Expert Consensus on the Economics of Climate Change
... • Respondents overwhelmingly support unilateral emissions reduction commitments by the United States, regardless of the actions other nations have taken (77% chose this option over alternatives such as committing only if multilateral agreements are reached). ...
... • Respondents overwhelmingly support unilateral emissions reduction commitments by the United States, regardless of the actions other nations have taken (77% chose this option over alternatives such as committing only if multilateral agreements are reached). ...
Agreeing on Robust Decisions
... priorities, beliefs, and preferences. These conditions lead to deep uncertainty. Deep uncertainty occurs when parties to a decision do not know or cannot agree on (1) models that relate the key forces that shape the future, (2) probability distributions of key variables and parameters in these model ...
... priorities, beliefs, and preferences. These conditions lead to deep uncertainty. Deep uncertainty occurs when parties to a decision do not know or cannot agree on (1) models that relate the key forces that shape the future, (2) probability distributions of key variables and parameters in these model ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our past
... At least to some extent, the functioning of modern landscapes and the trajectory of the future may be directly contingent on the past (Foster et al., 2003) – but how far back in time? Reviews of environmental changes over the last 250 years (e.g. Steffen et al., 2004) offer powerful images of recent ...
... At least to some extent, the functioning of modern landscapes and the trajectory of the future may be directly contingent on the past (Foster et al., 2003) – but how far back in time? Reviews of environmental changes over the last 250 years (e.g. Steffen et al., 2004) offer powerful images of recent ...
IIIS Discussion Paper Rescaling climate justice: sub-national issues and
... disease transmission, changes in agricultural productivity, changes in water availability, changes in ocean chemistry and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Indeed climate change is already causing widespread devastation and suffering around the world impacting on people i ...
... disease transmission, changes in agricultural productivity, changes in water availability, changes in ocean chemistry and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme events. Indeed climate change is already causing widespread devastation and suffering around the world impacting on people i ...
Climate and Culture - George Mason University
... To bring this redefinition into a higher level for the climate change issue, I further argue for adopting methods of critical collaborative ethnography, which explicitly problematizes collaboration and makes it a central component of how climate ethnographers wish to address the gap between global an ...
... To bring this redefinition into a higher level for the climate change issue, I further argue for adopting methods of critical collaborative ethnography, which explicitly problematizes collaboration and makes it a central component of how climate ethnographers wish to address the gap between global an ...
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... susceptible to changing climatic conditions documented in the last decade. [FN15] Unusual sea ice and weather conditions have disrupted livelihoods and households through the associated loss and damage to hunting equipment. Increasing danger of hunting and travel has forced some Inuit to avoid engag ...
... susceptible to changing climatic conditions documented in the last decade. [FN15] Unusual sea ice and weather conditions have disrupted livelihoods and households through the associated loss and damage to hunting equipment. Increasing danger of hunting and travel has forced some Inuit to avoid engag ...
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... Temperatures, Rainfall and CO 2; all of which are very instrumental in crop production. In the process of adapting to the uncertainty caused by climate change, it is important to have a clear view as to what extent does each of these factors of climate variables poised to cereals production in The G ...
... Temperatures, Rainfall and CO 2; all of which are very instrumental in crop production. In the process of adapting to the uncertainty caused by climate change, it is important to have a clear view as to what extent does each of these factors of climate variables poised to cereals production in The G ...
Unresolved Issues in WTO Law
... • Purpose: ‘to take account of evidence which indicates whether, and to what extent, the products involved are – or could be – in a competitive relationship in the marketplace’. • Relevant market: where the products compete. • Competitive relationship between same products may differ in different ma ...
... • Purpose: ‘to take account of evidence which indicates whether, and to what extent, the products involved are – or could be – in a competitive relationship in the marketplace’. • Relevant market: where the products compete. • Competitive relationship between same products may differ in different ma ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... Dialogue Groups 2, Emotions, Formats, Evaluation. (Wirth & Prutsch 2013) Within this present report, a focus has been put on how to reach two special dialogue groups. For once, local administrations as mayors, members of municipal councils, staff of municipal administration (Dialogue Group 1: DG 1) ...
... Dialogue Groups 2, Emotions, Formats, Evaluation. (Wirth & Prutsch 2013) Within this present report, a focus has been put on how to reach two special dialogue groups. For once, local administrations as mayors, members of municipal councils, staff of municipal administration (Dialogue Group 1: DG 1) ...
Club Club - OECD.org
... promote strong action on future mitigation and adaptation. The argument that climate change impacts will be strongest in areas considered particularly vulnerable due to their low adaptive capacity2, like the Sahel, reinforces a sense of urgency. Hence, depending on the schools of thought cited earli ...
... promote strong action on future mitigation and adaptation. The argument that climate change impacts will be strongest in areas considered particularly vulnerable due to their low adaptive capacity2, like the Sahel, reinforces a sense of urgency. Hence, depending on the schools of thought cited earli ...
rapid climate change - BADC
... The Atlantic array pilot scheme: it is now possible to make continuous, daily measurements of the strength and structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or Atlantic Heat Conveyor. The system made its first observations on 29 March 2004 and has been in continuous operation since th ...
... The Atlantic array pilot scheme: it is now possible to make continuous, daily measurements of the strength and structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or Atlantic Heat Conveyor. The system made its first observations on 29 March 2004 and has been in continuous operation since th ...
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... • Consider who the report is for, how will they use it? (this affects what you put in it) – Recommendation: – to make decisions i.e. on investment or project approvals your report would to include Select and report- on a baseline yearneed which should be the associated costs and a note on its accura ...
... • Consider who the report is for, how will they use it? (this affects what you put in it) – Recommendation: – to make decisions i.e. on investment or project approvals your report would to include Select and report- on a baseline yearneed which should be the associated costs and a note on its accura ...
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... Lack access to credit info Generally obtain financing from traders at very high interest Lack acceptable collateral With limited business knowledge and experience Have unstable income & cash flow Have low paying capacity Low availment of insurance (crop, Life/Non-life) ...
... Lack access to credit info Generally obtain financing from traders at very high interest Lack acceptable collateral With limited business knowledge and experience Have unstable income & cash flow Have low paying capacity Low availment of insurance (crop, Life/Non-life) ...
Implications of the EU Climate Protection Target for Ireland
... Figure 5.1. Variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations in Antarctic ice cores for the past millennium. The Mauna Loa concentration is also shown. Source: IPCC WG1, Chapter 3, 2001. ...
... Figure 5.1. Variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations in Antarctic ice cores for the past millennium. The Mauna Loa concentration is also shown. Source: IPCC WG1, Chapter 3, 2001. ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... main reasons. Firstly, technology maturity is relevant due to the uncertainty regarding the viability and performance of some clean energy technologies.14 It is acknowledged that some clean energy technologies have had less success to date than other traditional energy technologies. However, those t ...
... main reasons. Firstly, technology maturity is relevant due to the uncertainty regarding the viability and performance of some clean energy technologies.14 It is acknowledged that some clean energy technologies have had less success to date than other traditional energy technologies. However, those t ...
Climate change and mammals: evolutionary
... caches to cope with long periods of resource shortage. Furthermore, large-bodied mammals have long gestation periods so breeding has to be timed to link high quality resources with lactation demands months into the future. From a conservation standpoint, developing a better appreciation of the adapt ...
... caches to cope with long periods of resource shortage. Furthermore, large-bodied mammals have long gestation periods so breeding has to be timed to link high quality resources with lactation demands months into the future. From a conservation standpoint, developing a better appreciation of the adapt ...
Climate Change Trends and Vulnerability to Biome Shifts
... average surface temperature of 0.7 ± 0.2ºC from 1906 to 2005 (IPCC 2007a) and other climate changes. Field measurements from around the world show that climate change is altering ecosystems (IPCC 2007b) by causing the extinction of some animal species (Pounds et al. 2006), shifting biomes (major veg ...
... average surface temperature of 0.7 ± 0.2ºC from 1906 to 2005 (IPCC 2007a) and other climate changes. Field measurements from around the world show that climate change is altering ecosystems (IPCC 2007b) by causing the extinction of some animal species (Pounds et al. 2006), shifting biomes (major veg ...
rapid climate change
... The Atlantic array pilot scheme: it is now possible to make continuous, daily measurements of the strength and structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or Atlantic Heat Conveyor. The system made its first observations on 29 March 2004 and has been in continuous operation since th ...
... The Atlantic array pilot scheme: it is now possible to make continuous, daily measurements of the strength and structure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or Atlantic Heat Conveyor. The system made its first observations on 29 March 2004 and has been in continuous operation since th ...
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DEPARTEMENT D`ECONOMIE
... times to come again. However, these droughts usually last a short period of time and are therefore only transitory. One would expect that areas where irreversible changes in the climate lead to a permanently higher level of aridity would not see return migration. This is supported two-folded by Henr ...
... times to come again. However, these droughts usually last a short period of time and are therefore only transitory. One would expect that areas where irreversible changes in the climate lead to a permanently higher level of aridity would not see return migration. This is supported two-folded by Henr ...
decacal climate prediction: opportunities and challenges.
... many governments, businesses, and socio-economic sectors for which climate sensitivity and vulnerability is high. It does not imply, however, that future changes will be uniform around the globe. On the time scale of a few years to a few decades ahead, regional and seasonal variations in weather pat ...
... many governments, businesses, and socio-economic sectors for which climate sensitivity and vulnerability is high. It does not imply, however, that future changes will be uniform around the globe. On the time scale of a few years to a few decades ahead, regional and seasonal variations in weather pat ...
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... and labor, the negative impacts on crop production could significantly increase. Then higher taxsubsidy rates would be needed to reduce emissions by 50%. This means that with no substitution the FCS policy becomes more expensive. On the other hand, despite the decreases in area, production of many c ...
... and labor, the negative impacts on crop production could significantly increase. Then higher taxsubsidy rates would be needed to reduce emissions by 50%. This means that with no substitution the FCS policy becomes more expensive. On the other hand, despite the decreases in area, production of many c ...
unburnable carbon: why we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground
... and residential assets around Australian coasts are potentially exposed to rising sea levels over the next 85 years. A 2°C rise in temperature has long been considered a threshold that should not be crossed given the potential for catastrophic consequences. For instance, the threshold to trigger the ...
... and residential assets around Australian coasts are potentially exposed to rising sea levels over the next 85 years. A 2°C rise in temperature has long been considered a threshold that should not be crossed given the potential for catastrophic consequences. For instance, the threshold to trigger the ...
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... ecosystems with high biodiversity, which are particularly sensitive to changing climate and El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (Karmalkar et al., 2011). Relatively little research has focused specifically on the climate of Central America and the impacts of ENSO, even less exists on the direct re ...
... ecosystems with high biodiversity, which are particularly sensitive to changing climate and El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (Karmalkar et al., 2011). Relatively little research has focused specifically on the climate of Central America and the impacts of ENSO, even less exists on the direct re ...
Climate change effects and Agriculture in Italy: a
... and vulnerabilities for nature, the economy and human health will differ across regions, territories and economic sectors in Europe. Agricultural sector is one of the most susceptible as weather heavily affects crop production trends, yield variability and reduction of areas suitable to be cultivate ...
... and vulnerabilities for nature, the economy and human health will differ across regions, territories and economic sectors in Europe. Agricultural sector is one of the most susceptible as weather heavily affects crop production trends, yield variability and reduction of areas suitable to be cultivate ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... nonlinear radiative transfer effects become significant for larger CO2 abundances. Fig. 3 shows the evolution of atmospheric CO2 calculated for each generation, showing that even a zero-emissions strategy leads to limited near-term reductions in atmospheric CO2; that is, Fig. 3 shows that there is p ...
... nonlinear radiative transfer effects become significant for larger CO2 abundances. Fig. 3 shows the evolution of atmospheric CO2 calculated for each generation, showing that even a zero-emissions strategy leads to limited near-term reductions in atmospheric CO2; that is, Fig. 3 shows that there is p ...