A Critical Evaluation of Post-Normal Science`s role in Climate
... climate change discourse. It has enabled the possibility of research into areas previously unreachable and has led to the discovery of some of the most complex phenomena on the planet such as Chaos Theory. The exponential growth of computer capabilities has led to an impressive advance in the recogn ...
... climate change discourse. It has enabled the possibility of research into areas previously unreachable and has led to the discovery of some of the most complex phenomena on the planet such as Chaos Theory. The exponential growth of computer capabilities has led to an impressive advance in the recogn ...
A Guide to Understanding Global Temperature Data
... In this paper I will answer some basic questions about global temperature data in particular, climate change in general, and what it all means for the debate over energy policy. The following questions are some of the more frequently ones asked of me over the last 20 years I have been performing cli ...
... In this paper I will answer some basic questions about global temperature data in particular, climate change in general, and what it all means for the debate over energy policy. The following questions are some of the more frequently ones asked of me over the last 20 years I have been performing cli ...
Farmers` Risk Perception towards Climate Change: A Case of the
... other [1] and outcomes from this interaction are important for both sides in terms of sustainability. Global warming and climate change are occupying the world’s agenda as important problems. Many areas of the world experience variability as a part of their normal climate over both short and long pe ...
... other [1] and outcomes from this interaction are important for both sides in terms of sustainability. Global warming and climate change are occupying the world’s agenda as important problems. Many areas of the world experience variability as a part of their normal climate over both short and long pe ...
Third World Network
... products. If climate change is truly the serious crisis threatening human survival, and there is only a few years left to start very strong action, then the situation is similar to emergency war-like conditions. In such conditions, individual commercial interests such as patents are suspended so tha ...
... products. If climate change is truly the serious crisis threatening human survival, and there is only a few years left to start very strong action, then the situation is similar to emergency war-like conditions. In such conditions, individual commercial interests such as patents are suspended so tha ...
How much disease could climate change cause?
... Given the clear evidence that many health outcomes are highly sensitive to climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, ...
... Given the clear evidence that many health outcomes are highly sensitive to climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, ...
Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere
... the 30 climate-change projections to estimate potential faunal changes for each of the 15 323 50-km grid cells in the Western Hemisphere. As climate changes, species will differ in their ability to track the change and to move into newly created suitable habitat. We calculated potential faunal chang ...
... the 30 climate-change projections to estimate potential faunal changes for each of the 15 323 50-km grid cells in the Western Hemisphere. As climate changes, species will differ in their ability to track the change and to move into newly created suitable habitat. We calculated potential faunal chang ...
In Defense of Emissions Egalitarianism?
... emissions caused by complex processes like land use changes is a general problem of accounting that is not specific to EE or any concept that treats emissions in isolation from other domains of CC. Therefore, the argument that EE ignores important aspects is wrong – or at least only pertains to spec ...
... emissions caused by complex processes like land use changes is a general problem of accounting that is not specific to EE or any concept that treats emissions in isolation from other domains of CC. Therefore, the argument that EE ignores important aspects is wrong – or at least only pertains to spec ...
ecosystem-based adaptation - Fundação Grupo Boticário de
... the Kyoto Protocol Brazil was opposed to the commitment to reduce the future rate of growth in carbon emissions on the part of the emerging countries. After 2009, the position of Brazilian external environmental policy regarding climate change was altered, when it accepted voluntary commitments to r ...
... the Kyoto Protocol Brazil was opposed to the commitment to reduce the future rate of growth in carbon emissions on the part of the emerging countries. After 2009, the position of Brazilian external environmental policy regarding climate change was altered, when it accepted voluntary commitments to r ...
CLIMATE CHANGE A Natural Hazard
... ages, namely, that they are related to changing orbital characteristics of the earth relative to the sun. But support for the proposal that increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases is causing global warming has not gone away, especially as observational evidence of warming during th ...
... ages, namely, that they are related to changing orbital characteristics of the earth relative to the sun. But support for the proposal that increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases is causing global warming has not gone away, especially as observational evidence of warming during th ...
An econometric analysis of determinants of climate change attitudes
... such as the economic crisis or criminality rate (Bord et al., 1998). Moreover, it has been often confused with other environmental issues such as ozone depletion (Bostrom et al., 1994). However, the attention paid to climate change by media, NGOs and local authorities (Bell, 1994; Mazur, 1998) has c ...
... such as the economic crisis or criminality rate (Bord et al., 1998). Moreover, it has been often confused with other environmental issues such as ozone depletion (Bostrom et al., 1994). However, the attention paid to climate change by media, NGOs and local authorities (Bell, 1994; Mazur, 1998) has c ...
Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
... the near future, in addition to the inevitable development of a carbon market, makes energy management an important issue for municipalities, both now and into the future. Adaptation Adaptation to climate change is an essential compliment to mitigation. Adaptation is viewed as: an adjustment in natu ...
... the near future, in addition to the inevitable development of a carbon market, makes energy management an important issue for municipalities, both now and into the future. Adaptation Adaptation to climate change is an essential compliment to mitigation. Adaptation is viewed as: an adjustment in natu ...
Living in an Uncertain World
... - We have to do this anyway as we do not have unlimited fossil fuel. 3: Change is already and inevitably embedded in the system. The consequential increase in deep uncertainty means that we must fundamentally change how we view and empower resiliency at individual, community and national scale. 4: C ...
... - We have to do this anyway as we do not have unlimited fossil fuel. 3: Change is already and inevitably embedded in the system. The consequential increase in deep uncertainty means that we must fundamentally change how we view and empower resiliency at individual, community and national scale. 4: C ...
Comments on EPA/NHTSA proposed rule on tailpipe standards [get
... temperatures. On very thin evidence, Nordhaus assumes that most people in the world would be willing to pay for a warmer climate; he concludes that the optimum temperature is a year-round average of 20oC (68oF) – which is the temperature of Houston or New Orleans, and far above the current global av ...
... temperatures. On very thin evidence, Nordhaus assumes that most people in the world would be willing to pay for a warmer climate; he concludes that the optimum temperature is a year-round average of 20oC (68oF) – which is the temperature of Houston or New Orleans, and far above the current global av ...
Waterborne transport, ports and waterways: A review of
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) represent a peer-reviewed body of knowledge that identifies changes in climate and projected future changes. Projections for 2100 suggest a global mean sea level rise of a few decimetres and a greater frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Even if emis ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) represent a peer-reviewed body of knowledge that identifies changes in climate and projected future changes. Projections for 2100 suggest a global mean sea level rise of a few decimetres and a greater frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Even if emis ...
Ecological Impacts of Altered Environmental Flow on Indus Deltaic
... of water and most of the times no water is released to the Delta region and this resulted in drastic ecological disaster at Indus Delta. The Delta land is reduced and its biodiversity, ecosystem, and its resources are under threat. The objective of this paper is to make an analysis of various docume ...
... of water and most of the times no water is released to the Delta region and this resulted in drastic ecological disaster at Indus Delta. The Delta land is reduced and its biodiversity, ecosystem, and its resources are under threat. The objective of this paper is to make an analysis of various docume ...
amicus brief
... in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health in the Marine Institute, Plymouth University (UK). Professor Parmesan's research focuses on the current impacts of climate change on wildlife. Her documentation of the global extent and pervasiveness of the effects of anthropogenic climate chang ...
... in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health in the Marine Institute, Plymouth University (UK). Professor Parmesan's research focuses on the current impacts of climate change on wildlife. Her documentation of the global extent and pervasiveness of the effects of anthropogenic climate chang ...
The Impact of Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector
... temperature rise is less than 1℃, damages by natural disasters such as water shortage and floods are foreseen in some areas. However, the report warns that if the temperature rises by 2~3℃, most areas will be subject to damages by natural disasters and about 20~30% of animals and plants will be subj ...
... temperature rise is less than 1℃, damages by natural disasters such as water shortage and floods are foreseen in some areas. However, the report warns that if the temperature rises by 2~3℃, most areas will be subject to damages by natural disasters and about 20~30% of animals and plants will be subj ...
IELRC.ORG - Cultural Legitimacy and Regulatory Transitions for
... International climate change regulation poses some fundamental legitimacy issues. This is principally because the spatial and temporal challenges thrown up by rising global temperature do not lend themselves to easy regulation for several reasons.1 Firstly, although atmospheric concentration of gree ...
... International climate change regulation poses some fundamental legitimacy issues. This is principally because the spatial and temporal challenges thrown up by rising global temperature do not lend themselves to easy regulation for several reasons.1 Firstly, although atmospheric concentration of gree ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... The average annual global temperature warmed by about 0.76oC over the last century (IPCC, 2007a), but average warming across Canada was more than double the world average (Environment Canada, 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there hav ...
... The average annual global temperature warmed by about 0.76oC over the last century (IPCC, 2007a), but average warming across Canada was more than double the world average (Environment Canada, 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there hav ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... The average annual global temperature warmed by about 0.76oC over the last century (IPCC, 2007a), but average warming across Canada was more than double the world average (Environment Canada, 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there hav ...
... The average annual global temperature warmed by about 0.76oC over the last century (IPCC, 2007a), but average warming across Canada was more than double the world average (Environment Canada, 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there hav ...
study guide - Denver Center for the Performing Arts
... of flexible market mechanisms, which are based on the trade of emissions permits. Kyoto Protocol Parties bound to targets are required to meet them largely through domestic action—that is, by reducing their emissions at home. But they can meet part of their targets through three market-based mechani ...
... of flexible market mechanisms, which are based on the trade of emissions permits. Kyoto Protocol Parties bound to targets are required to meet them largely through domestic action—that is, by reducing their emissions at home. But they can meet part of their targets through three market-based mechani ...
Capturing all abatement potential currently modeled can reduce
... • 17 Gt of emissions reductions required to limit warming to 2 degrees: • Marginal cost high • Average cost – depends on whether negative cost measures can be implemented ...
... • 17 Gt of emissions reductions required to limit warming to 2 degrees: • Marginal cost high • Average cost – depends on whether negative cost measures can be implemented ...
Report
... The phenomenon of global climate change has been a focus of the international scientific community for more than two decades. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific body set up by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, has been ...
... The phenomenon of global climate change has been a focus of the international scientific community for more than two decades. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific body set up by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, has been ...
What is the Climate System and How are we Altering It?
... Temperature and equivalent temperature trend differences from 1982-1997 are examined for surface sites in the Eastern U.S. Overall trend differences at the surface indicate equivalent temperature trends are relatively warmer than temperature trends in the Eastern U.S. Seasonally, equivalent tempera ...
... Temperature and equivalent temperature trend differences from 1982-1997 are examined for surface sites in the Eastern U.S. Overall trend differences at the surface indicate equivalent temperature trends are relatively warmer than temperature trends in the Eastern U.S. Seasonally, equivalent tempera ...
First Report - Climate Change Advisory Council
... climate change is hugely important for the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals, which include holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels. This commitment by one of the key regions of the world, of which Ireland is an integral member, is v ...
... climate change is hugely important for the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals, which include holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above preindustrial levels. This commitment by one of the key regions of the world, of which Ireland is an integral member, is v ...