Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in
... in the context of North American science, policy and public arenas—we seek to contribute to wider considerations in this volume. The media in the US (and around the world) are constituted by many institutions, processes and practices that together serve as ‘mediating’ forces between communities such ...
... in the context of North American science, policy and public arenas—we seek to contribute to wider considerations in this volume. The media in the US (and around the world) are constituted by many institutions, processes and practices that together serve as ‘mediating’ forces between communities such ...
What The Science Says: The trend in CO2 at Mauna Loa is
... The following video is a graphic example of where our data for CO2 levels comes from. It shows surface measurements of CO2 varying over different latitudes from 1979 to 2006. The graph is created by Andy Jacobson from the NOAA and includes a global map displaying where the measurements are coming fr ...
... The following video is a graphic example of where our data for CO2 levels comes from. It shows surface measurements of CO2 varying over different latitudes from 1979 to 2006. The graph is created by Andy Jacobson from the NOAA and includes a global map displaying where the measurements are coming fr ...
Public!Intellectuals
... action on climate change. I detail how public intellectuals establish their authority, spread their ideas, and shape political discourse, analyzing the contrasting stories that they tell about the causes and ...
... action on climate change. I detail how public intellectuals establish their authority, spread their ideas, and shape political discourse, analyzing the contrasting stories that they tell about the causes and ...
Efforts on Climate Change in Malaysia: A Preliminary Assessment
... Phase 1 focused on documenting viewpoints obtained from eleven meetings over a period of four years, from 2005 to 2008. The meetings involved about 1150 participants. The main objectives of this phase are to identify key issues of concern and compile ideas and recommendations expressed by stakeholde ...
... Phase 1 focused on documenting viewpoints obtained from eleven meetings over a period of four years, from 2005 to 2008. The meetings involved about 1150 participants. The main objectives of this phase are to identify key issues of concern and compile ideas and recommendations expressed by stakeholde ...
Chapter 4 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... the Kyoto Protocol to the current Copenhagen negotiations (anticipated to be finished by the end of 2009). The final international chapter (Chapter 10) addresses the relationship of other international law regimes to the issue of climate change. The first section of this Chapter provides an introduc ...
... the Kyoto Protocol to the current Copenhagen negotiations (anticipated to be finished by the end of 2009). The final international chapter (Chapter 10) addresses the relationship of other international law regimes to the issue of climate change. The first section of this Chapter provides an introduc ...
Novel Approaches to Study Climate Change Effects on Terrestrial
... minimum temperatures (Tmin) which have increased twice as much as maximum temperatures (Tmax), primarily because of increased cloudiness (IPCC 1995). The increased minimum rather than average temperatures have been shown important for the effects (Alward and others 1999). This increase in global tem ...
... minimum temperatures (Tmin) which have increased twice as much as maximum temperatures (Tmax), primarily because of increased cloudiness (IPCC 1995). The increased minimum rather than average temperatures have been shown important for the effects (Alward and others 1999). This increase in global tem ...
climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaption in northwest
... adaptive, flexible, and resilient to the extreme climate conditions and variability of the Arctic. Yet the current pace of global warming is especially rapid in the Arctic and is projected to accelerate further over the next 50 to 100 years. As emphasized in the workshop, this mix of diverse impacts ...
... adaptive, flexible, and resilient to the extreme climate conditions and variability of the Arctic. Yet the current pace of global warming is especially rapid in the Arctic and is projected to accelerate further over the next 50 to 100 years. As emphasized in the workshop, this mix of diverse impacts ...
Report on WCRP developments/response post Review
... •The aim of WCRP is to facilitate analysis and prediction of Earth’s climate system variability and change for use in an increasing range of practical applications of direct relevance, benefit and value to society. • The Open Science Conference will thus assemble the scientific community working to ...
... •The aim of WCRP is to facilitate analysis and prediction of Earth’s climate system variability and change for use in an increasing range of practical applications of direct relevance, benefit and value to society. • The Open Science Conference will thus assemble the scientific community working to ...
Examples of adaptation for marine and coastal stakeholders
... Finally, a Climate Risk Management Plan template has recently been developed to help businesses answer ‘How could climate change affect our business continuity and efficiency’ and ‘what can we do to increase resilience, enhance efficiency, add value and save money’. ...
... Finally, a Climate Risk Management Plan template has recently been developed to help businesses answer ‘How could climate change affect our business continuity and efficiency’ and ‘what can we do to increase resilience, enhance efficiency, add value and save money’. ...
Draft Resolution X - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) under the UNFCCC and elsewhere may have the potential to provide developing nations with significant funding for forest restoration activities that contribute to climate change mitigation, sustainable management, and carbon stocks; ALSO AWARE that ...
... Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) under the UNFCCC and elsewhere may have the potential to provide developing nations with significant funding for forest restoration activities that contribute to climate change mitigation, sustainable management, and carbon stocks; ALSO AWARE that ...
Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... IPCC climate change projections are at relatively coarser resolution [Solomon et al., 2007], whereas the impacts and potential mitigation policies of interest to stakeholders are mostly at local to regional scales. For example, climate models may project increasing drought at a regional scale. The r ...
... IPCC climate change projections are at relatively coarser resolution [Solomon et al., 2007], whereas the impacts and potential mitigation policies of interest to stakeholders are mostly at local to regional scales. For example, climate models may project increasing drought at a regional scale. The r ...
STRATEGIES FOR A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO OZONE
... intensification of the other. In order to achieve success in such enterprise, it is important to analyze the experiences of different States and organs in this respect. Therefore, the second part of the paper will present national policies aimed at addressing both ozone depletion and the increase of ...
... intensification of the other. In order to achieve success in such enterprise, it is important to analyze the experiences of different States and organs in this respect. Therefore, the second part of the paper will present national policies aimed at addressing both ozone depletion and the increase of ...
The Global Ozone Layer
... Control of ODSs by the Montreal Protocol also has had co-benefits for climate. The decrease in ODSs achieved under the Montreal Protocol is equivalent to a reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is five times larger than the target of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Projecti ...
... Control of ODSs by the Montreal Protocol also has had co-benefits for climate. The decrease in ODSs achieved under the Montreal Protocol is equivalent to a reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is five times larger than the target of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Projecti ...
Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events
... described. Finally, we draw lessons from the research work to date and propose some future research needs. ...
... described. Finally, we draw lessons from the research work to date and propose some future research needs. ...
Assessment Synthesis Slides OEWG 3Aug2011
... The ozone layer and surface ultraviolet (UV) radiation are responding as expected to the ODS reductions achieved under the Montreal Protocol. Global surface UV levels have not increased significantly because the global ozone loss has been limited. If there were no MP, the surface UV levels would ...
... The ozone layer and surface ultraviolet (UV) radiation are responding as expected to the ODS reductions achieved under the Montreal Protocol. Global surface UV levels have not increased significantly because the global ozone loss has been limited. If there were no MP, the surface UV levels would ...
Climate Change and the Economy: Expected Impacts and Their
... the larger the costs. • The worst impacts can be avoided through proactive actions including reducing heattrapping emissions and planning for those changes that are unavoidable. As our nation strives to develop effective policies to respond to climate change, it is essential to consider the economic ...
... the larger the costs. • The worst impacts can be avoided through proactive actions including reducing heattrapping emissions and planning for those changes that are unavoidable. As our nation strives to develop effective policies to respond to climate change, it is essential to consider the economic ...
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... ecosystems has practical sense in guiding cost-effective climate-change policy. Finally, while mitigation and adaptation policy measures can reduce losses which are translated to a welfare gain, the policies themselves also imply economic costs. Therefore, both costs and benefits need to be consider ...
... ecosystems has practical sense in guiding cost-effective climate-change policy. Finally, while mitigation and adaptation policy measures can reduce losses which are translated to a welfare gain, the policies themselves also imply economic costs. Therefore, both costs and benefits need to be consider ...
Air Pollution and Climate Change - European Commission
... In a modelling study of ozone concentrations in Europe, the researchers investigated the effects of climate change on the factors that influence ozone concentrations. They focused mainly on two factors in particular: emissions of isoprene (a volatile organic compound acting as a fuel for ozone forma ...
... In a modelling study of ozone concentrations in Europe, the researchers investigated the effects of climate change on the factors that influence ozone concentrations. They focused mainly on two factors in particular: emissions of isoprene (a volatile organic compound acting as a fuel for ozone forma ...
Coupled Climate–Economy–Biosphere (CoCEB) model – Part 1
... Global warming is one of the most profound and urgent challenges in environmental research because of its potential impacts on society and the economy (Dong et al., 2013; Chang et al., 2016). The vast evidence for the changes in Earth’s climate being due to a major extent to the anthropogenic increa ...
... Global warming is one of the most profound and urgent challenges in environmental research because of its potential impacts on society and the economy (Dong et al., 2013; Chang et al., 2016). The vast evidence for the changes in Earth’s climate being due to a major extent to the anthropogenic increa ...
A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data
... mathematics in England, and one on an online bulletin board for the UK Education and Research communities dedicated to statistical issues. This group comprised 30 respondents (11 female, 1 unwilling to indicate gender; mean age 39.3, s = 13.1). Two participants had less than 1 year (or no) professio ...
... mathematics in England, and one on an online bulletin board for the UK Education and Research communities dedicated to statistical issues. This group comprised 30 respondents (11 female, 1 unwilling to indicate gender; mean age 39.3, s = 13.1). Two participants had less than 1 year (or no) professio ...
Coupled General Circulation Modeling
... forcings. (Example: What climate state is in equilibrium with twice the preindustrial level of atmospheric CO2?) • Transient: The goal is to investigate the timedependent response of the climate to a given (often time-dependent) change. (Example: How will the climate change in response to projected ...
... forcings. (Example: What climate state is in equilibrium with twice the preindustrial level of atmospheric CO2?) • Transient: The goal is to investigate the timedependent response of the climate to a given (often time-dependent) change. (Example: How will the climate change in response to projected ...
Factors Affecting Climate Change Mitigation Policy
... large majorities of Americans are aware of global warming (92 percent), believe that global warming is real and already underway (74 percent), believe that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of climate change (61 percent), and already view climate change as a some what to very serious pr ...
... large majorities of Americans are aware of global warming (92 percent), believe that global warming is real and already underway (74 percent), believe that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of climate change (61 percent), and already view climate change as a some what to very serious pr ...
A climate change perspective
... Climate change, a global challenge facing mankind necessitates governments to develop mitigation and adaptation plans. The climate change has multidimensional impacts on environment, fishery, social, economic and development drivers. The perception level of the primary stakeholders leads to their pr ...
... Climate change, a global challenge facing mankind necessitates governments to develop mitigation and adaptation plans. The climate change has multidimensional impacts on environment, fishery, social, economic and development drivers. The perception level of the primary stakeholders leads to their pr ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.