Explaining Media and Congressional Attention to Global Climate
... climate change. Our findings confirm that these attention-grabbing factors indeed generally promote issue salience, but these factors may work differently across agenda venues. Attention inertia, inter-agenda interaction, and partisan advantage on agenda setting are also included and analyzed in the ...
... climate change. Our findings confirm that these attention-grabbing factors indeed generally promote issue salience, but these factors may work differently across agenda venues. Attention inertia, inter-agenda interaction, and partisan advantage on agenda setting are also included and analyzed in the ...
Australian Government response - Coastal Collaboration Cluster
... Australia is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol target of limiting greenhouse gas emissions to 108 per cent of 1990 levels over the period 2008-2012. The Government has also committed to reduce Australia‟s carbon pollution to 25 per cent below our 2000 baseline by 2020 if the world agrees to an amb ...
... Australia is on track to meet its Kyoto Protocol target of limiting greenhouse gas emissions to 108 per cent of 1990 levels over the period 2008-2012. The Government has also committed to reduce Australia‟s carbon pollution to 25 per cent below our 2000 baseline by 2020 if the world agrees to an amb ...
Climate Change and Marine Turtles in the Wider Caribbean
... mainland countries and as such may provide refugia from hotter, drier conditions in other parts of the region. The variation in local changes seen here, particularly for precipitation, highlights the importance of examining future projections on a finer scale than global climate models can provide. ...
... mainland countries and as such may provide refugia from hotter, drier conditions in other parts of the region. The variation in local changes seen here, particularly for precipitation, highlights the importance of examining future projections on a finer scale than global climate models can provide. ...
WORKING GROUP III CONTRIBUTION TO THE IPCC FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT (AR5)
... Chapter 2 will provide a discussion of the methods used for integrated risk and uncertainty assessments of climate change response policies. Although this issue is a cross-cutting method across working groups (see section 3.1), the basic concept should be laid out in the respective WG contributions ...
... Chapter 2 will provide a discussion of the methods used for integrated risk and uncertainty assessments of climate change response policies. Although this issue is a cross-cutting method across working groups (see section 3.1), the basic concept should be laid out in the respective WG contributions ...
Adaptive Thermoregulation in Endotherms May
... and governments and has become a central topic in biological research. Considerable effort is being invested in determining the best methods to measure the current impacts of climate change and model the future effects (Chown et al. 2010). One of the most obvious results of climate change is that en ...
... and governments and has become a central topic in biological research. Considerable effort is being invested in determining the best methods to measure the current impacts of climate change and model the future effects (Chown et al. 2010). One of the most obvious results of climate change is that en ...
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... Environmental factors, such as climate change, do not enter the definition of “refugee”. The term “refugee” is legally defined and, under international law, the receiving country is obliged to protect anyone with refugee status. To try for increased legalization and legal status of those stating tha ...
... Environmental factors, such as climate change, do not enter the definition of “refugee”. The term “refugee” is legally defined and, under international law, the receiving country is obliged to protect anyone with refugee status. To try for increased legalization and legal status of those stating tha ...
Science Communication Research
... ! Strategies that scientists can adopt for establishing and maintaining trust among members of the public and policymakers. ! Strategies for identifying and recruiting everyday opinion-‐leaders who are highly skille ...
... ! Strategies that scientists can adopt for establishing and maintaining trust among members of the public and policymakers. ! Strategies for identifying and recruiting everyday opinion-‐leaders who are highly skille ...
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... The UMRB has a drainage area of 431,000 km2 up to the point just before confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers (near Grafton, Illinois) and covers parts of seven states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana (Figure 1). Land cover in the basin is divers ...
... The UMRB has a drainage area of 431,000 km2 up to the point just before confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers (near Grafton, Illinois) and covers parts of seven states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana (Figure 1). Land cover in the basin is divers ...
Local Knowledge and Perception of Climate Change among Apple
... and unconnected, but which must be brought to- economic activity, offers no such promise in gether in this paper to account for the apple growers’ mountainous areas, since the low rural population density plus construction logistics and overhead perceptions and responses. Societies in mountainous ar ...
... and unconnected, but which must be brought to- economic activity, offers no such promise in gether in this paper to account for the apple growers’ mountainous areas, since the low rural population density plus construction logistics and overhead perceptions and responses. Societies in mountainous ar ...
Article - Cerfacs
... large ensemble of climate models from the CMIP3 archive is studied. This implies that it is necessary to downscale many climate projections, which has some practical implications concerning the choice of the downscaling method. These methods are generally divided in two families [Mearns et al., 1999 ...
... large ensemble of climate models from the CMIP3 archive is studied. This implies that it is necessary to downscale many climate projections, which has some practical implications concerning the choice of the downscaling method. These methods are generally divided in two families [Mearns et al., 1999 ...
Interannual variability and expected regional climate change over
... Until recently, climate change research concentrated particularly on long-term changes despite user needs becoming increasingly focused on shorter terms. The reason for this dissonance between users and scientists was usually stated in the following way: in the short term, climate variability would ...
... Until recently, climate change research concentrated particularly on long-term changes despite user needs becoming increasingly focused on shorter terms. The reason for this dissonance between users and scientists was usually stated in the following way: in the short term, climate variability would ...
unburnable carbon: why we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground
... 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 melting of the Greenland ice-sheet, whic ...
... 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 melting of the Greenland ice-sheet, whic ...
“Human Rights and Climate Change”. At its 7th session the
... This report submitted by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office and the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, focuses on assessments of climate change and climate change responses in Australia that impact upon and involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environme ...
... This report submitted by the NSW Environmental Defenders Office and the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, focuses on assessments of climate change and climate change responses in Australia that impact upon and involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environme ...
Biological Impacts of Climate Change
... my constituents care? Anonymous U.S. Congressional Staffer, 2004 ...
... my constituents care? Anonymous U.S. Congressional Staffer, 2004 ...
Do the stock markets price climate change risks?
... The possibility and our capability of adaptation have been and will continue to be enlarged by the economic development along with technology improvement. However, passive adaptation will always leave us very much vulnerable, while posing costs and not solving many social, political and cultural pro ...
... The possibility and our capability of adaptation have been and will continue to be enlarged by the economic development along with technology improvement. However, passive adaptation will always leave us very much vulnerable, while posing costs and not solving many social, political and cultural pro ...
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... example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russia sided with OPEC countries that also held sceptical positions, but by 1998, Russia was fighting for the inclusion of emissions-trading mechanisms, which could benefit Russia economically (Moe & Tangen 1999, p. 9). Alongside these negotiations, interna ...
... example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russia sided with OPEC countries that also held sceptical positions, but by 1998, Russia was fighting for the inclusion of emissions-trading mechanisms, which could benefit Russia economically (Moe & Tangen 1999, p. 9). Alongside these negotiations, interna ...
Planning for Climate Change
... responsibilities to local authority and community levels in England. This guide is designed to respond to the localism agenda and is aimed primarily at local authorities, private sector practitioners, Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Nature Partnerships who want both to tackle climate change ...
... responsibilities to local authority and community levels in England. This guide is designed to respond to the localism agenda and is aimed primarily at local authorities, private sector practitioners, Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Nature Partnerships who want both to tackle climate change ...
Accurate Answers to Professor Plimer`s 101 Climate Change
... human activities (such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation), which are releasing additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Observed changes have already been attributed to human-induced climate change include: »» global temperatures have risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius during the past 100 ...
... human activities (such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation), which are releasing additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Observed changes have already been attributed to human-induced climate change include: »» global temperatures have risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius during the past 100 ...
Why models run hot: results from an irreducibly simple climate
... and beneath the lower bound of the then-projected warming interval (Fig. 1). Global temperature would have to rise over the coming decade at a rate almost twice as high as the greatest supra-decadal rate observed since the global instrumental record began in 1850 to attain even the lower bound of th ...
... and beneath the lower bound of the then-projected warming interval (Fig. 1). Global temperature would have to rise over the coming decade at a rate almost twice as high as the greatest supra-decadal rate observed since the global instrumental record began in 1850 to attain even the lower bound of th ...
Why models run hot: results from an irreducibly simple climate
... and beneath the lower bound of the then-projected warming interval (Fig. 1). Global temperature would have to rise over the coming decade at a rate almost twice as high as the greatest supra-decadal rate observed since the global instrumental record began in 1850 to attain even the lower bound of th ...
... and beneath the lower bound of the then-projected warming interval (Fig. 1). Global temperature would have to rise over the coming decade at a rate almost twice as high as the greatest supra-decadal rate observed since the global instrumental record began in 1850 to attain even the lower bound of th ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment in Taiwan Chung
... Global warming over the past 100 years has been accompanied by changes in physical and biological systems (IPCC, 2007). Mountain glaciers and ice caps have been estimated to be melting at approximately 0.50 mm yr–1 (Lemke et al., 2007), sea level has risen by an average rate of 1.8 mm yr–1 (Bindoff ...
... Global warming over the past 100 years has been accompanied by changes in physical and biological systems (IPCC, 2007). Mountain glaciers and ice caps have been estimated to be melting at approximately 0.50 mm yr–1 (Lemke et al., 2007), sea level has risen by an average rate of 1.8 mm yr–1 (Bindoff ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... concepts available that still gives enough room to include issue‐specific dynamics. Moreover, it provides starting points for an extension beyond the analytic arena of international rela‐ tions, which is essential for the analysis of climate governance. Generally, regional powers are ...
... concepts available that still gives enough room to include issue‐specific dynamics. Moreover, it provides starting points for an extension beyond the analytic arena of international rela‐ tions, which is essential for the analysis of climate governance. Generally, regional powers are ...
one planet – one Future
... Executive summary Twenty years after the first sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, the planet and its inhabitants are under increasing pressure. By 2030, the world will need at least 50% more food, 45% more energy and 30% more water to meet the needs of the growing population – and ...
... Executive summary Twenty years after the first sustainable development conference in Rio de Janeiro, the planet and its inhabitants are under increasing pressure. By 2030, the world will need at least 50% more food, 45% more energy and 30% more water to meet the needs of the growing population – and ...
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote
... long-term reference data, and isolated midden pollen allow for “snap-shots” of landscape level vegetation patterns [11], but tree ring data have the potential to provide annual resolution and species-specific responses to climate [28]. In the last decade work on tropical dendrochronology has shown t ...
... long-term reference data, and isolated midden pollen allow for “snap-shots” of landscape level vegetation patterns [11], but tree ring data have the potential to provide annual resolution and species-specific responses to climate [28]. In the last decade work on tropical dendrochronology has shown t ...
noaa climate program
... The discussion that followed Koblinsky’s presentation focused on the overall strategy for the climate program office in the context of the overall vision vis a vis implementation. The overall strategy for promoting new priorities at the expense of established successful programs was questioned. ...
... The discussion that followed Koblinsky’s presentation focused on the overall strategy for the climate program office in the context of the overall vision vis a vis implementation. The overall strategy for promoting new priorities at the expense of established successful programs was questioned. ...