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... will be called ‘‘geoengineering’’ here, recognizing that others have a more inclusive definition of geoengineering that can include tropospheric cloud modification, carbon capture and sequestration, and other proposed techniques. [3] The decision to implement geoengineering will require a comparison ...
... will be called ‘‘geoengineering’’ here, recognizing that others have a more inclusive definition of geoengineering that can include tropospheric cloud modification, carbon capture and sequestration, and other proposed techniques. [3] The decision to implement geoengineering will require a comparison ...
Climate influences the demography of three dominant sagebrush
... paddocks grazed at medium intensity spring through fall. All quadrats were located on similar topography and soils. Distances between quadrats within each group (paddock or exclosure) are in the tens and hundreds of meters, while distances between groups are roughly 1–3 km. Using a pantograph (Hill ...
... paddocks grazed at medium intensity spring through fall. All quadrats were located on similar topography and soils. Distances between quadrats within each group (paddock or exclosure) are in the tens and hundreds of meters, while distances between groups are roughly 1–3 km. Using a pantograph (Hill ...
2015 Conference Schedule
... Movement), La Via Campesina, Sin Maiz no Hay Pais, the Farmworkers movement, South Central Farm, Earth First!, ShellNo, Rising Tide, the Greenhorns, March Against Monsanto, Sunflower Alliance, Occupy the Farm and many more that would be impossible to include on just one page. This conference is in m ...
... Movement), La Via Campesina, Sin Maiz no Hay Pais, the Farmworkers movement, South Central Farm, Earth First!, ShellNo, Rising Tide, the Greenhorns, March Against Monsanto, Sunflower Alliance, Occupy the Farm and many more that would be impossible to include on just one page. This conference is in m ...
FRAMES IN REPORTS AND IN REPORTING: HOW FRAMING
... says are facts not included in the final report, range in length from one to three sentences each and are described in a quote from a scientist as “the real facts.” Once again Borenstein goes back up the intertextual chain to quote a technical summary that supports his frame rather than quoting the ...
... says are facts not included in the final report, range in length from one to three sentences each and are described in a quote from a scientist as “the real facts.” Once again Borenstein goes back up the intertextual chain to quote a technical summary that supports his frame rather than quoting the ...
A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor 2014: The
... That sets up an unpleasant dilemma for EPA: We are breaking the law by not doing our job. Or we are liars. Or we are imposing lots of pain for no gain. Maybe it’s all three. In addition, implementing the rule would harm most Americans, especially the poor. A study by scholars at the Massachusetts In ...
... That sets up an unpleasant dilemma for EPA: We are breaking the law by not doing our job. Or we are liars. Or we are imposing lots of pain for no gain. Maybe it’s all three. In addition, implementing the rule would harm most Americans, especially the poor. A study by scholars at the Massachusetts In ...
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... equations relate the demand for each product to national income – measured by real gross domestic product – and real product price – in U.S. dollars. The price and income elasticities of demand – the percentage change in quantity demanded for a one percent change in product price or country income – ...
... equations relate the demand for each product to national income – measured by real gross domestic product – and real product price – in U.S. dollars. The price and income elasticities of demand – the percentage change in quantity demanded for a one percent change in product price or country income – ...
Eurasian Arctic greening reveals teleconnections and the potential
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
DECC Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
... 1999 (Commonwealth). The global climate has changed significantly during the last 100 years, with the average surface temperature of the Earth increasing by 0.74±0.18oC. There is a very high confidence level that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming ...
... 1999 (Commonwealth). The global climate has changed significantly during the last 100 years, with the average surface temperature of the Earth increasing by 0.74±0.18oC. There is a very high confidence level that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming ...
The effectiveness of climate finance: a review of the Adaptation Fund
... The Adaptation Fund is an instrument of the Kyoto Protocol, one of three financial mechanisms that support adaptation in developing countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).1 The Adaptation Fund has many innovative features, and represents a new model of cli ...
... The Adaptation Fund is an instrument of the Kyoto Protocol, one of three financial mechanisms that support adaptation in developing countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).1 The Adaptation Fund has many innovative features, and represents a new model of cli ...
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Western Water
... sea surface warming (EI Nino) and cooling (La Nina) in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean caused by ENSO modify storm tracks and, thus, the locations where droughts and floods are most likely to occur. The close link between climatic variations and water availability suggests thatwater r ...
... sea surface warming (EI Nino) and cooling (La Nina) in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean caused by ENSO modify storm tracks and, thus, the locations where droughts and floods are most likely to occur. The close link between climatic variations and water availability suggests thatwater r ...
Strengthening southern Africa`s response to global change
... • CLUVA: Preparing Africa for climate change.................................................................................................................50 • Profiling the vulnerability of South Africa’s cities and towns to global change risks................................................... ...
... • CLUVA: Preparing Africa for climate change.................................................................................................................50 • Profiling the vulnerability of South Africa’s cities and towns to global change risks................................................... ...
Here - Lawrence Torcello
... about how we ought to live in relation to others. We may draw from the sciences in order to offer a moral analysis (as I do here), but our obligation is to offer sound arguments about viable ways to engage in moral decision making and to debunk unsound arguments.1 Drawing attention to the relationsh ...
... about how we ought to live in relation to others. We may draw from the sciences in order to offer a moral analysis (as I do here), but our obligation is to offer sound arguments about viable ways to engage in moral decision making and to debunk unsound arguments.1 Drawing attention to the relationsh ...
19 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change Coordinating Lead Authors:
... likely to have already increased the risk of certain extreme events such as heatwaves, and it is more likely than not that warming has contributed to the intensification of some tropical cyclones, with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • The distri ...
... likely to have already increased the risk of certain extreme events such as heatwaves, and it is more likely than not that warming has contributed to the intensification of some tropical cyclones, with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • The distri ...
Royal Government of Cambodia Climate Change
... On behalf of National Council for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environment, I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere gratitude to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his full support and strong commitment to addr ...
... On behalf of National Council for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environment, I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere gratitude to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his full support and strong commitment to addr ...
Divergences of Two Coupled Human and Natural - CHANS-Net
... metrics for measuring the overall functions of these components, respectively. Livestock (LSK) and its changes over time have been widely used because they are essential for land use, development, and climatic influence (Gutman and Reisell 2004). This is particularly true because of the importance o ...
... metrics for measuring the overall functions of these components, respectively. Livestock (LSK) and its changes over time have been widely used because they are essential for land use, development, and climatic influence (Gutman and Reisell 2004). This is particularly true because of the importance o ...
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... Finally, Dixon et al. (2008) using a numerical multi-country, two-sector partial equilibrium model of the global carbon market concluded that international permit price would be reduced by 45% when, in addition to CDM, unlimited carbon credits from avoided deforestation are available. Moreover, poli ...
... Finally, Dixon et al. (2008) using a numerical multi-country, two-sector partial equilibrium model of the global carbon market concluded that international permit price would be reduced by 45% when, in addition to CDM, unlimited carbon credits from avoided deforestation are available. Moreover, poli ...
Global Warming — Scientific Facts, Problems and
... part of the 20th century. By the end of the 1980s it was finally acknowledged that global climate is warmer than during any period since 1880. Climatic modeling, including the greenhouse effect theory, started to develop intensively and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was founde ...
... part of the 20th century. By the end of the 1980s it was finally acknowledged that global climate is warmer than during any period since 1880. Climatic modeling, including the greenhouse effect theory, started to develop intensively and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was founde ...
- FUND - Climate Framework for Uncertainty, Negotiation
... to the results of Kane et al. (1992), Reilly et al. (1994), Morita et al. (1994), Fischer et al. (1996), and Tsigas et al. (1996). These studies all use a global computable general equilibrium model, and report results with and without adaptation, and with and without CO2 fertilisation. The regional ...
... to the results of Kane et al. (1992), Reilly et al. (1994), Morita et al. (1994), Fischer et al. (1996), and Tsigas et al. (1996). These studies all use a global computable general equilibrium model, and report results with and without adaptation, and with and without CO2 fertilisation. The regional ...
Cosmic Rays, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate
... Irrespective of the data quality, the simple regression method of Shaviv and Veizer [2003] is unsuitable for estimating the climate sensitivity to a CO doubling.The main reasons are that (i) other forcing and feedback factors may co-vary in a statistically dependent way with CO and cannot be separat ...
... Irrespective of the data quality, the simple regression method of Shaviv and Veizer [2003] is unsuitable for estimating the climate sensitivity to a CO doubling.The main reasons are that (i) other forcing and feedback factors may co-vary in a statistically dependent way with CO and cannot be separat ...
United Nations Development Programme
... UNFCCC. The Cancun agreement formally recognizes the planned actions to reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions communicated by developing countries since Copenhagen. It also reaffirms that non-annex 1 countries will implement nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the context of sust ...
... UNFCCC. The Cancun agreement formally recognizes the planned actions to reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions communicated by developing countries since Copenhagen. It also reaffirms that non-annex 1 countries will implement nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the context of sust ...
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
... able to persist in the stratosphere for many decades and upon breakdown release chlorine atoms (Molina and Rowland, 1974). Separate research had already determined that a single atom of chlorine released into the atmosphere is able to destroy tens of thousands of unstable ozone molecules (O3) (Stola ...
... able to persist in the stratosphere for many decades and upon breakdown release chlorine atoms (Molina and Rowland, 1974). Separate research had already determined that a single atom of chlorine released into the atmosphere is able to destroy tens of thousands of unstable ozone molecules (O3) (Stola ...
Assessing pricing assumptions for weather index insurance in a changing climate
... resilient to climate change has received little attention in the climate change adaptation discourse. Climate science has an important role to play in addressing this problem (Hellmuth et al., 2009). Alderman and Haque (2007) note that in order for index insurance to be effective, probability distri ...
... resilient to climate change has received little attention in the climate change adaptation discourse. Climate science has an important role to play in addressing this problem (Hellmuth et al., 2009). Alderman and Haque (2007) note that in order for index insurance to be effective, probability distri ...
Download report from external website
... GHG emitters and the main negotiating groups under the UNFCCC negotiated a Copenhagen Accord in a parallel informal setting – a document outlining a political compromise on the main elements of enhanced action on climate change by those countries. The COP neither authorised the formation of this par ...
... GHG emitters and the main negotiating groups under the UNFCCC negotiated a Copenhagen Accord in a parallel informal setting – a document outlining a political compromise on the main elements of enhanced action on climate change by those countries. The COP neither authorised the formation of this par ...
Downloadable Full Text - DSpace@MIT
... intense media coverage of and great public interest in the 2011 disasters, we suspect that many readers have received inquiries or have personal interest about the nature of these events in the context of long-term trends and potential climate change. This paper is meant to present a clear record th ...
... intense media coverage of and great public interest in the 2011 disasters, we suspect that many readers have received inquiries or have personal interest about the nature of these events in the context of long-term trends and potential climate change. This paper is meant to present a clear record th ...