policymaking in Germany and the USA
... I extract two central theoretical predictions about what influences the policymaking process. Hence, four central elements – national cost and benefit calculations, interdependence, public demand and support for climate policy, and governmental supply of climate policy – are considered in this paper ...
... I extract two central theoretical predictions about what influences the policymaking process. Hence, four central elements – national cost and benefit calculations, interdependence, public demand and support for climate policy, and governmental supply of climate policy – are considered in this paper ...
The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and disaster
... Intralawan, and Martinez (2007), results suggest that a combination of infrastructure and relatively well-preserved natural ecosystems (semi-altered ecosystems) seem to offer a good protection service against the impact of hurricanes in terms of human lives. ‘‘Use of ecosystems as ‘bioshields’ is no ...
... Intralawan, and Martinez (2007), results suggest that a combination of infrastructure and relatively well-preserved natural ecosystems (semi-altered ecosystems) seem to offer a good protection service against the impact of hurricanes in terms of human lives. ‘‘Use of ecosystems as ‘bioshields’ is no ...
Ealing Borough Climate Change Strategy 2008-2011
... People have become more aware about the links between their everyday behaviour and the climate. With the United Kingdom economy at risk of recession and the cost of essentials such as petrol, energy and food increasing, changing your everyday behaviour will not only help the environment but also cou ...
... People have become more aware about the links between their everyday behaviour and the climate. With the United Kingdom economy at risk of recession and the cost of essentials such as petrol, energy and food increasing, changing your everyday behaviour will not only help the environment but also cou ...
Vol.12, No.1, 2012
... “Any significant drop below the minimum level of aragonite to which the organisms have been exposed to for thousands of years and have successfully adapted will very likely stress them and their associated ecosystems,” warns Friedrich. The study’s findings also suggest that ocean acidification will ...
... “Any significant drop below the minimum level of aragonite to which the organisms have been exposed to for thousands of years and have successfully adapted will very likely stress them and their associated ecosystems,” warns Friedrich. The study’s findings also suggest that ocean acidification will ...
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... to climate change. • We believe that the long term cost of inaction is higher than addressing the issue in the near term through policies that are economically sustainable and environmentally effective. • The Chemical Industry is a key enabler for ...
... to climate change. • We believe that the long term cost of inaction is higher than addressing the issue in the near term through policies that are economically sustainable and environmentally effective. • The Chemical Industry is a key enabler for ...
Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis
... In contrast, Pope Francis’ pro-climate positions conflict with conservatives’ skeptical views of climate change. When people are exposed to a message that threatens their beliefs or preexisting values, they avoid dissonance and protect social standing by engaging in identity protection, a process th ...
... In contrast, Pope Francis’ pro-climate positions conflict with conservatives’ skeptical views of climate change. When people are exposed to a message that threatens their beliefs or preexisting values, they avoid dissonance and protect social standing by engaging in identity protection, a process th ...
Use of Indigenous Knowledge as a Strategy for Climate Change
... and forests [14]. A practice similar to this has been described in south western part of Nigeria to raise shade tolerant crops such as Dioscorea spp and cocoyam in essentially a permanent forest setting [15]. In addition to the fact that agro forestry techniques can be perfected to cope with the new ...
... and forests [14]. A practice similar to this has been described in south western part of Nigeria to raise shade tolerant crops such as Dioscorea spp and cocoyam in essentially a permanent forest setting [15]. In addition to the fact that agro forestry techniques can be perfected to cope with the new ...
Development of a system emulating the global carbon cycle in Earth
... The ocean component of the model is COCO (Hasumi and Suginohara, 1999), an ocean GCM. The version we use in this study includes a sea-ice component. In order to use a long time-step, the acceleration method of Bryan (1984) is used in MIROC-lite. Unlike the original version, the latest version of MIR ...
... The ocean component of the model is COCO (Hasumi and Suginohara, 1999), an ocean GCM. The version we use in this study includes a sea-ice component. In order to use a long time-step, the acceleration method of Bryan (1984) is used in MIROC-lite. Unlike the original version, the latest version of MIR ...
Global Commitment: Achieving the Less than 2
... greenhouse–gas emissions, total emissions continue to grow while the chances of avoiding ‘dangerous climate change’ and keeping global–mean surface temperature change to less than 2 °C relative to pre‐industrial remain a significant challenge. Using a simple climate model we investigate ...
... greenhouse–gas emissions, total emissions continue to grow while the chances of avoiding ‘dangerous climate change’ and keeping global–mean surface temperature change to less than 2 °C relative to pre‐industrial remain a significant challenge. Using a simple climate model we investigate ...
UK approach to climate change: Impacts and adaptation
... Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Peak District National Park, PROSPER, Rolls Royce plc, The Royal Horticultural Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scottish Natural Heritage, ...
... Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Peak District National Park, PROSPER, Rolls Royce plc, The Royal Horticultural Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Scottish Natural Heritage, ...
Craven District Council Climate Change Strategy And Climate Local
... A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact Craven District Councils activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day activities. For example the burning of fossil fuels for generating electricity or produ ...
... A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact Craven District Councils activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day activities. For example the burning of fossil fuels for generating electricity or produ ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GLOBAL FOREST
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; IPCC, 1995). The HHL scenario is based on higher CO2 emissions from the EPPA model, slower diffusion of heat into the ocean, smaller effects of cooling associated with atmospheric aerosols, and smaller heating effects associated with the radiative for ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; IPCC, 1995). The HHL scenario is based on higher CO2 emissions from the EPPA model, slower diffusion of heat into the ocean, smaller effects of cooling associated with atmospheric aerosols, and smaller heating effects associated with the radiative for ...
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... current conditions that are difficult to control for.3 Baillon (2008) provides a detailed explanation of the EM and in what follows we only briefly describe the EM procedure in our context. The first step of the EM establishes the lower and upper bound of the event space, e.g., the range of potentia ...
... current conditions that are difficult to control for.3 Baillon (2008) provides a detailed explanation of the EM and in what follows we only briefly describe the EM procedure in our context. The first step of the EM establishes the lower and upper bound of the event space, e.g., the range of potentia ...
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... agricultural production. They use the model to understand how climate changes might affect Israeli agricultural land use, and to identify areas in which to focus research and development efforts to mitigate against the potential impact of climate change on Israeli agriculture. Dell et al. (2012) i ...
... agricultural production. They use the model to understand how climate changes might affect Israeli agricultural land use, and to identify areas in which to focus research and development efforts to mitigate against the potential impact of climate change on Israeli agriculture. Dell et al. (2012) i ...
Crossing the Divide
... that is going up, where we are taking urgent action and keeping on taking it. We don’t know exactly where we are on the curve but what we know is that we are seeing positive impacts. For the first time in decades we are seeing coal consumption in China and the US starting to plateau. We’re seeing an ...
... that is going up, where we are taking urgent action and keeping on taking it. We don’t know exactly where we are on the curve but what we know is that we are seeing positive impacts. For the first time in decades we are seeing coal consumption in China and the US starting to plateau. We’re seeing an ...
Team Name
... Social networking involves a group of individuals who share similar interests. These networks are influential in changing one’s attitude and behaviour, and can be used to communicate the intended message to the target audience at large. As such, the communication plan will emphasize on online social ...
... Social networking involves a group of individuals who share similar interests. These networks are influential in changing one’s attitude and behaviour, and can be used to communicate the intended message to the target audience at large. As such, the communication plan will emphasize on online social ...
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.