COLIN POLSKY - Florida Center for Environmental Studies
... “Heterogeneity in Residential Yard Care: Evidence from Boston, Miami, and Phoenix.” Human Ecology 40(5):735-749. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9514-3. Harris, E.M., D.G. Martin, C. Polsky, L. Denhardt, and A. Nehring, 2012. “Beyond ‘Lawn People’: The role of emotions in suburban yard management practices. ...
... “Heterogeneity in Residential Yard Care: Evidence from Boston, Miami, and Phoenix.” Human Ecology 40(5):735-749. DOI: 10.1007/s10745-012-9514-3. Harris, E.M., D.G. Martin, C. Polsky, L. Denhardt, and A. Nehring, 2012. “Beyond ‘Lawn People’: The role of emotions in suburban yard management practices. ...
Climate Change Helplessness and Efficacy
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
Report Gas Greenhouse
... natural climate known as global warming or climate change, or more accurately Global Climate Disruption. Emissions of these gases that induce global climate disruption are attributable to human activities associated with industrial/manufacturing, utilities, transportation, residential, and agricul ...
... natural climate known as global warming or climate change, or more accurately Global Climate Disruption. Emissions of these gases that induce global climate disruption are attributable to human activities associated with industrial/manufacturing, utilities, transportation, residential, and agricul ...
Climate Change Performance Index 2017
... forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2 alongside energy-based emissions. By including these emissions in the data, we are able to present a more comprehensive view of man-made impacts on the world’s climate. The following publication is issued by Germanwatch and Climat ...
... forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2 alongside energy-based emissions. By including these emissions in the data, we are able to present a more comprehensive view of man-made impacts on the world’s climate. The following publication is issued by Germanwatch and Climat ...
Lawyers Write Treaties, Engineers Build Dikes, Gods of Weather
... implement institutional arrangements to deal specifically with these challenges. 13 The Article focuses on the structure of arrangements to deal with or accommodate changes associated with climate change. Over the past century an increasing number of transboundary water agreements have been develope ...
... implement institutional arrangements to deal specifically with these challenges. 13 The Article focuses on the structure of arrangements to deal with or accommodate changes associated with climate change. Over the past century an increasing number of transboundary water agreements have been develope ...
1 - Australian Human Rights Commission
... Text Box 1: Impacts of climate change on small islands The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarises the impacts of climate change on small islands as:23 Small islands, whether located in the tropics or higher latitudes, have characteristics which make them especially vulnerable to the e ...
... Text Box 1: Impacts of climate change on small islands The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change summarises the impacts of climate change on small islands as:23 Small islands, whether located in the tropics or higher latitudes, have characteristics which make them especially vulnerable to the e ...
CLIMATE CHANGE HELPLESSNESS 1 Running head: CLIMATE
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
Workshop report, 13-15 April 2010
... The objective of the information and training day addressed key issues on forests and climate change and also a briefing on NFP’s in general and Tanzanias NFP in particular. The objective of the day was to ensure that everyone had similar level of understanding going into the workshop. The opening p ...
... The objective of the information and training day addressed key issues on forests and climate change and also a briefing on NFP’s in general and Tanzanias NFP in particular. The objective of the day was to ensure that everyone had similar level of understanding going into the workshop. The opening p ...
August 2012 - CREE
... carbon leakages. Moreover, the poor region may even be allowed to increase emissions relative to business as usual under the optimal climate policy. These effects are reinforced when introducing transfers between the regions. However, loans to poor countries to reduce inequality may result in a debt ...
... carbon leakages. Moreover, the poor region may even be allowed to increase emissions relative to business as usual under the optimal climate policy. These effects are reinforced when introducing transfers between the regions. However, loans to poor countries to reduce inequality may result in a debt ...
Climate change and Arctic ecosystems II
... 2.1. Classification of Tundra Vegetation Types [3] Most previous classifications of tundra vegetation types have been based on species assemblages and tailored to specific regions. Application of these schemes outside the region for which they were designed can be problematic. Widely used but loosel ...
... 2.1. Classification of Tundra Vegetation Types [3] Most previous classifications of tundra vegetation types have been based on species assemblages and tailored to specific regions. Application of these schemes outside the region for which they were designed can be problematic. Widely used but loosel ...
the sahel is greening - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... them for farming.11 The United Nations’ Africa Report of 2008 confirmed that the greening of the Sahel is now well established and that increases in rainfall are the main driver of the change in the vegetation cover. The report noted that there was a 50% increase in vegetation in parts of Mali, Maur ...
... them for farming.11 The United Nations’ Africa Report of 2008 confirmed that the greening of the Sahel is now well established and that increases in rainfall are the main driver of the change in the vegetation cover. The report noted that there was a 50% increase in vegetation in parts of Mali, Maur ...
Asian Aerosols: Current and Year 2030 Distributions and
... diverse economic sectors. As a result of these activities aerosol emissions are high throughout large parts of Asia as shown by regional emissions of black carbon (BC, Figure 1d). Worldwide, an estimated several billion people live under ABCs. The links between the high particulate levels associated ...
... diverse economic sectors. As a result of these activities aerosol emissions are high throughout large parts of Asia as shown by regional emissions of black carbon (BC, Figure 1d). Worldwide, an estimated several billion people live under ABCs. The links between the high particulate levels associated ...
Review of FAO Strategic Framework and preparation of Medium Term Plan 2018-21 - Regional Priorities
... The quadrennial review of the FAO Strategic Framework and preparation of the Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2018-21 will take place during 2016, through the Regional Conferences and Technical Committees, for approval by the Council and Conference in the first half of 2017. This document provides a synthes ...
... The quadrennial review of the FAO Strategic Framework and preparation of the Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2018-21 will take place during 2016, through the Regional Conferences and Technical Committees, for approval by the Council and Conference in the first half of 2017. This document provides a synthes ...
Desertification: a security threat?
... The former UNCCD Executive Secretary Hama Arba Diallo stressed that the linkage between desertification and security had become increasingly obvious in recent years, and pointed to workshops and expert reports relating to the issue. One of the workshops, on Desertification and Migration, was facilit ...
... The former UNCCD Executive Secretary Hama Arba Diallo stressed that the linkage between desertification and security had become increasingly obvious in recent years, and pointed to workshops and expert reports relating to the issue. One of the workshops, on Desertification and Migration, was facilit ...
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... guides to further controlled experimentation. These metrics can then be used in either large-scale correlative models (Pearson and Dawson, 2003) or through finer-scale approaches based on in situ experimentation (Pearson et al., 2009). Importantly, by using such an approach, we can examine the poten ...
... guides to further controlled experimentation. These metrics can then be used in either large-scale correlative models (Pearson and Dawson, 2003) or through finer-scale approaches based on in situ experimentation (Pearson et al., 2009). Importantly, by using such an approach, we can examine the poten ...
EN EN EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. CONTEXT OF THE
... monitoring, reporting and verification requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. For Parties that have agreed to fulfil their commitments jointly, some of this information needs to be submitted jointly. As a consequence, the Commission will require information from Iceland to enable the Union to fulfil ...
... monitoring, reporting and verification requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. For Parties that have agreed to fulfil their commitments jointly, some of this information needs to be submitted jointly. As a consequence, the Commission will require information from Iceland to enable the Union to fulfil ...
Perspectives on Canada`s West Coast region
... anticipated for this region, and their impacts, are similarly varied. Although large urban centres, small rural settlements and First Nations communities will experience climate change in different ways, several key findings are relevant to the region as a whole: Sea-level rise will not affect al ...
... anticipated for this region, and their impacts, are similarly varied. Although large urban centres, small rural settlements and First Nations communities will experience climate change in different ways, several key findings are relevant to the region as a whole: Sea-level rise will not affect al ...
A Brewing Storm: The climate change risks to
... the farmers, farmworkers, and those who rely on them. In poor countries, climate change has the potential to become a major driver of multiple risks to equity (see Box 2), health, and food security.35 Most of the world’s 25 million coffee farmers are smallholders with little capacity to build greate ...
... the farmers, farmworkers, and those who rely on them. In poor countries, climate change has the potential to become a major driver of multiple risks to equity (see Box 2), health, and food security.35 Most of the world’s 25 million coffee farmers are smallholders with little capacity to build greate ...
Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance
... communities covered by the program are committed to regulating and controlling future development of the floodplain.25 To participate in the insurance aspect of the program, a building must be part of a community that participates in the program.26 FEMA regulations define a community as “any State o ...
... communities covered by the program are committed to regulating and controlling future development of the floodplain.25 To participate in the insurance aspect of the program, a building must be part of a community that participates in the program.26 FEMA regulations define a community as “any State o ...
What do the Appendices to the Copenhagen Accord tell us about global greenhouse gas emissions and the prospects for avoiding a rise in global average temperature of more than 2°C? (436 kB) (opens in new window)
... increase of more than 2°C 7. Hence those targets and intended actions that have been submitted to the Copenhagen Accord would not make it impossible to have a reasonable chance of avoiding a temperature rise of more than 2˚C, but it would make it significantly more difficult and costly. The recent ...
... increase of more than 2°C 7. Hence those targets and intended actions that have been submitted to the Copenhagen Accord would not make it impossible to have a reasonable chance of avoiding a temperature rise of more than 2˚C, but it would make it significantly more difficult and costly. The recent ...
UCLA_IOE_Feb2007 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... (1) We can measure the strength of snow albedo feedback accurately in climate change simulations, and there is a roughly three-fold spread in simulations of snow albedo feedback strength. This spread causes much of the spread in the temperature response of current global climate models in northern h ...
... (1) We can measure the strength of snow albedo feedback accurately in climate change simulations, and there is a roughly three-fold spread in simulations of snow albedo feedback strength. This spread causes much of the spread in the temperature response of current global climate models in northern h ...
Effects of Climate Change in Amphibians and Reptiles
... During the past decade it has been documented that the average of earth temperature increased 6 °C in a period of 100 years. The higher amount of this phenomenon has been recorded between 1910 and 1945 and, from 1976 to present date (Jones, 1999; Kerr, 1995; Oechel et al., 1994; Thomason, 1995). Fro ...
... During the past decade it has been documented that the average of earth temperature increased 6 °C in a period of 100 years. The higher amount of this phenomenon has been recorded between 1910 and 1945 and, from 1976 to present date (Jones, 1999; Kerr, 1995; Oechel et al., 1994; Thomason, 1995). Fro ...
SJmaintext
... This review focuses on the impacts of climate change on population dynamics. I introduce the MUP (Measuring, Understanding and Predicting) approach, which provides a general framework where an enhanced understanding of climate-population processes, along with improved long-term data, are merged into ...
... This review focuses on the impacts of climate change on population dynamics. I introduce the MUP (Measuring, Understanding and Predicting) approach, which provides a general framework where an enhanced understanding of climate-population processes, along with improved long-term data, are merged into ...