- University of East Anglia
... or not they (will) have influential effects – the weighty issues that we engage with in this special issue. International scholars have mostly contributed to these debates by exploring ways to exploit cracks that have appeared in the international regime (Keohane and Victor, 2011). Others have found ...
... or not they (will) have influential effects – the weighty issues that we engage with in this special issue. International scholars have mostly contributed to these debates by exploring ways to exploit cracks that have appeared in the international regime (Keohane and Victor, 2011). Others have found ...
US Climate Engagement - Skoll Global Threats Fund
... • Most resources and efforts are placed towards the economic and health costs of climate change. • In recent years, much of the climate impacts framing has been focused on the economic and health costs around extreme weather. • Relatively few organizations emphasize national security, and those t ...
... • Most resources and efforts are placed towards the economic and health costs of climate change. • In recent years, much of the climate impacts framing has been focused on the economic and health costs around extreme weather. • Relatively few organizations emphasize national security, and those t ...
Explaining Public Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policies
... perceived feasibility of climate change mitigation policies (PF). The hypothesised interrelationships between these three variables are depicted in Figure 1. PI is shown to have a direct influence on PS (hypothesis H1). The support for this comes from the theory of risk perception. That is, individu ...
... perceived feasibility of climate change mitigation policies (PF). The hypothesised interrelationships between these three variables are depicted in Figure 1. PI is shown to have a direct influence on PS (hypothesis H1). The support for this comes from the theory of risk perception. That is, individu ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... planning sense about avoiding the risk into the future.”22 8. The next step in a risk assessment approach is to identify the best way to reduce risks in this case from sea level rises. The best and most cost effective adaptation measures for sea level rises are related to urban planning or infrastru ...
... planning sense about avoiding the risk into the future.”22 8. The next step in a risk assessment approach is to identify the best way to reduce risks in this case from sea level rises. The best and most cost effective adaptation measures for sea level rises are related to urban planning or infrastru ...
Chapter 9: The economic costs of conservation response options for
... This graph shows the relationship between the operating costs per km2(X-axis) and the park size. From the graph it can be seen that smaller areas clearly have a higher operating cost compared with larger areas. This is due to economies of scale, which carry over into many facets of park management, ...
... This graph shows the relationship between the operating costs per km2(X-axis) and the park size. From the graph it can be seen that smaller areas clearly have a higher operating cost compared with larger areas. This is due to economies of scale, which carry over into many facets of park management, ...
Appendix 1 - Carbon Emissions Reduction Policy
... now believed (by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)1 with more than 90% certainty) that human actions are directly responsible for at least some of the increased and sustained rise witnessed over the last century. The concept of climate change is sometimes difficult to comprehend a ...
... now believed (by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)1 with more than 90% certainty) that human actions are directly responsible for at least some of the increased and sustained rise witnessed over the last century. The concept of climate change is sometimes difficult to comprehend a ...
Importance of stream temperature to climate change impact on water
... with two taxonomic groups of phytoplankton (diatoms and non-diatoms), two kinds of zooplankton (rotifers and microcrustaceans), heterotrophic and nitrifying bacteria. The exchanges of organic carbon, nutrients and oxygen across the sediment-water interface are also accounted for, as the impact of vi ...
... with two taxonomic groups of phytoplankton (diatoms and non-diatoms), two kinds of zooplankton (rotifers and microcrustaceans), heterotrophic and nitrifying bacteria. The exchanges of organic carbon, nutrients and oxygen across the sediment-water interface are also accounted for, as the impact of vi ...
A Two-Step Flow of Influence? Opinion-Leader
... go-betweens and information brokers, passing on messages about climate change and energy conservation that speak directly to their otherwise inattentive peers, coworkers, and friends. Since as early as the 1940s, scholars have understood the general importance of opinion leaders in shaping public pr ...
... go-betweens and information brokers, passing on messages about climate change and energy conservation that speak directly to their otherwise inattentive peers, coworkers, and friends. Since as early as the 1940s, scholars have understood the general importance of opinion leaders in shaping public pr ...
Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests that it is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and ...
... warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests that it is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and ...
Report
... rates of sea level rise have reached a high of 3.6mm per year since 1990 (rates from 1930 to 1990 averaged 2.6mm per year). Climate change assessments predict even more dire consequences for Rhode Island in the future: temperature increases could range from 3-14°F, sea level could rise by 7-23 inche ...
... rates of sea level rise have reached a high of 3.6mm per year since 1990 (rates from 1930 to 1990 averaged 2.6mm per year). Climate change assessments predict even more dire consequences for Rhode Island in the future: temperature increases could range from 3-14°F, sea level could rise by 7-23 inche ...
cc-impact-by-State_FWS
... refuges in the country to complete the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Shorebird Habitat, which not only measures how vulnerable a habitat is to the effects of climate change, but also enables managers to consider how to sustain such habitats. The assessment looks at a range of stressors ...
... refuges in the country to complete the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Shorebird Habitat, which not only measures how vulnerable a habitat is to the effects of climate change, but also enables managers to consider how to sustain such habitats. The assessment looks at a range of stressors ...
The Hartwell Paper - Eureka
... supply. This calls for very substantially increased investment in innovation in non‐ carbon energy sources in order to diversify energy supply technologies. The ultimate goal of doing this is to develop non‐carbon energy supplies at unsubsidised costs less than those using ...
... supply. This calls for very substantially increased investment in innovation in non‐ carbon energy sources in order to diversify energy supply technologies. The ultimate goal of doing this is to develop non‐carbon energy supplies at unsubsidised costs less than those using ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
Current models broadly neglect specific needs of under climate change
... areas may not assure habitat persistence and ecosystem functioning and may not, in the long run, support all the species they were designed to protect [3,5,11]. Factors other than climate change are also expected to dynamically influence and negatively impact the efficacy of protected areas. Growing ...
... areas may not assure habitat persistence and ecosystem functioning and may not, in the long run, support all the species they were designed to protect [3,5,11]. Factors other than climate change are also expected to dynamically influence and negatively impact the efficacy of protected areas. Growing ...
Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... for sea level rise. While new state and federal policies will also be required, local planning doesn’t have to wait on those changes. • Plans and actions need to be integrated and coordinated across sectors, disciplines and jurisdictions. Adapting will require strengthened efforts to work in multi-d ...
... for sea level rise. While new state and federal policies will also be required, local planning doesn’t have to wait on those changes. • Plans and actions need to be integrated and coordinated across sectors, disciplines and jurisdictions. Adapting will require strengthened efforts to work in multi-d ...
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... climate change by minimizing negative impacts on production and exploiting positive impacts. No one has any similar, direct financial stake in minimizing any negative environmental externalities from climate change or exploiting any positive externalities. It will be up to governments in each countr ...
... climate change by minimizing negative impacts on production and exploiting positive impacts. No one has any similar, direct financial stake in minimizing any negative environmental externalities from climate change or exploiting any positive externalities. It will be up to governments in each countr ...
Carbon sequestration as an integral part of watershed management
... becoming shorter, dry seasons longer and more uncertain timing in the transitions between them and warmer temperatures increasing evapo-transpiration and impacting on soil water balance (Dangerfield, 20101). These climate fluctuations necessitate increased attention to addressing human and climatic ...
... becoming shorter, dry seasons longer and more uncertain timing in the transitions between them and warmer temperatures increasing evapo-transpiration and impacting on soil water balance (Dangerfield, 20101). These climate fluctuations necessitate increased attention to addressing human and climatic ...
Geotourism and Climate Change Paradoxes and Promises
... Combined effects of changes to cryospheric and hydrological processes will impact freshwater, riparian and near-shore marine systems ...
... Combined effects of changes to cryospheric and hydrological processes will impact freshwater, riparian and near-shore marine systems ...
Cultural and Economic Factors That Influence Brazilian Public
... climate change threaten not only the natural world, but also the human systems that we have established (IPCC 2014, 4). The devastating effects of climate change will not be confined to those regions of the world that have contributed the most to this problem. Already, every continent and ocean has ...
... climate change threaten not only the natural world, but also the human systems that we have established (IPCC 2014, 4). The devastating effects of climate change will not be confined to those regions of the world that have contributed the most to this problem. Already, every continent and ocean has ...
Defenders of Wildlife Merritt island CCP comments
... the CCP/EA proposes no actions to address this threat. SLR is given a one sentence treatment in the discussion of management of the southeastern beach mouse: “The refuge beach and dune systems transition quickly into coastal scrub, which would be impacted by sea level rise” (CCP/EA at 81). Again, th ...
... the CCP/EA proposes no actions to address this threat. SLR is given a one sentence treatment in the discussion of management of the southeastern beach mouse: “The refuge beach and dune systems transition quickly into coastal scrub, which would be impacted by sea level rise” (CCP/EA at 81). Again, th ...
Navigating scales of knowledge and decision
... into decision making in order to advance the ability of regional and national entities to manage climate impacts.” Given the water scarcity in the region, WWA’s primary focus has been on the water sector. Much has been written about the concept of scale and how it is used across the natural and soci ...
... into decision making in order to advance the ability of regional and national entities to manage climate impacts.” Given the water scarcity in the region, WWA’s primary focus has been on the water sector. Much has been written about the concept of scale and how it is used across the natural and soci ...
Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts
... years, heavy rainfall events have made an increasing contribution to winter rainfall in the UK. • Sea level around the UK rose by about 1-2mm/year during the 20th century, with the rate of rise varying from decade to decade and increasing to over 3mm/year in the past decade. Peak sea levels during ...
... years, heavy rainfall events have made an increasing contribution to winter rainfall in the UK. • Sea level around the UK rose by about 1-2mm/year during the 20th century, with the rate of rise varying from decade to decade and increasing to over 3mm/year in the past decade. Peak sea levels during ...
Robust spatially aggregated projections of climate
... with a global spatial probability perspective robust projections for extremes are possible even for the near future. The perspective is more informative than a global mean and when taking into account local vulnerabilities it may be promising in many fields, such as the reinsurance business with glo ...
... with a global spatial probability perspective robust projections for extremes are possible even for the near future. The perspective is more informative than a global mean and when taking into account local vulnerabilities it may be promising in many fields, such as the reinsurance business with glo ...
Chapter 12 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... environmental regimes largely created in the 1990s by comparing their origins, institutional structures and development, as well as their contribution so far toward the solution of global environmental problems. 1 Two Types of Global Environmental Problems Environmental change may be either natural ...
... environmental regimes largely created in the 1990s by comparing their origins, institutional structures and development, as well as their contribution so far toward the solution of global environmental problems. 1 Two Types of Global Environmental Problems Environmental change may be either natural ...
Coupled Simulations of the 20th-Century including External Forcing
... events that spread the aerosol over both hemispheres are able to influence the global climate. Only a small number of events produce large enough clouds (Dutton and Bodhaine, 2001) and because their lifetime is generally short, a climate effect is limited to a few years. But an extension of cooling ...
... events that spread the aerosol over both hemispheres are able to influence the global climate. Only a small number of events produce large enough clouds (Dutton and Bodhaine, 2001) and because their lifetime is generally short, a climate effect is limited to a few years. But an extension of cooling ...