Why should psychology help address climate change?
... Climate change is regarded as the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century, according to an article published in The Lancet, Britain’s premier health journal (Costello et al., 2009). Psychological and mental health impacts of climate change have only recently been considered among the collec ...
... Climate change is regarded as the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century, according to an article published in The Lancet, Britain’s premier health journal (Costello et al., 2009). Psychological and mental health impacts of climate change have only recently been considered among the collec ...
Understanding and Applying the Science
... IPCC Statement • From new estimates of the combined anthropogenic forcing due to greenhouse gases, aerosols and land surface changes, it is extremely likely (> 95% probability) that human activities have exerted a substantial net warming influence on climate since 1750. ...
... IPCC Statement • From new estimates of the combined anthropogenic forcing due to greenhouse gases, aerosols and land surface changes, it is extremely likely (> 95% probability) that human activities have exerted a substantial net warming influence on climate since 1750. ...
Cuba Confronts Climate Change
... its effects are not as yet well quantified. Nonetheless, it has already been proven that global warming has contributed to increased mortality from heat and reduced mortality from cold in various regions around the world. It has also been documented that local changes in temperature and rainfall vol ...
... its effects are not as yet well quantified. Nonetheless, it has already been proven that global warming has contributed to increased mortality from heat and reduced mortality from cold in various regions around the world. It has also been documented that local changes in temperature and rainfall vol ...
how good are we at mainstreaming adaptation?
... 3. Better Information on Costs and Benefits of Adaptation - Global “price-tags” problematic, and might be counter-productive - Greater emphasis needed on costs of policy integration - Better understanding of transition versus long term costs - Better understanding of direct versus economy wide costs ...
... 3. Better Information on Costs and Benefits of Adaptation - Global “price-tags” problematic, and might be counter-productive - Greater emphasis needed on costs of policy integration - Better understanding of transition versus long term costs - Better understanding of direct versus economy wide costs ...
Adaptation and Mitigation
... be realised at the local/regional level), although effective mitigation needs to involve a sufficient number of major greenhouse-gas emitters to foreclose（防止） leakage（泄漏）. Adaptation typically works on the scale of an impacted system, which is regional at best（最多）, but mostly local (although some ad ...
... be realised at the local/regional level), although effective mitigation needs to involve a sufficient number of major greenhouse-gas emitters to foreclose（防止） leakage（泄漏）. Adaptation typically works on the scale of an impacted system, which is regional at best（最多）, but mostly local (although some ad ...
Development of agricultural systems and climate smart agriculture in developing countries - Workshop FAO, ICROFS, CCAFS
... There appears to be a large potential for synergies between mitigation and adaptation within agriculture. This needs to be incorporated into economic analyses of the mitigation costs. The inter-linkages between mitigation and adaptation are, however, not very well explored and further studies are wa ...
... There appears to be a large potential for synergies between mitigation and adaptation within agriculture. This needs to be incorporated into economic analyses of the mitigation costs. The inter-linkages between mitigation and adaptation are, however, not very well explored and further studies are wa ...
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... examples include variation in the intensity of solar output and changes in the concentration of various aerosols including black soot. Feedbacks, sinks and lags The direct forcing effects of increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide can be determined fairly accurately from simple physi ...
... examples include variation in the intensity of solar output and changes in the concentration of various aerosols including black soot. Feedbacks, sinks and lags The direct forcing effects of increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide can be determined fairly accurately from simple physi ...
Bio-Energy with Carbon Storage (BECS)
... raised energy efficiency and non-fuel renewables – it leads also to the potential to return rapidly to pre-industrial CO2 levels (Obersteiner et al, op cit). Negative emissions energy systems are key to responding to ACC because – taking account of rising levels on non-CO2 greenhouse gases, for whic ...
... raised energy efficiency and non-fuel renewables – it leads also to the potential to return rapidly to pre-industrial CO2 levels (Obersteiner et al, op cit). Negative emissions energy systems are key to responding to ACC because – taking account of rising levels on non-CO2 greenhouse gases, for whic ...
Climate Change Adaptation in ZAMBIA
... Climate variability has already begun to affect health in Zambia, and climate change, particularly warmer temperatures, droughts, and floods, is likely to directly and indirectly exacerbate current impacts. Climate-sensitive diseases that have persistently increased mortality and morbidity rates in ...
... Climate variability has already begun to affect health in Zambia, and climate change, particularly warmer temperatures, droughts, and floods, is likely to directly and indirectly exacerbate current impacts. Climate-sensitive diseases that have persistently increased mortality and morbidity rates in ...
Letter from Bob Ward to Peter Lilley, 22 February 2013
... greenhouse gas pollution. The intention is that an appropriate price provides the necessary disincentive against emitting pollution. Some have tried to argue that introducing a price on greenhouse gas pollution would increase the price of fossil fuels so much that economic growth would be significan ...
... greenhouse gas pollution. The intention is that an appropriate price provides the necessary disincentive against emitting pollution. Some have tried to argue that introducing a price on greenhouse gas pollution would increase the price of fossil fuels so much that economic growth would be significan ...
Download country chapter
... controlling climate change policies. The Strategic Plan for New Environmental Technologies created in 2013 explicitly takes into consideration the commitments assumed by Angola within the UNFCCC and calls for the implementation of environmental technologies that can optimise the use of natural resou ...
... controlling climate change policies. The Strategic Plan for New Environmental Technologies created in 2013 explicitly takes into consideration the commitments assumed by Angola within the UNFCCC and calls for the implementation of environmental technologies that can optimise the use of natural resou ...
Case Study Presentation - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... ”Planning authorities shall consider the potential impacts of climate change that may increase the risk associated with natural hazards” ...
... ”Planning authorities shall consider the potential impacts of climate change that may increase the risk associated with natural hazards” ...
Climate change adaptation means that contrary to
... Explore the challenge of providing potable water to people in the context of an altered and uncertain hydrological cycle. Improve understanding of climate change adaptation challenges from different social viewpoints, particularly in terms of flood risk and proactive responses to it. Develop u ...
... Explore the challenge of providing potable water to people in the context of an altered and uncertain hydrological cycle. Improve understanding of climate change adaptation challenges from different social viewpoints, particularly in terms of flood risk and proactive responses to it. Develop u ...
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... and powerful industries without even saving any emissions Free allocation can help tackle investment leakages in some sectors, but is far from a panacea Free allocation increases costs to the rest of business and to a much greater extent than most models predict, due to a basic modelling ...
... and powerful industries without even saving any emissions Free allocation can help tackle investment leakages in some sectors, but is far from a panacea Free allocation increases costs to the rest of business and to a much greater extent than most models predict, due to a basic modelling ...
Unlimited possibilities hidden in plain sight
... picked up on Gary’s and his team’s discovery. More recently, The Sunday Times www.math.ie/ST3March2013.jpg (3 March 2013) reported on another result by Gary and his team at UCD: ‘Maths whizzes in bits after record code crack’. Professor McGuire and his team proved that mathematical algorithms create ...
... picked up on Gary’s and his team’s discovery. More recently, The Sunday Times www.math.ie/ST3March2013.jpg (3 March 2013) reported on another result by Gary and his team at UCD: ‘Maths whizzes in bits after record code crack’. Professor McGuire and his team proved that mathematical algorithms create ...
a printable version - Kentucky Coal Education
... dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal-burning electric power plants are the main precursor of acid rain in the United States. When coal is burned to produce power, its natural sulfur content combines with oxygen to form sulfur dioxide. The quantity of SO2 formed varies with the sulfur content of the coa ...
... dioxide (SO2) emissions from coal-burning electric power plants are the main precursor of acid rain in the United States. When coal is burned to produce power, its natural sulfur content combines with oxygen to form sulfur dioxide. The quantity of SO2 formed varies with the sulfur content of the coa ...
this None - Rice University`s Baker Institute
... Nature of deal / framework • Combination of the above can, with appropriate market institutions, help overcome the inequities of climate change and provide incentives for developing countries to play strong role in global deal, eventually taking on their own targets • Within such a framework each c ...
... Nature of deal / framework • Combination of the above can, with appropriate market institutions, help overcome the inequities of climate change and provide incentives for developing countries to play strong role in global deal, eventually taking on their own targets • Within such a framework each c ...
Climate Variability and Weather
... volcanic eruptions After large volcanic eruptions sulphate particles can enter, and spread throughout, the upper atmosphere. They reflect incoming solar energy and thereby cool the surface for the following year or two. The most recent large eruption to affect global climate was that of Mount Pina ...
... volcanic eruptions After large volcanic eruptions sulphate particles can enter, and spread throughout, the upper atmosphere. They reflect incoming solar energy and thereby cool the surface for the following year or two. The most recent large eruption to affect global climate was that of Mount Pina ...
Work Plan for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on
... Given the variability and uncertainty in climate projections over California, how do we apply climate change impacts assessment to planning and management of California’s water resources? ...
... Given the variability and uncertainty in climate projections over California, how do we apply climate change impacts assessment to planning and management of California’s water resources? ...
SciTCA Workshop - Bits `n Pieces, Keith Burrows
... sound small, but that’s about: • 20 times ALL the power being used by humanity • or 40,000 Hiroshima bombs EVERY DAY ...
... sound small, but that’s about: • 20 times ALL the power being used by humanity • or 40,000 Hiroshima bombs EVERY DAY ...
Outline - Cengage
... cooling because of changes in the distribution of water vapor and movement of ocean currents. One of the largest unknowns in global warming is the change in the distribution of clouds. 1. Additional clouds may have a warming effect by absorbing and releasing more heat into the troposphere, or a cool ...
... cooling because of changes in the distribution of water vapor and movement of ocean currents. One of the largest unknowns in global warming is the change in the distribution of clouds. 1. Additional clouds may have a warming effect by absorbing and releasing more heat into the troposphere, or a cool ...
positive feedbacks and climate runaway
... in hopes of predicting dangerous tipping points before they occur.42 The name of the project will be IMPACTS, which stands for Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions. The initial emphasis will be on four types of abrupt climate change: 1. Instability among ma ...
... in hopes of predicting dangerous tipping points before they occur.42 The name of the project will be IMPACTS, which stands for Investigation of the Magnitudes and Probabilities of Abrupt Climate Transitions. The initial emphasis will be on four types of abrupt climate change: 1. Instability among ma ...
History of the greenhouse effect
... In 1895 Svante Arrhenius presented a paper to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on ’The influence of carbonic acid (carbon dioxide) in the air upon the temperature of the ground’. This paper was later communicated to the Philosophical Magazine and published in 1896. He disagreed with Tyndall’s c ...
... In 1895 Svante Arrhenius presented a paper to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on ’The influence of carbonic acid (carbon dioxide) in the air upon the temperature of the ground’. This paper was later communicated to the Philosophical Magazine and published in 1896. He disagreed with Tyndall’s c ...
Regional issues in disaster risk reduction, including those related to climate change adaptation, and policies related to
... Effective planning and budgeting for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation requires information on the long term implications of doing nothing. This should move beyond economic analysis though and capture the long term development setbacks and non‐ economic ...
... Effective planning and budgeting for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation requires information on the long term implications of doing nothing. This should move beyond economic analysis though and capture the long term development setbacks and non‐ economic ...
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.