climate science
... to weather and climate. In recent years my focus has been on uncertainty and the interface between climate science and policy. As President of Climate Forecast Applications Network LLC, I have been working with decision makers to use weather and climate information to reduce vulnerability to extreme ...
... to weather and climate. In recent years my focus has been on uncertainty and the interface between climate science and policy. As President of Climate Forecast Applications Network LLC, I have been working with decision makers to use weather and climate information to reduce vulnerability to extreme ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... 13. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Bahamas’ strength lies in the scientific disciplines of hydrology, meteorology and marine sciences. Capacity to address the issue of climate change has been increased through participation in the CPACC project and also in the regional Caribbean ...
... 13. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Bahamas’ strength lies in the scientific disciplines of hydrology, meteorology and marine sciences. Capacity to address the issue of climate change has been increased through participation in the CPACC project and also in the regional Caribbean ...
Sarah E. Light
... attitudes and beliefs, and therefore behavior and political debate, about energy use and climate change. Studies have shown that individuals with certain values or political ideologies are less likely to believe in the existence of scientific consensus about climate change, have positive attitudes t ...
... attitudes and beliefs, and therefore behavior and political debate, about energy use and climate change. Studies have shown that individuals with certain values or political ideologies are less likely to believe in the existence of scientific consensus about climate change, have positive attitudes t ...
Full Congressional testimonials
... to weather and climate. In recent years my focus has been on uncertainty and the interface between climate science and policy. As President of Climate Forecast Applications Network LLC, I have been working with decision makers to use weather and climate information to reduce vulnerability to extreme ...
... to weather and climate. In recent years my focus has been on uncertainty and the interface between climate science and policy. As President of Climate Forecast Applications Network LLC, I have been working with decision makers to use weather and climate information to reduce vulnerability to extreme ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... this range. The centre-stage projections in AR5 are based on alternative scenarios for future concentrations of CO2 and other atmospheric constituents. These projections circumvent the need to include feedbacks that work by altering the composition of the atmosphere. Nonetheless, feedbacks on atmosp ...
... this range. The centre-stage projections in AR5 are based on alternative scenarios for future concentrations of CO2 and other atmospheric constituents. These projections circumvent the need to include feedbacks that work by altering the composition of the atmosphere. Nonetheless, feedbacks on atmosp ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... costs, and in proportion to those costs. The assignment of liability costs could be used to fund mitigation efforts, which reduce the anthropogenic drivers of climate change by either reducing GHG emissions or sequestering those gases after they are released, or efforts at adaptation, which seeks to ...
... costs, and in proportion to those costs. The assignment of liability costs could be used to fund mitigation efforts, which reduce the anthropogenic drivers of climate change by either reducing GHG emissions or sequestering those gases after they are released, or efforts at adaptation, which seeks to ...
Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change P R
... pointing towards denial as a psychological barrier to action, barriers in the form of social, political and economic capital are significant. Developed Nations- Public Apathy? Public Ignorance? Despite the extreme seriousness of this global environmental problem, the pattern of meager public respons ...
... pointing towards denial as a psychological barrier to action, barriers in the form of social, political and economic capital are significant. Developed Nations- Public Apathy? Public Ignorance? Despite the extreme seriousness of this global environmental problem, the pattern of meager public respons ...
DISCUSSION PAPER International Technology-Oriented
... agreements specifically aimed at technologies. The added value of TOAs should be evaluated in the context of the complex interplay of near-term supply and demand for technology, longerterm market incentives for technology innovation, and international trade. Climate change policy has benefited from ...
... agreements specifically aimed at technologies. The added value of TOAs should be evaluated in the context of the complex interplay of near-term supply and demand for technology, longerterm market incentives for technology innovation, and international trade. Climate change policy has benefited from ...
(RBD), Version 1.0
... Water vapour is a key climate variable. In the lower troposphere, condensation of water vapour into precipitation provides latent heating which dominates the structure of tropospheric diabatic heating (Trenberth and Stepaniak, 2003a,b). Water vapour is also the most important gaseous source of infra ...
... Water vapour is a key climate variable. In the lower troposphere, condensation of water vapour into precipitation provides latent heating which dominates the structure of tropospheric diabatic heating (Trenberth and Stepaniak, 2003a,b). Water vapour is also the most important gaseous source of infra ...
The complexity of climate change mechanisms
... strategies have been elaborated to reduce the impact. Gradually, knowledge about emissions of other greenhouse gases besides carbon dioxide has increased as well as knowledge about these contributing sectors. The climate models used in the research on climate change have become more complex and are ...
... strategies have been elaborated to reduce the impact. Gradually, knowledge about emissions of other greenhouse gases besides carbon dioxide has increased as well as knowledge about these contributing sectors. The climate models used in the research on climate change have become more complex and are ...
A climate change report card for water Working Technical Paper 9
... water supply have received much attention, but relatively little is known about the likely impacts on water quality. Projected changes in air temperature and rainfall will affect catchment water balance and hence river flows and the mobility and dilution of nutrients and contaminants. Increased wate ...
... water supply have received much attention, but relatively little is known about the likely impacts on water quality. Projected changes in air temperature and rainfall will affect catchment water balance and hence river flows and the mobility and dilution of nutrients and contaminants. Increased wate ...
Potential Impacts Of Climate Change On Tourism
... by storm activity in recent years with climate variability. Critically, no one knows for sure how long this intense period of hurricane activity will last. According to hurricane records maintained by the National Hurricane Center there was a wide band of hurricane activity across the region since 1 ...
... by storm activity in recent years with climate variability. Critically, no one knows for sure how long this intense period of hurricane activity will last. According to hurricane records maintained by the National Hurricane Center there was a wide band of hurricane activity across the region since 1 ...
A Review of The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
... sensitive to the discount rate that is postulated. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that the biggest uncertainty of all in the economics of climate change is the uncertainty about which interest rate to use for discounting. In one form or another, this little secret is known to insiders in ...
... sensitive to the discount rate that is postulated. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that the biggest uncertainty of all in the economics of climate change is the uncertainty about which interest rate to use for discounting. In one form or another, this little secret is known to insiders in ...
Geoengineering Governance
... changes. The main focus of such efforts has been to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whether through cap-and-trade schemes, vehicle emission standards, land use regulation, or other tools. Recent proposals in Congress have called for an 80% reduction in U.S. GHG emissions from 2005 levels by the ...
... changes. The main focus of such efforts has been to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, whether through cap-and-trade schemes, vehicle emission standards, land use regulation, or other tools. Recent proposals in Congress have called for an 80% reduction in U.S. GHG emissions from 2005 levels by the ...
Title: Farmers` relations to climate variabilities and changes: the
... According to experts, climate change is likely to exacerbate quality and quantity water related problems in the Mediterranean area (Plan Bleu, 2008) and therefore conflicts between water users. Experts on climate change call for setting adaptation measures to anticipate future crisis. This challenge ...
... According to experts, climate change is likely to exacerbate quality and quantity water related problems in the Mediterranean area (Plan Bleu, 2008) and therefore conflicts between water users. Experts on climate change call for setting adaptation measures to anticipate future crisis. This challenge ...
Is Strange Weather in the Air? A Study of US National Network News
... To make sense of the coverage of the different types of weather impacts over the 30year research period, scientific findings and political developments are employed to divide the period into three intervals: 1968–1979; 1980–1988; and 1989–1996. The initial interval before 1980 is designated the cont ...
... To make sense of the coverage of the different types of weather impacts over the 30year research period, scientific findings and political developments are employed to divide the period into three intervals: 1968–1979; 1980–1988; and 1989–1996. The initial interval before 1980 is designated the cont ...
Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change... Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York,
... This project identifies examples of actions that are actively being followed in various governmental documents and policies to address climate change, as well as other environmental problems that could be exacerbated by climate change, such as maintaining ecological integrity and biodiversity within ...
... This project identifies examples of actions that are actively being followed in various governmental documents and policies to address climate change, as well as other environmental problems that could be exacerbated by climate change, such as maintaining ecological integrity and biodiversity within ...
Climate Change and US National Security
... policymakers’ attention have engaged in to jump their particular issues up the queue. As Daniel Deudney noted in a 1990 Millennium article, evoking security allows normal politics and the standard policy process to be swept aside in favor of extraordinary measures. These may be expensive and focus o ...
... policymakers’ attention have engaged in to jump their particular issues up the queue. As Daniel Deudney noted in a 1990 Millennium article, evoking security allows normal politics and the standard policy process to be swept aside in favor of extraordinary measures. These may be expensive and focus o ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple
... food; Woodward 2009). Furthermore, freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately at risk on a global scale, because while fresh waters cover only 0.8 per cent of the Earth’s surface, they are home to an estimated 6 per cent of all species (Dudgeon et al. 2006). From an applied perspective, climate c ...
... food; Woodward 2009). Furthermore, freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately at risk on a global scale, because while fresh waters cover only 0.8 per cent of the Earth’s surface, they are home to an estimated 6 per cent of all species (Dudgeon et al. 2006). From an applied perspective, climate c ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts
... food; Woodward 2009). Furthermore, freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately at risk on a global scale, because while fresh waters cover only 0.8 per cent of the Earth’s surface, they are home to an estimated 6 per cent of all species (Dudgeon et al. 2006). From an applied perspective, climate c ...
... food; Woodward 2009). Furthermore, freshwater biodiversity is disproportionately at risk on a global scale, because while fresh waters cover only 0.8 per cent of the Earth’s surface, they are home to an estimated 6 per cent of all species (Dudgeon et al. 2006). From an applied perspective, climate c ...
Can sense-making tools inform adaptation policy?
... changes that will better protect communities from climate impacts and build their capacity to adapt. Policy makers who take a more nuanced social science approach to adaptation may be less married to hard scientific and expert-led research and practice and more open to new disciplines, methods, and ...
... changes that will better protect communities from climate impacts and build their capacity to adapt. Policy makers who take a more nuanced social science approach to adaptation may be less married to hard scientific and expert-led research and practice and more open to new disciplines, methods, and ...
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
... impacts will be negative and devastating. Of course, if the purpose here is not really to produce an unbiased review of the impact of climate change on the United States, but a political document that will give cover for EPA’s decision to regulate carbon dioxide, then there is really no reason to go ...
... impacts will be negative and devastating. Of course, if the purpose here is not really to produce an unbiased review of the impact of climate change on the United States, but a political document that will give cover for EPA’s decision to regulate carbon dioxide, then there is really no reason to go ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCO2 ), regional climate change (temperature, precipitation and radiation), and varying rates of nitrogen deposition. Land-use-related drivers involve changes in land cover and in land management intensity, including fertilization, irrigation, forestry and gra ...
... elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCO2 ), regional climate change (temperature, precipitation and radiation), and varying rates of nitrogen deposition. Land-use-related drivers involve changes in land cover and in land management intensity, including fertilization, irrigation, forestry and gra ...
O b s e rved Impacts climate change in the U.S.
... 6) The findings that climate change is affecting U.S. biological systems are consistent across different geographic scales and a variety of species, and these U.S. impacts reflect global trends. Even against a backg round of apparently dominating forces such as direct human-driven habitat destructi ...
... 6) The findings that climate change is affecting U.S. biological systems are consistent across different geographic scales and a variety of species, and these U.S. impacts reflect global trends. Even against a backg round of apparently dominating forces such as direct human-driven habitat destructi ...