ethics and climate change
... natural and urban areas in order to prevent the social and health consequences of global warming negative effects. The development of a strong partnership for the transfer of low-emission clean technologies from rich countries to developing ones is also a crucial aspect in improving socio-economic c ...
... natural and urban areas in order to prevent the social and health consequences of global warming negative effects. The development of a strong partnership for the transfer of low-emission clean technologies from rich countries to developing ones is also a crucial aspect in improving socio-economic c ...
1 May 13, 2008 Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall George Mason
... Ms. Costle asserted that insurance is a key element of our economy because it is required to obtain financing: insurers are investors. She emphasized that climate change affects insurance claims and that insurers and re-insurers fear multiple events in a single year based on the risk of insolvency. ...
... Ms. Costle asserted that insurance is a key element of our economy because it is required to obtain financing: insurers are investors. She emphasized that climate change affects insurance claims and that insurers and re-insurers fear multiple events in a single year based on the risk of insolvency. ...
Objective - Regjeringen.no
... c) Collaboration on REDD-plus, including establishing a framework for financial support from Norway into a Guyana REDD-plus Investment Fund. Financial support will be linked to Guyana’s success in limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and establishing institutio ...
... c) Collaboration on REDD-plus, including establishing a framework for financial support from Norway into a Guyana REDD-plus Investment Fund. Financial support will be linked to Guyana’s success in limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and establishing institutio ...
Climate Change_Student
... Traces of volcanic ash & dust Layers of ice and thickness can tell us past snowfall. ...
... Traces of volcanic ash & dust Layers of ice and thickness can tell us past snowfall. ...
Summary Sheet - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation
... storms and droughts), increases in illness an deaths due to poor air quality, food- and water-borne illnesses and the expansion of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Vulnerability to the health risks associated with climate change are influenced by exposure to the hazards, sensitivity to the effect ...
... storms and droughts), increases in illness an deaths due to poor air quality, food- and water-borne illnesses and the expansion of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Vulnerability to the health risks associated with climate change are influenced by exposure to the hazards, sensitivity to the effect ...
Needs must: should the environment trump prosperity?
... Science and technology have created a very complex world and politics has found it difficult to keep up with the speed of change. This problem is compounded by the desire of the media to look for quick solutions and simple explanations – very often when they are just not available. There are few are ...
... Science and technology have created a very complex world and politics has found it difficult to keep up with the speed of change. This problem is compounded by the desire of the media to look for quick solutions and simple explanations – very often when they are just not available. There are few are ...
Participatory research to support sustainable land
... socio-cultural aspects and governance (WP 5) and economics (WP 6). The coordination (WP 1) will guarantee the implementation of a harmonized methodology, a consistent project data base, joined surveys and inquiries, and the organization of meetings and workshops. SuLaMa focuses on the development an ...
... socio-cultural aspects and governance (WP 5) and economics (WP 6). The coordination (WP 1) will guarantee the implementation of a harmonized methodology, a consistent project data base, joined surveys and inquiries, and the organization of meetings and workshops. SuLaMa focuses on the development an ...
Mass v. EPA – Chevron - Medical and Public Health Law Site
... gases into the atmosphere -- may be producing a longterm and substantial increase in the average temperature on Earth," §1102(1), 101 Stat. 1408, Congress directed EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and def ...
... gases into the atmosphere -- may be producing a longterm and substantial increase in the average temperature on Earth," §1102(1), 101 Stat. 1408, Congress directed EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and def ...
Impacts of Global Climate Change on New Zealand Agriculture
... events, our agricultural sector is susceptible to impacts from global climate change. Some will be direct – such as climatic impacts on domestic agricultural production, or domestic climate policies – but further, indirect impacts could come from overseas, via trade, such as climate-induced producti ...
... events, our agricultural sector is susceptible to impacts from global climate change. Some will be direct – such as climatic impacts on domestic agricultural production, or domestic climate policies – but further, indirect impacts could come from overseas, via trade, such as climate-induced producti ...
NRDC: The Paris Agreement on Climate Change
... Accord. This Accord was expanded and formally adopted in 2010 as the Cancun Agreements where dozens of countries—including the United States, China, European Union, and India—committed to reducing their emissions by 2020. Countries also agreed to a new set of mechanisms to help developing countries ...
... Accord. This Accord was expanded and formally adopted in 2010 as the Cancun Agreements where dozens of countries—including the United States, China, European Union, and India—committed to reducing their emissions by 2020. Countries also agreed to a new set of mechanisms to help developing countries ...
Greenhouse gases - Aktuel Naturvidenskab
... tent, which in turn changes this will affect the albedo. The clouds, depending on height such as temperatures, winds, exchange of water vapor between and type. The total feedback water vapor, clouds, ice, snow, the energy balance and thereby the surface and atmosphere will from clouds is uncertain a ...
... tent, which in turn changes this will affect the albedo. The clouds, depending on height such as temperatures, winds, exchange of water vapor between and type. The total feedback water vapor, clouds, ice, snow, the energy balance and thereby the surface and atmosphere will from clouds is uncertain a ...
Trees_TForgottenS_August07
... Land clearing (also called deforestation) is the permanent removal of native forests and other bushland. In Australia most land clearing is done to extend grazing and farming land. Some native bushland is also cleared for housing and urban development and some areas are cleared to create young tree ...
... Land clearing (also called deforestation) is the permanent removal of native forests and other bushland. In Australia most land clearing is done to extend grazing and farming land. Some native bushland is also cleared for housing and urban development and some areas are cleared to create young tree ...
Science for Natural Resource Management
... world. To assess the carbon balance (the difference between storage and emissions) of fire management and other resource management actions, managers need information on the spatial distribution of carbon across the landscape over time. Scientific research that integrates field measurements of trees ...
... world. To assess the carbon balance (the difference between storage and emissions) of fire management and other resource management actions, managers need information on the spatial distribution of carbon across the landscape over time. Scientific research that integrates field measurements of trees ...
Knowledge Horizons - Economics Tackling Climate Change in the
... priority by the Ukrainian society in general and by the government in particular. Experts also pointed out other factors that obstruct climate change prevention, including imperfect laws (regarding usage of the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms in particular), non-fulfilment of laws and other regulatory leg ...
... priority by the Ukrainian society in general and by the government in particular. Experts also pointed out other factors that obstruct climate change prevention, including imperfect laws (regarding usage of the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms in particular), non-fulfilment of laws and other regulatory leg ...
Nonrenewable Resources and the Inevitability of Outcomes.
... The problem begins as quantities from these reservoirs are shifted out of stability, or when a stock in one reservoir shifts to become a stock in another reservoir. This is particularly true for reservoirs where the flow is relatively slow, which explains why some consider the burning of biomass lik ...
... The problem begins as quantities from these reservoirs are shifted out of stability, or when a stock in one reservoir shifts to become a stock in another reservoir. This is particularly true for reservoirs where the flow is relatively slow, which explains why some consider the burning of biomass lik ...
Thoughts on climate research and policy
... and attempts at falsification by critical professional colleagues? – This area also has its deficits. Gradual scepticism is accepted, while radical scepticism is punished by exclusion from the science community. In publicly debated cases over the past four months, falsification has been obstructed by t ...
... and attempts at falsification by critical professional colleagues? – This area also has its deficits. Gradual scepticism is accepted, while radical scepticism is punished by exclusion from the science community. In publicly debated cases over the past four months, falsification has been obstructed by t ...
Survival Guide: Abrupt Climate Change
... will or won’t occur within the next century. Because the possible consequences are severe both for societies and ecosystems, it is important to develop a better understanding of the probabilities associated with abrupt climate change. As we speak, climate modelers and paleoclimatologists are improvi ...
... will or won’t occur within the next century. Because the possible consequences are severe both for societies and ecosystems, it is important to develop a better understanding of the probabilities associated with abrupt climate change. As we speak, climate modelers and paleoclimatologists are improvi ...
how big business is funding climate change denial in the 113th
... The unofficial caucus of climate deniers scrutinized in this report personify the problem. As defined by the Center for American Progress, the climate change denier caucus consists of 160 Members of the 113th Congress who have publicly rejected the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warmi ...
... The unofficial caucus of climate deniers scrutinized in this report personify the problem. As defined by the Center for American Progress, the climate change denier caucus consists of 160 Members of the 113th Congress who have publicly rejected the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warmi ...
The Unbearable Lightness of Politics: Climate
... The current situation parallels the1920s when the market liberal discourse ruled in a climate dominated by nationally consolidated markets, major technical innovations (e.g., radio, electrification), unchecked corporate power, and plutocratic inequality. John Dewey argued that the “rugged individuali ...
... The current situation parallels the1920s when the market liberal discourse ruled in a climate dominated by nationally consolidated markets, major technical innovations (e.g., radio, electrification), unchecked corporate power, and plutocratic inequality. John Dewey argued that the “rugged individuali ...
The impacts of climate change in the Tropics
... direct impact of higher levels of carbon dioxide— the major greenhouse gas—on plant growth. There are physiological reasons for believing that rising carbon dioxide levels may partly offset the adverse impacts of climate change on plants by the socalled ‘carbon dioxide fertilisation effect’. Indeed, ...
... direct impact of higher levels of carbon dioxide— the major greenhouse gas—on plant growth. There are physiological reasons for believing that rising carbon dioxide levels may partly offset the adverse impacts of climate change on plants by the socalled ‘carbon dioxide fertilisation effect’. Indeed, ...
Lights Brochure - Tufts Office of Sustainability
... Halogen torchieres pose a fire hazard. For that reason they are prohibited at Tufts University. While You’re At It… Why don’t you turn off your computer... It uses about as much energy to operate as two to three incandescent bulbs. ...
... Halogen torchieres pose a fire hazard. For that reason they are prohibited at Tufts University. While You’re At It… Why don’t you turn off your computer... It uses about as much energy to operate as two to three incandescent bulbs. ...
Diapositiva 1
... Fonte: RECIPE Project (2009); Discounted consumption loss; 3% discount rate. Concentrations level of only CO2. ...
... Fonte: RECIPE Project (2009); Discounted consumption loss; 3% discount rate. Concentrations level of only CO2. ...
Extreme Events in the Southwest
... more frequent and intense in recent extreme values may or may not be reldecades than during any other time evant to society, and more effort is being in the historical record in many parts placed on analyzing those most useful of the U.S. This trend, however, has for assessing and projecting impacts ...
... more frequent and intense in recent extreme values may or may not be reldecades than during any other time evant to society, and more effort is being in the historical record in many parts placed on analyzing those most useful of the U.S. This trend, however, has for assessing and projecting impacts ...
1. Welcoming the Newly Discovered
... strategies such as wind and solar power technology might have on wildlife. In fact, it is estimated that wind farms kill more than 573,000 birds annually, according to a 2013 study published in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. In a position statement released in 2011, The Wildlife Societ ...
... strategies such as wind and solar power technology might have on wildlife. In fact, it is estimated that wind farms kill more than 573,000 birds annually, according to a 2013 study published in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. In a position statement released in 2011, The Wildlife Societ ...
Four cultures: new synergies for engaging society on climate change
... information to the public. Consequently, worked in relative disciplinary isolation, entering into interdisciplinary partnerships only to amplify their own voices. This strategy assumes that the appropriate techni cal information, offered in the right place and at the right time, is sufficient to mot ...
... information to the public. Consequently, worked in relative disciplinary isolation, entering into interdisciplinary partnerships only to amplify their own voices. This strategy assumes that the appropriate techni cal information, offered in the right place and at the right time, is sufficient to mot ...
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.