Public Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation
... In general, the public acceptability of policies is influenced by at least two types of factors and their interactions2: individual characteristics and the characteristics of the policy. Looking first at individual characteristics, social-psychological studies have identified the positive effect of ...
... In general, the public acceptability of policies is influenced by at least two types of factors and their interactions2: individual characteristics and the characteristics of the policy. Looking first at individual characteristics, social-psychological studies have identified the positive effect of ...
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... shaped the current structure of U.S. agricultural production is itself changing in response to shifts in climatic conditions across the country and around the world. General climate conditions have warmed slowly throughout the 20th century, with an increase in global average temperature of 1.1 degre ...
... shaped the current structure of U.S. agricultural production is itself changing in response to shifts in climatic conditions across the country and around the world. General climate conditions have warmed slowly throughout the 20th century, with an increase in global average temperature of 1.1 degre ...
city of santa cruz city climate change vulnerability assessment
... which is related to the magnitude of the impact, the certainty of the occurrence and also the community’s vulnerability to the hazard. ...
... which is related to the magnitude of the impact, the certainty of the occurrence and also the community’s vulnerability to the hazard. ...
Patterns of biodiversity and limits to adaptation in time and space
... when the population mean trait is at the optimum. Generally speaking, these models suggest that the lag of the trait mean behind a smoothly changing optimum is the key issue determining the upper rate of ecological change that can be matched by evolutionary change without causing the population’s ex ...
... when the population mean trait is at the optimum. Generally speaking, these models suggest that the lag of the trait mean behind a smoothly changing optimum is the key issue determining the upper rate of ecological change that can be matched by evolutionary change without causing the population’s ex ...
01-Long Report-cover
... extensions of numerous datasets and data analyses, broader geographical coverage, better understanding of uncertainties and a wider variety of measurements. {WGI SPM} ...
... extensions of numerous datasets and data analyses, broader geographical coverage, better understanding of uncertainties and a wider variety of measurements. {WGI SPM} ...
Rob Lawlor, The Absurdity of Economists` Sacrifice
... This then has implications for the efficiency of transfers that aim to provide individuals with gains to compensate them for their losses. That is, if losses are given more weight than gains, even when they are “objectively commensurate”, and if we want to give people compensation that they will con ...
... This then has implications for the efficiency of transfers that aim to provide individuals with gains to compensate them for their losses. That is, if losses are given more weight than gains, even when they are “objectively commensurate”, and if we want to give people compensation that they will con ...
Impact of climate change on ozone related mortality and morbidity in
... Ozone is one of the most important air pollutants. Ozone is formed in photochemical reactions, with concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change ...
... Ozone is one of the most important air pollutants. Ozone is formed in photochemical reactions, with concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change ...
Second National Communication
... aim of devising and enforcing adaptation measures to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and to ensure a safe environment for the welfare of the population. This Ministry, as the focal point of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is actively participating in all activit ...
... aim of devising and enforcing adaptation measures to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and to ensure a safe environment for the welfare of the population. This Ministry, as the focal point of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is actively participating in all activit ...
Estimating intensive and extensive margin adaptation to climate
... Gertler (2015) who observe the universe of electricity bills for Mexico and survey of air conditioner ownership for 27,000 households. Their simulations display the massive importance ...
... Gertler (2015) who observe the universe of electricity bills for Mexico and survey of air conditioner ownership for 27,000 households. Their simulations display the massive importance ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... Parties (COP) 15 in Copenhagen. After discussing this issue with various experts, our research team does not deem the Copenhagen Accord as highly influential on party positions. However, it should be noted that the results reported in this paper rely on the assumption that positions remained relativ ...
... Parties (COP) 15 in Copenhagen. After discussing this issue with various experts, our research team does not deem the Copenhagen Accord as highly influential on party positions. However, it should be noted that the results reported in this paper rely on the assumption that positions remained relativ ...
The coordination of climate finance in India
... 4X4 Assessment A sectoral and regional analysis for 2030s” – the first comprehensive, long term climate change assessment based on rigorous scientific analysis undertaken in India. This report considers the impact of climate change by 2030 on four key sectors of the Indian economy: agriculture, wate ...
... 4X4 Assessment A sectoral and regional analysis for 2030s” – the first comprehensive, long term climate change assessment based on rigorous scientific analysis undertaken in India. This report considers the impact of climate change by 2030 on four key sectors of the Indian economy: agriculture, wate ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... These challenges will continue to produce considerable barriers to achieving meaningful policy actions, nationally and globally. A number of the factors that combine to produce the Global Warming Dilemma are listed below. The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chang ...
... These challenges will continue to produce considerable barriers to achieving meaningful policy actions, nationally and globally. A number of the factors that combine to produce the Global Warming Dilemma are listed below. The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chang ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... In short, I suggest that cross-cultural differences in both risk perception and in precautions are produced, in large part, by availability, which operates in the context of social influences and intuitive attention to both costs and benefits. In the context of climate change, many Americans believe ...
... In short, I suggest that cross-cultural differences in both risk perception and in precautions are produced, in large part, by availability, which operates in the context of social influences and intuitive attention to both costs and benefits. In the context of climate change, many Americans believe ...
Chapter 4: Traditional Ricardian Method and
... the gains in some regions versus the losses in others (Reilly et al. 1994). Until a reasonable global model is constructed that quantifies climate impacts across the world, it is not clear what will happen to food prices in different climate scenarios. In contrast, it may be possible to predict how ...
... the gains in some regions versus the losses in others (Reilly et al. 1994). Until a reasonable global model is constructed that quantifies climate impacts across the world, it is not clear what will happen to food prices in different climate scenarios. In contrast, it may be possible to predict how ...
Conserving Freshwater and Coastal Resources in a Changing Climate
... most likely, centuries. It is important for organizations, agencies, and individuals working on environmental conservation to understand the probable ecological and societal effects of climate change and to identify and implement appropriate policies to plan for and adapt to climate changes and depl ...
... most likely, centuries. It is important for organizations, agencies, and individuals working on environmental conservation to understand the probable ecological and societal effects of climate change and to identify and implement appropriate policies to plan for and adapt to climate changes and depl ...
Tanzania Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief
... the last decade, with a Gini coefficient of 0.35.4 Corruption is widespread and continues to be a prominent feature of the Tanzanian public sector.5 Tanzania has about 42 million inhabitants, of which about a third falls below the basic needs poverty line6. The population growth is high, around 2.9 ...
... the last decade, with a Gini coefficient of 0.35.4 Corruption is widespread and continues to be a prominent feature of the Tanzanian public sector.5 Tanzania has about 42 million inhabitants, of which about a third falls below the basic needs poverty line6. The population growth is high, around 2.9 ...
Western Europe is warming much faster than expected
... in atmospheric circulation are important; in spring and summer changes in soil moisture and cloud cover. A misrepresentation of the North Atlantic Current affects trends along the coast. Many of these processes ontinue to affect trends in projections for the 21st century. This implies that climate p ...
... in atmospheric circulation are important; in spring and summer changes in soil moisture and cloud cover. A misrepresentation of the North Atlantic Current affects trends along the coast. Many of these processes ontinue to affect trends in projections for the 21st century. This implies that climate p ...
Desertification: a security threat?
... arid areas. In 2003, NATO organised a workshop in Valencia on the same subject. Experts came up with the conclusion that migration into cities or onto marginal lands accelerate the impoverishment of natural resources and the inhabitants of drylands, which could lead to persistent upheaval or further ...
... arid areas. In 2003, NATO organised a workshop in Valencia on the same subject. Experts came up with the conclusion that migration into cities or onto marginal lands accelerate the impoverishment of natural resources and the inhabitants of drylands, which could lead to persistent upheaval or further ...
Climate Change Affirmative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... 35% of global GHG emissions in 2012. While there are major socioeconomic and political differences between the two countries, it is widely acknowledged that action by China and the United States is necessary for the world to effectively address global climate change. Cooperation between China and th ...
... 35% of global GHG emissions in 2012. While there are major socioeconomic and political differences between the two countries, it is widely acknowledged that action by China and the United States is necessary for the world to effectively address global climate change. Cooperation between China and th ...
Vulnerability of New Zealand pastoral farming to the impacts of
... uncertain, or reversing when climate change scenarios are revised. These issues are well known by the research community and typically lead to the insistence that forecasts are not possible and that the scenarios produced should be regarded as plausible climate futures. Recognising that the future i ...
... uncertain, or reversing when climate change scenarios are revised. These issues are well known by the research community and typically lead to the insistence that forecasts are not possible and that the scenarios produced should be regarded as plausible climate futures. Recognising that the future i ...
Pension Fund Trustees and climate change: one Year on Discussion PaPer
... including London, Hull and Portsmouth. Another serious effect of global warming, which has not been publicised widely, is the impact on sea water. This has been called the ‘other CO2 problem’ because it has been sidelined, compared with the effects on land of global warming. The rising CO2 levels ar ...
... including London, Hull and Portsmouth. Another serious effect of global warming, which has not been publicised widely, is the impact on sea water. This has been called the ‘other CO2 problem’ because it has been sidelined, compared with the effects on land of global warming. The rising CO2 levels ar ...
263. Cass R. Sunstein, "The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with abandoned hazardous waste dumps and terrorism, but not to take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with climate change, indoor air pollution, poverty, poor diet, and obesity. It would be most valuable to attempt to ...
... take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with abandoned hazardous waste dumps and terrorism, but not to take a highly precautionary approach to the risks associated with climate change, indoor air pollution, poverty, poor diet, and obesity. It would be most valuable to attempt to ...
Regional temperature and precipitation changes under high
... The AR4 ensemble of global climate model projections was forced with greenhouse gas concentrations inferred from several SRES emissions scenarios [7]. The emissions of greenhouse gases (and hence greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere) are greatest in the A2 scenario. Gridded temperature an ...
... The AR4 ensemble of global climate model projections was forced with greenhouse gas concentrations inferred from several SRES emissions scenarios [7]. The emissions of greenhouse gases (and hence greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere) are greatest in the A2 scenario. Gridded temperature an ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change in Ireland
... • and complying with environmental legislation and agreements (EPA, 2008). Therefore the commissioning of a briefing paper on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Ireland is timely, not least since the Biodiversity Forum concludes that climate change is having and will continue to have a ...
... • and complying with environmental legislation and agreements (EPA, 2008). Therefore the commissioning of a briefing paper on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in Ireland is timely, not least since the Biodiversity Forum concludes that climate change is having and will continue to have a ...