1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 199-214. O’Brien, K.L., A.L. St Clair and B. Kristoffersen. 2010. The Framing of Climate Change: Why it Matters. In K. O’Brien, A.L. St. Clair and B. Kristoffersen (eds) Climate Change, Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Camb ...
... Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 199-214. O’Brien, K.L., A.L. St Clair and B. Kristoffersen. 2010. The Framing of Climate Change: Why it Matters. In K. O’Brien, A.L. St. Clair and B. Kristoffersen (eds) Climate Change, Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Camb ...
- Climatelinks
... on the coast from the current 101 to as many as 224 rates and increased rate of Increased depletion within the next four decades is expected to also put temperatures significant stress on all water sources. The water from Decreased access to safe drinking the Great Man-Made River project, which feed ...
... on the coast from the current 101 to as many as 224 rates and increased rate of Increased depletion within the next four decades is expected to also put temperatures significant stress on all water sources. The water from Decreased access to safe drinking the Great Man-Made River project, which feed ...
Relative impacts of human- induced climate change and natural
... of climate-change damage functions used in economic analyses rely on these types of results13±16. This methodology is extended here by exploring the effects on impact indicators of uncertainty in the baseline climate (that is, natural climate variability inducing `impact noise') and uncertainty in t ...
... of climate-change damage functions used in economic analyses rely on these types of results13±16. This methodology is extended here by exploring the effects on impact indicators of uncertainty in the baseline climate (that is, natural climate variability inducing `impact noise') and uncertainty in t ...
research_proposal_pdf
... layer. The annual average flux of energy from the atmosphere to the ocean in the SH extratropics (poleward of 40N) has no counterpart in the NH (Czaja and Marshall, 2011) and is thought to be a consequence of coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics. Process B also occurs preferentially in the Southern Oce ...
... layer. The annual average flux of energy from the atmosphere to the ocean in the SH extratropics (poleward of 40N) has no counterpart in the NH (Czaja and Marshall, 2011) and is thought to be a consequence of coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics. Process B also occurs preferentially in the Southern Oce ...
Integrated Assessment Model of Climate Change: The AIM Approach Yuzuru M
... variables, bio-temperature and annual precipitation, determine the classification. Maps produced by the Holdridge model represent potential distributions of vegetation depended on the climate. The changes in temperature and precipitation projected by Eqs. (1) and (2) are used to estimate the changes ...
... variables, bio-temperature and annual precipitation, determine the classification. Maps produced by the Holdridge model represent potential distributions of vegetation depended on the climate. The changes in temperature and precipitation projected by Eqs. (1) and (2) are used to estimate the changes ...
climate change - World Health Organization
... Health system strengthening: Definition of an essential public health package Most health risks in next 20-30 years could be averted through: – comprehensive assessments of climate risks to health and health systems; – integrated environment and health surveillance; – delivery of preventive and cur ...
... Health system strengthening: Definition of an essential public health package Most health risks in next 20-30 years could be averted through: – comprehensive assessments of climate risks to health and health systems; – integrated environment and health surveillance; – delivery of preventive and cur ...
PowerPoint
... Climate Change • Agriculture and forestry: Effects are complex. • Can be positive: Lengthened growing season for some crops • Can be negative: Droughts and forest fires; shortened growing ...
... Climate Change • Agriculture and forestry: Effects are complex. • Can be positive: Lengthened growing season for some crops • Can be negative: Droughts and forest fires; shortened growing ...
Global warming - Faculty Websites
... The earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6 °C (1°F) during last century, and human activities are increasing the levels of greenhouse gases which tends to warm the planet. How much and how fast temperatures will continue to rise remains uncertain, and the exact impacts of c ...
... The earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6 °C (1°F) during last century, and human activities are increasing the levels of greenhouse gases which tends to warm the planet. How much and how fast temperatures will continue to rise remains uncertain, and the exact impacts of c ...
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
... model (offset) Results for a single model, several scenarios ...
... model (offset) Results for a single model, several scenarios ...
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the
... The Mediterranean has long been identified as a global climate change hotspot, one of the two most responsive regions to climate change globally1. Currently, responses to climate-related pressures and hazards in the region are often limited to short-term and reactive local emergency measures. Howeve ...
... The Mediterranean has long been identified as a global climate change hotspot, one of the two most responsive regions to climate change globally1. Currently, responses to climate-related pressures and hazards in the region are often limited to short-term and reactive local emergency measures. Howeve ...
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism Andrew J
... affected by one of the issues listed above. Further, unlike other environmental problems, there is no clear single villain. We can’t simply point to one smoke stack or waste dump and identify someone who should fix it. Whereas pollution reduction in the past targeted specific oil, chemical, and m ...
... affected by one of the issues listed above. Further, unlike other environmental problems, there is no clear single villain. We can’t simply point to one smoke stack or waste dump and identify someone who should fix it. Whereas pollution reduction in the past targeted specific oil, chemical, and m ...
special report climate change
... steady for a while. Total man-made emissions in 2014 were about the same as in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency. This year’s figure could even be slightly lower than last year’s. As this special report will show, the pause has little to do with the forests of wind turbines and sola ...
... steady for a while. Total man-made emissions in 2014 were about the same as in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency. This year’s figure could even be slightly lower than last year’s. As this special report will show, the pause has little to do with the forests of wind turbines and sola ...
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... that within one jurisdiction a government that could impose a tax on an externality does also have the necessary means (e.g. the income tax) to correct any undesirable distributional consequence caused by such a Pigouvian tax, this argument does not apply equally to crossnational cases of externalit ...
... that within one jurisdiction a government that could impose a tax on an externality does also have the necessary means (e.g. the income tax) to correct any undesirable distributional consequence caused by such a Pigouvian tax, this argument does not apply equally to crossnational cases of externalit ...
Getting It ExpErt pErspEctIvEs on thE corporatE rEsponsE to clImatE chanGE
... which the planet should develop. Not all the fine print will be considered in Copenhagen – that can be worked up in 2010, but the direction needs to become clear. The Kyoto Protocol did have some effect on changing corporate behaviour. It wasn’t enough, because we have learnt so much more about the ...
... which the planet should develop. Not all the fine print will be considered in Copenhagen – that can be worked up in 2010, but the direction needs to become clear. The Kyoto Protocol did have some effect on changing corporate behaviour. It wasn’t enough, because we have learnt so much more about the ...
Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements
... addressed primarily to national governments and do not indicate a clear process by which local governments, stakeholders and actors may participate. Despite these challenges, the current multilevel climate change framework does offer opportunities for local action at the city level. The crux of the ...
... addressed primarily to national governments and do not indicate a clear process by which local governments, stakeholders and actors may participate. Despite these challenges, the current multilevel climate change framework does offer opportunities for local action at the city level. The crux of the ...
Coral Reefs and Environmental Change
... sible, at least at present, to quantify many or regional management or policy, boils of these variables in terms of either future down to a similar type of local assessment, absolute levels or rates of change. Moreover, many of these changes will vary with although perhaps less concerned with locati ...
... sible, at least at present, to quantify many or regional management or policy, boils of these variables in terms of either future down to a similar type of local assessment, absolute levels or rates of change. Moreover, many of these changes will vary with although perhaps less concerned with locati ...
Lagos - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... Lagos Mega‐City (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2006) put the number of slum or blighted areas at over 100 in the Lagos portion with another 31 areas in the Ogun State portion of the megacity. The growth of the slums was also described in the report as a testimony to the city’s difficu ...
... Lagos Mega‐City (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2006) put the number of slum or blighted areas at over 100 in the Lagos portion with another 31 areas in the Ogun State portion of the megacity. The growth of the slums was also described in the report as a testimony to the city’s difficu ...
INCORPORATING CATASTROPHES INTO INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT: SCIENCE, IMPACTS, AND ADAPTATION
... in their Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment (CETA) model scarcely diverged from business as usual until the middle of this century, and then did so only if a nonlinear damage function was used. Similarly, Manne et al. (1995) found that only very small carbon taxes were justified on cost-benefit ...
... in their Carbon Emissions Trajectory Assessment (CETA) model scarcely diverged from business as usual until the middle of this century, and then did so only if a nonlinear damage function was used. Similarly, Manne et al. (1995) found that only very small carbon taxes were justified on cost-benefit ...
Developing and Applying Scenarios: A summary from the Third
... Risks to Large Negative Net Higher Many Increase for most Negative regions in all metrics ...
... Risks to Large Negative Net Higher Many Increase for most Negative regions in all metrics ...
This report describes the impacts of the Nunn
... and then projecting the impacts of these changes on the Earth system requires a comprehensive set of consistent measurements made over many decades. Many climate trends are small and require careful analysis of long time series of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to distinguish between ...
... and then projecting the impacts of these changes on the Earth system requires a comprehensive set of consistent measurements made over many decades. Many climate trends are small and require careful analysis of long time series of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to distinguish between ...
Slide 1
... 0.2 degree days per day in 2008 0.18 degree days in 2007 0.17 degree days in 2006 On average 40% lower with NO WIND than the daily to average calculation impact stated by xoserve suggesting incorrect increments have as large an impact to understating wind in averages Average calculation fits at sh ...
... 0.2 degree days per day in 2008 0.18 degree days in 2007 0.17 degree days in 2006 On average 40% lower with NO WIND than the daily to average calculation impact stated by xoserve suggesting incorrect increments have as large an impact to understating wind in averages Average calculation fits at sh ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Nevada
... energy, transportation, and public health systems, as well as state economies as climate change impact a wide range of important economic sectors from agriculture to manufacturing to tourism. This report, part of a series of state studies, highlights the economic impacts of climate change in Nevada ...
... energy, transportation, and public health systems, as well as state economies as climate change impact a wide range of important economic sectors from agriculture to manufacturing to tourism. This report, part of a series of state studies, highlights the economic impacts of climate change in Nevada ...
(Mahangu) crop
... km2 (UNAM, 2008). About 70% of Namibians are directly dependent on natural resources to sustain their daily lives: wood serves as building material, fuel and light, cattle is not only a source of meat, but also milk, drought power and dung for fertilization, the veld and forests of Namibia do not on ...
... km2 (UNAM, 2008). About 70% of Namibians are directly dependent on natural resources to sustain their daily lives: wood serves as building material, fuel and light, cattle is not only a source of meat, but also milk, drought power and dung for fertilization, the veld and forests of Namibia do not on ...
A comprehensive approach for reducing anthropogenic climate
... Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106:20616. See also Lenton T. et al. (2008) Tipping Points in the Earth climate system, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105:1786; Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (2011) Snow,Water, Ice and Permafrost i ...
... Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106:20616. See also Lenton T. et al. (2008) Tipping Points in the Earth climate system, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105:1786; Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (2011) Snow,Water, Ice and Permafrost i ...