Activist Tool Kit - Youth Climate Action Network
... We have put together this short “toolbox” to give you some ideas about how you and your classmates can become involved in solving the most important issue of our time: global warming. The resources include sources of good information on climate change, websites where you can see what some of the lar ...
... We have put together this short “toolbox” to give you some ideas about how you and your classmates can become involved in solving the most important issue of our time: global warming. The resources include sources of good information on climate change, websites where you can see what some of the lar ...
PDF - SEEFOR – South
... tree species in Serbia may change in the future. Materials and Methods: Our study integrates climate change scenarios for the region of Serbia together with the current distribution of forest tree species. Evaluation was performed using forest aridity index which takes into account mean temperatures ...
... tree species in Serbia may change in the future. Materials and Methods: Our study integrates climate change scenarios for the region of Serbia together with the current distribution of forest tree species. Evaluation was performed using forest aridity index which takes into account mean temperatures ...
lecture_20
... larger effective heat capacity of the oceans and because the ocean loses more heat by evaporation. The northern hemisphere is also naturally warmer than the southern hemisphere mainly because of meridional heat transport in the oceans from the ocean conveyor and other currents This differential is a ...
... larger effective heat capacity of the oceans and because the ocean loses more heat by evaporation. The northern hemisphere is also naturally warmer than the southern hemisphere mainly because of meridional heat transport in the oceans from the ocean conveyor and other currents This differential is a ...
A glacier is a slow-moving, extended mass of ice
... can ask them to conduct a research poll: How many students in the class are driven to school, and how many students take the bus? Which is better for the environment? We can answer similar questions about the New Zealand lifestyle and share our findings with the students. We can also ask the student ...
... can ask them to conduct a research poll: How many students in the class are driven to school, and how many students take the bus? Which is better for the environment? We can answer similar questions about the New Zealand lifestyle and share our findings with the students. We can also ask the student ...
ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT (SUMMARY)
... Marine and coastal resources. Fiji has an estimated 1,129 km of coastline within the 1.3 million km2 of its Exclusive Economic Zone. Offshore fisheries in this context make a significant contribution to the Fijian economy but concerns exist regarding the number of vessels operating, and the potentia ...
... Marine and coastal resources. Fiji has an estimated 1,129 km of coastline within the 1.3 million km2 of its Exclusive Economic Zone. Offshore fisheries in this context make a significant contribution to the Fijian economy but concerns exist regarding the number of vessels operating, and the potentia ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Colorado
... emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of inaction. Climate change will affect our water, energy, transportation, and public ...
... emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of inaction. Climate change will affect our water, energy, transportation, and public ...
Climate research Africa - Deutsches Klima Konsortium
... duction. Making better use of soils may improve their capacity ...
... duction. Making better use of soils may improve their capacity ...
Climate change impacts on feed grain production and quality in New
... are all familiar with this short-term variability, and farmers are accustomed to coping with it. In contrast, the global climate change that we will discuss is a more gradual shift which is occurring against the background of short-term variability. It is being caused by a steady increase in so-call ...
... are all familiar with this short-term variability, and farmers are accustomed to coping with it. In contrast, the global climate change that we will discuss is a more gradual shift which is occurring against the background of short-term variability. It is being caused by a steady increase in so-call ...
39_219_130990670009423533-Submission to UNFCCC Feb 03
... opportunity to direct investment by sectors for strengthening resilience. A climate change mainstreaming guideline for sectors (i.e., national) local (i.e., subnational) levels of government is now fully in place and widely distributed. Every sector (i.e., ministry) has now a climate change desk off ...
... opportunity to direct investment by sectors for strengthening resilience. A climate change mainstreaming guideline for sectors (i.e., national) local (i.e., subnational) levels of government is now fully in place and widely distributed. Every sector (i.e., ministry) has now a climate change desk off ...
39_219_130990670009423533-Submission to UNFCCC Feb 03
... opportunity to direct investment by sectors for strengthening resilience. A climate change mainstreaming guideline for sectors (i.e., national) local (i.e., subnational) levels of government is now fully in place and widely distributed. Every sector (i.e., ministry) has now a climate change desk off ...
... opportunity to direct investment by sectors for strengthening resilience. A climate change mainstreaming guideline for sectors (i.e., national) local (i.e., subnational) levels of government is now fully in place and widely distributed. Every sector (i.e., ministry) has now a climate change desk off ...
On the Contrary: How to Think About Climate
... For example, if one denies that cigarette smoking is a positive causal factor in developing cancer regardless of the evidence, then one is a contrarian regarding cigarette smoking and cancer. They simply disregard the ascertainable evidence. Given the distinctions drawn, we shouldn't assume that th ...
... For example, if one denies that cigarette smoking is a positive causal factor in developing cancer regardless of the evidence, then one is a contrarian regarding cigarette smoking and cancer. They simply disregard the ascertainable evidence. Given the distinctions drawn, we shouldn't assume that th ...
Does Climate Change Make Industrialization An Obsolete
... In a world of rapid urbanization and global integration, climate change represents only one of the many challenges that cities in the South have to grapple with in the coming decades. It is nevertheless a fundamentally important challenge for these cities because failing it will not only diminish th ...
... In a world of rapid urbanization and global integration, climate change represents only one of the many challenges that cities in the South have to grapple with in the coming decades. It is nevertheless a fundamentally important challenge for these cities because failing it will not only diminish th ...
Sustainable Development and Climate Change
... MDGs in 2014, the penultimate year, is assessed in Box 12.1 (Chapter 13 contains details of the key individual indicators). With the MDGs due to end in 2015, international deliberations on a post 2015 development framework have commenced. There is also urgency to turn the vision for sustainable deve ...
... MDGs in 2014, the penultimate year, is assessed in Box 12.1 (Chapter 13 contains details of the key individual indicators). With the MDGs due to end in 2015, international deliberations on a post 2015 development framework have commenced. There is also urgency to turn the vision for sustainable deve ...
Earth System Processes
... take the balloon in unwanted directions. So the atmosphere belongs to no one nation; rather all nations may use it for their own purposes (such as discharging pollution into it) and thus it is also subject to abuse and the phenomenon known as the “tragedy of the commons” (Hardin, 1968) in which the ...
... take the balloon in unwanted directions. So the atmosphere belongs to no one nation; rather all nations may use it for their own purposes (such as discharging pollution into it) and thus it is also subject to abuse and the phenomenon known as the “tragedy of the commons” (Hardin, 1968) in which the ...
Ocean Model Working Group
... One of the main accomplishments this year of the Biogeochemistry Working Group (BGCWG) has been the incorporation of active land, ocean, and atmosphere carbon cycle modules into the CCSM1 physical framework (CCSM1 carbon-climate model). The land biogeochemistry module is based on a merging of Carneg ...
... One of the main accomplishments this year of the Biogeochemistry Working Group (BGCWG) has been the incorporation of active land, ocean, and atmosphere carbon cycle modules into the CCSM1 physical framework (CCSM1 carbon-climate model). The land biogeochemistry module is based on a merging of Carneg ...
Abrupt Climate Change: The Next Major Challenge
... expansions of ocean ice cover (Mayewski et al., 1994). The most recent, notably large abrupt climate change event observed in marine and ice core records is the Younger Dryas (YD), a return to near-glacial conditions that punctuated the last deglaciation. GISP2 high-resolution, continuous glacioche ...
... expansions of ocean ice cover (Mayewski et al., 1994). The most recent, notably large abrupt climate change event observed in marine and ice core records is the Younger Dryas (YD), a return to near-glacial conditions that punctuated the last deglaciation. GISP2 high-resolution, continuous glacioche ...
Spanning `not-implausiblea futures to assess relative vulnerability to
... cascading uncertainty might alter our understanding of how to plan for what the future might hold. The idea is to apply a vulnerability indexing scheme recently developed by Schimmelpfennig and Yohe (1998) to existing case studies of vulnerable systems (or even heuristic descriptions of sources of s ...
... cascading uncertainty might alter our understanding of how to plan for what the future might hold. The idea is to apply a vulnerability indexing scheme recently developed by Schimmelpfennig and Yohe (1998) to existing case studies of vulnerable systems (or even heuristic descriptions of sources of s ...
gender and climate change issues in agriculture and food
... is often held only by women. Nevertheless, in efforts to address complex and long-term problems caused by changing climate, indigenous knowledge often needs to be complemented by ‘conventional’ scientific know-how, recognizing that new scientific knowledge is also needed. Adaptation efforts by house ...
... is often held only by women. Nevertheless, in efforts to address complex and long-term problems caused by changing climate, indigenous knowledge often needs to be complemented by ‘conventional’ scientific know-how, recognizing that new scientific knowledge is also needed. Adaptation efforts by house ...
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... agriculture, which is particularly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Changes in temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and carbon dioxide concentrations could profoundly affect the biophysical opportunities and constraints on agriculture. Also, since agricultural systems are managed, subseque ...
... agriculture, which is particularly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Changes in temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and carbon dioxide concentrations could profoundly affect the biophysical opportunities and constraints on agriculture. Also, since agricultural systems are managed, subseque ...
The National Climate Change Response Policy
... interventions that build and sustain South Africa’s social, economic and environmental resilience and emergency response capacity. Make a fair contribution to the global effort to stabilize GHG concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that avoids dangerous anthropogenic interference with the clim ...
... interventions that build and sustain South Africa’s social, economic and environmental resilience and emergency response capacity. Make a fair contribution to the global effort to stabilize GHG concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that avoids dangerous anthropogenic interference with the clim ...
Tennessee and Climate Change
... Gone are the days when a nation’s security could be measured by bombers and battleships. Security in this new era requires harnessing all of America’s strengths: the force of our diplomacy; the might of our military; the vigor and competitiveness of our economy; and the power of our ideals. We belie ...
... Gone are the days when a nation’s security could be measured by bombers and battleships. Security in this new era requires harnessing all of America’s strengths: the force of our diplomacy; the might of our military; the vigor and competitiveness of our economy; and the power of our ideals. We belie ...
Report on “Pakistan sey Paris” Climate Conference
... saying that they are not bound by any treaty, many countries are thinking of reducing the GHG‟s emissions while many countries have started discussing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC‟s). He further explained that there are many windows available to promote renewable energy for cou ...
... saying that they are not bound by any treaty, many countries are thinking of reducing the GHG‟s emissions while many countries have started discussing Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC‟s). He further explained that there are many windows available to promote renewable energy for cou ...
Bird Species and Climate Change
... indicate that global warming has set in motion a powerful chain of effects in ecosystems worldwide. As this report shows, robust evidence demonstrates that climate change is affecting birds’ behaviour -- with some migratory birds even failing to migrate at all. Furthermore, new research reveals a tr ...
... indicate that global warming has set in motion a powerful chain of effects in ecosystems worldwide. As this report shows, robust evidence demonstrates that climate change is affecting birds’ behaviour -- with some migratory birds even failing to migrate at all. Furthermore, new research reveals a tr ...
Apocalypse Nicked! - Geoengineering Governance Research
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
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.