4 Climate politics and science in the media
... Figure 4.1 shows some peaks in the media attention. News reports with an undetermined and alarming tenor follow the total line and show a similar pattern of peaks and lows. The sceptical line follows the same pattern but lies slightly lower – thus fewer articles were found with a sceptical view. Whi ...
... Figure 4.1 shows some peaks in the media attention. News reports with an undetermined and alarming tenor follow the total line and show a similar pattern of peaks and lows. The sceptical line follows the same pattern but lies slightly lower – thus fewer articles were found with a sceptical view. Whi ...
Submission from Russian Federation with views on
... of emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Developing the measures for rational peatland use and peatland recovery is of greater importance for both adaptation to climate ...
... of emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Developing the measures for rational peatland use and peatland recovery is of greater importance for both adaptation to climate ...
(Senior Assistant Statistician, Scottish Government). "An Overview of
... • Contains results of Scotland’s greenhouse gas inventory • What is a greenhouse gas inventory? • Source sectors and different greenhouse gases • Potency of different greenhouse gases – global warming potential ...
... • Contains results of Scotland’s greenhouse gas inventory • What is a greenhouse gas inventory? • Source sectors and different greenhouse gases • Potency of different greenhouse gases – global warming potential ...
Climate Change: An Indian Perspective
... emission convergence and equitable allocation of the global atmospheric resources. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accepted at Rio annex 1 countries (A1Cs) were required to bring their emissions to 1990 level by the year 2000. This very modest target was not ...
... emission convergence and equitable allocation of the global atmospheric resources. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) accepted at Rio annex 1 countries (A1Cs) were required to bring their emissions to 1990 level by the year 2000. This very modest target was not ...
PDF - SEEFOR – South
... of European beech forests in Hungary by the year 2050 can be very high due to the reduction of their bioclimatic niches which are predicted to be between 56 and 99 %. Móricz et al. [18] found that by the middle of century only about 35 % of the current beech and 75 % of the sessile oak stands will ...
... of European beech forests in Hungary by the year 2050 can be very high due to the reduction of their bioclimatic niches which are predicted to be between 56 and 99 %. Móricz et al. [18] found that by the middle of century only about 35 % of the current beech and 75 % of the sessile oak stands will ...
Annex I Glossary
... and Pacific, AOSIS share common objectives on environmental and sustainable development matters in the UNFCCC process. Ancillary benefits Policies aimed at some target, e.g. climate change mitigation, may be paired with positive side effects, such as increased resource-use efficiency, reduced emissi ...
... and Pacific, AOSIS share common objectives on environmental and sustainable development matters in the UNFCCC process. Ancillary benefits Policies aimed at some target, e.g. climate change mitigation, may be paired with positive side effects, such as increased resource-use efficiency, reduced emissi ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... Information from the 6th C&S of initial NCs from NAI Parties Information from C&S of 3rd NCs from AI Parties Specific examples and quotes included to illustrate richness of information and elaborate on issues. Not intended to be comprehensive and complete coverage of all national experiences Terms a ...
... Information from the 6th C&S of initial NCs from NAI Parties Information from C&S of 3rd NCs from AI Parties Specific examples and quotes included to illustrate richness of information and elaborate on issues. Not intended to be comprehensive and complete coverage of all national experiences Terms a ...
forecasting the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems
... society.10 Subsequently, understanding and forecasting the impacts of climatic change on natural ecosystems, commercial crops, and livestock have become increasingly important endeavors in the fields of ecology and conservation biology.11 One of the most obvious effects of climate change on human-ma ...
... society.10 Subsequently, understanding and forecasting the impacts of climatic change on natural ecosystems, commercial crops, and livestock have become increasingly important endeavors in the fields of ecology and conservation biology.11 One of the most obvious effects of climate change on human-ma ...
full text pdf
... of the long-term consequences of extreme weather and climate conditions and cover an area much larger than the directly affected phenomena. This includes, among other things, losses of business profits caused by traffic problems, reduced production entailing loss of competitiveness in selected indus ...
... of the long-term consequences of extreme weather and climate conditions and cover an area much larger than the directly affected phenomena. This includes, among other things, losses of business profits caused by traffic problems, reduced production entailing loss of competitiveness in selected indus ...
Slide 1
... •Our initial exploration of changing flood risk in the PNW using statistical downscaling points to increasing flood risk in most areas of the region due to projected regional warming and increases in cool season precipitation. •Regional climate models offer more physically based assessment tools for ...
... •Our initial exploration of changing flood risk in the PNW using statistical downscaling points to increasing flood risk in most areas of the region due to projected regional warming and increases in cool season precipitation. •Regional climate models offer more physically based assessment tools for ...
Into Unknown Territory. The Limits to Adaptation and Reality of Loss
... Allison I. et al (2009) The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the world on the latest climate science, The University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), Sydney, Australia, page 7: http://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/Copenhagen/Copenhagen_Diagnosis_LOW.pdf Dasgupta S. et al (2011) Expos ...
... Allison I. et al (2009) The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Updating the world on the latest climate science, The University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC), Sydney, Australia, page 7: http://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/Copenhagen/Copenhagen_Diagnosis_LOW.pdf Dasgupta S. et al (2011) Expos ...
Climate Refugees and Rebels: Who Gets to Shape the
... real and likely to affect disproportionately the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet. I also accept that in some places environmental changes due to global warming could exacerbate already existing economic and political divisions. However, whether or not violent conflict and mass migra ...
... real and likely to affect disproportionately the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet. I also accept that in some places environmental changes due to global warming could exacerbate already existing economic and political divisions. However, whether or not violent conflict and mass migra ...
Aalborg Universitet Multifrenic Climate Discourses
... It is easy to understand the small group of citizens represented by the quotation above within the framework of the individualistic culture in which nature is regarded as robust and not influenced by external forces. Climate and environmental changes are thus not exclusively interpreted as having be ...
... It is easy to understand the small group of citizens represented by the quotation above within the framework of the individualistic culture in which nature is regarded as robust and not influenced by external forces. Climate and environmental changes are thus not exclusively interpreted as having be ...
Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement
... To break through the communication barriers of human nature, partisan identity, and media fragmentation, messages need to be tailored to a specific medium and audience, using carefully researched metaphors, allusions, and examples that trigger a new way of thinking about the personal relevance of cl ...
... To break through the communication barriers of human nature, partisan identity, and media fragmentation, messages need to be tailored to a specific medium and audience, using carefully researched metaphors, allusions, and examples that trigger a new way of thinking about the personal relevance of cl ...
Ozone Layer Depletion and Its Consequences on Socio
... mechanisms for the various changes which occur in the climate are related to the restless nature of the atmosphere, the range of whose activity spans from very local to the very global scales, the global scales include the long-lived general atmospheric circulations. Between these local and global s ...
... mechanisms for the various changes which occur in the climate are related to the restless nature of the atmosphere, the range of whose activity spans from very local to the very global scales, the global scales include the long-lived general atmospheric circulations. Between these local and global s ...
Short Communication: Global warming – Problem with
... There should be plantation program at large scale. There is a greater need to develop non-fossil fuel energy sources. Solar, wind and hydroelectric power, which are the free gift of almighty can reduce greenhouse gases. It can be concluded that the greenhouse effect is one of the most important glob ...
... There should be plantation program at large scale. There is a greater need to develop non-fossil fuel energy sources. Solar, wind and hydroelectric power, which are the free gift of almighty can reduce greenhouse gases. It can be concluded that the greenhouse effect is one of the most important glob ...
November 2015
... biodiversity: the diversity of genes, of species, of ecosystems. We identify the Local communities as the important focus to take action for conservation. They are an integral part of the territory where the conservation takes place. They are the basic consumers of produced goods; they have the spec ...
... biodiversity: the diversity of genes, of species, of ecosystems. We identify the Local communities as the important focus to take action for conservation. They are an integral part of the territory where the conservation takes place. They are the basic consumers of produced goods; they have the spec ...
Salluit - Canadian Institute of Planners
... Institute of Planners agreed to co-sponsor ways to help build capacity at a local government level related to planning for climate change. This partnership led to a number of activities, including this series of case study brochures. The brochures have been produced to help community planners learn ...
... Institute of Planners agreed to co-sponsor ways to help build capacity at a local government level related to planning for climate change. This partnership led to a number of activities, including this series of case study brochures. The brochures have been produced to help community planners learn ...
Downscaling Tools - University of Victoria
... Modelling of precipitation events is based on wet/dry series Semi-empirical distributions are used for precipitation amounts, dry/wet series and solar radiation Temperature and solar radiation are conditioned on the wet/dry status of a day Temperature and solar radiation are cross-correlated The Can ...
... Modelling of precipitation events is based on wet/dry series Semi-empirical distributions are used for precipitation amounts, dry/wet series and solar radiation Temperature and solar radiation are conditioned on the wet/dry status of a day Temperature and solar radiation are cross-correlated The Can ...
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence
... categories, there are few informed estimates of world or regional population of smallholder or subsistence farmers (14). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for example, does not publish data disaggregated to these categories. Although not all smallholders, even in developing ...
... categories, there are few informed estimates of world or regional population of smallholder or subsistence farmers (14). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for example, does not publish data disaggregated to these categories. Although not all smallholders, even in developing ...
Gray v Minister for Planning: The Rising Tide, of Climate Change
... time and resources into a court challenge were very real issues facing the applicant and other Anvil Hill activists. The legal system is limited as an arena to win environmental campaigns, especially under Part 3A of the Act, which contains no right of merit review. Kirsty Ruddock28 acknowledges the ...
... time and resources into a court challenge were very real issues facing the applicant and other Anvil Hill activists. The legal system is limited as an arena to win environmental campaigns, especially under Part 3A of the Act, which contains no right of merit review. Kirsty Ruddock28 acknowledges the ...
bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
... and stored in underground geologic formations or in carbon-sequestering building materials, resulting in a net-negative carbon footprint. Despite their enormous potential for carbon removal, bioenergy + CCS projects face numerous challenges around cost, sustainability, and land use concerns, and onl ...
... and stored in underground geologic formations or in carbon-sequestering building materials, resulting in a net-negative carbon footprint. Despite their enormous potential for carbon removal, bioenergy + CCS projects face numerous challenges around cost, sustainability, and land use concerns, and onl ...
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc
... other biomass fuels are likely to be far reaching. Because various legislative proposals aimed at reducing GHG emissions are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the sco ...
... other biomass fuels are likely to be far reaching. Because various legislative proposals aimed at reducing GHG emissions are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the sco ...
US re-engagement? -
... by the Clinton administration and shocked several of the nations that had worked hard to craft a binding climate change agreement (DeSombre, 2005; Cohen et al, 2003). In the following months a strong opposition emerge particularly in the European countries which had been most decisive in order to re ...
... by the Clinton administration and shocked several of the nations that had worked hard to craft a binding climate change agreement (DeSombre, 2005; Cohen et al, 2003). In the following months a strong opposition emerge particularly in the European countries which had been most decisive in order to re ...
(I) - GCMs and Climate Change Scenarios
... Also close relationship to weather forecasting models Major differences: •complexity of the climate system. •range of phenomena at different time scales. •“messier”: clouds, aerosols, vegetation, ... ...
... Also close relationship to weather forecasting models Major differences: •complexity of the climate system. •range of phenomena at different time scales. •“messier”: clouds, aerosols, vegetation, ... ...