Policy and Actions: Disaster Management, Natural Resources
... a risk-averse and cautious approach which takes into account the limits of current knowledge about the consequences of decisions and actions The Polluter Pays The costs of remedying environmental damage must be paid by those who caused it A people-centred approach Climate Change responses should pro ...
... a risk-averse and cautious approach which takes into account the limits of current knowledge about the consequences of decisions and actions The Polluter Pays The costs of remedying environmental damage must be paid by those who caused it A people-centred approach Climate Change responses should pro ...
Drivers and impacts of seasonal weather in the
... The winter of 2013/14 is the latest in a run of seasonal weather that has had large impacts on the UK and across Europe over recent years, for example the cold winter of 2010/11, the wet summer of 2012 and the cold spring of 2013. Each of these seasons had substantial economic and social impacts in ...
... The winter of 2013/14 is the latest in a run of seasonal weather that has had large impacts on the UK and across Europe over recent years, for example the cold winter of 2010/11, the wet summer of 2012 and the cold spring of 2013. Each of these seasons had substantial economic and social impacts in ...
Impact of climate change on mountain environment dynamics
... Mountains are specific ecosystems, characterised by their diversity and complexity (Messerli and Ives, 1997). Steep topographic, climatic and biological gradients combined with sharp seasonal contrasts favour the triggering of extreme climatic and geomorphic events, which may in turn strongly affect ...
... Mountains are specific ecosystems, characterised by their diversity and complexity (Messerli and Ives, 1997). Steep topographic, climatic and biological gradients combined with sharp seasonal contrasts favour the triggering of extreme climatic and geomorphic events, which may in turn strongly affect ...
Slide 1
... Actions to achieve Goals Timelines and associated costs with actions NOTE: both opportunities and measures to increase resiliency should be explored ...
... Actions to achieve Goals Timelines and associated costs with actions NOTE: both opportunities and measures to increase resiliency should be explored ...
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... CO2 emissions are projected to grow faster than non-CO2 emissions over the 21st century. Among CO2 emissions, land use emissions are also an important part of the story. The latest IPCC report estimates that destruction of tropical forests and peat lands contributed 18% of global anthropogenic GHG ...
... CO2 emissions are projected to grow faster than non-CO2 emissions over the 21st century. Among CO2 emissions, land use emissions are also an important part of the story. The latest IPCC report estimates that destruction of tropical forests and peat lands contributed 18% of global anthropogenic GHG ...
Climate change impacts on global agricultural land availability
... The regional variability of GCM simulations and the diversity of emission scenarios are considered as the two major sources of uncertainty in climate change projections at the regional scale. Two widely used ensemble approaches are employed to deal with GCM regional variability, the simple average m ...
... The regional variability of GCM simulations and the diversity of emission scenarios are considered as the two major sources of uncertainty in climate change projections at the regional scale. Two widely used ensemble approaches are employed to deal with GCM regional variability, the simple average m ...
Climate change - Public Documents Profile Viewer
... How the media portray a social problem can also have powerful effects. Assessing how frames affect support for altruistic policies in another domain, Iyengar (1990) shows that media presentations influence support for antipoverty policies. For example, episodic coverage of poverty, usually focused o ...
... How the media portray a social problem can also have powerful effects. Assessing how frames affect support for altruistic policies in another domain, Iyengar (1990) shows that media presentations influence support for antipoverty policies. For example, episodic coverage of poverty, usually focused o ...
Junk to Green Funk
... Regardless of the debate what do we know is happening for sure? Using the paragraphs below, discuss what is already changing. Using a large map, look at which countries appear to be suffering the most. Are they the rich or the poor countries? “Beyond the Heart of the World, the Younger Brother is ch ...
... Regardless of the debate what do we know is happening for sure? Using the paragraphs below, discuss what is already changing. Using a large map, look at which countries appear to be suffering the most. Are they the rich or the poor countries? “Beyond the Heart of the World, the Younger Brother is ch ...
... Process Understanding (Chapters 6 and 7): this section consists of two end-to-end chapters, covering all relevant aspects from observations, process understanding, to projections from global to regional scale. Chapter 6 will cover the carbon cycle and its interactions with other biogeochemical cycle ...
Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change: Five “Best
... we advance five simple but important “best practice” insights from psychological science that can help governments improve public policymaking about climate change. Particularly, instead of a future, distant, global, nonpersonal, and analytical risk that is often framed as an overt loss for society, ...
... we advance five simple but important “best practice” insights from psychological science that can help governments improve public policymaking about climate change. Particularly, instead of a future, distant, global, nonpersonal, and analytical risk that is often framed as an overt loss for society, ...
Applied Climate Change Conference May 23
... Point curves, based on appropriate land-use regulation and the proactive planting of native and new species (i.e. planned adaptation). ...
... Point curves, based on appropriate land-use regulation and the proactive planting of native and new species (i.e. planned adaptation). ...
Adapting to Climate Change - Business for Social Responsibility
... prices. However, where having multiple sources of the same crop or product has historically been sufficient, companies are beginning to find exhausted options ...
... prices. However, where having multiple sources of the same crop or product has historically been sufficient, companies are beginning to find exhausted options ...
Climate Change and the Caribbean - Organization of American States
... – IPCC 2001 - The Scientific Basis, SPM "...global warming is likely to lead to greater extremes of drying and heavy rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
... – IPCC 2001 - The Scientific Basis, SPM "...global warming is likely to lead to greater extremes of drying and heavy rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
07_IDSD CC Adapt Activities
... – IPCC 2001 - The Scientific Basis, SPM "...global warming is likely to lead to greater extremes of drying and heavy rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
... – IPCC 2001 - The Scientific Basis, SPM "...global warming is likely to lead to greater extremes of drying and heavy rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... human-caused climate warming. The scientific basis for global warming has thus been sufficiently established to enable meaningful planning of appropriate policy responses to address global warming. As a result, the world's policymakers, governments, industries, energy producers/planners, and individ ...
... human-caused climate warming. The scientific basis for global warming has thus been sufficiently established to enable meaningful planning of appropriate policy responses to address global warming. As a result, the world's policymakers, governments, industries, energy producers/planners, and individ ...
Where Are You From? Why Are You Here? An African Perspective
... debate between “believers” and “skeptics” seems to ignore that scientists are obliged to be skeptical. The most serious global warming dilemma, one which the rich and the poor view very differently, concerns the appropriate balance between our responsibilities toward future generations and our oblig ...
... debate between “believers” and “skeptics” seems to ignore that scientists are obliged to be skeptical. The most serious global warming dilemma, one which the rich and the poor view very differently, concerns the appropriate balance between our responsibilities toward future generations and our oblig ...
Economics versus Climate Change
... of the Kyoto Protocol, a climate change treaty negotiated by more than 140 nations that establishes a global emissions trading system for greenhouse gases. And even among those who might quibble with the particular targets, timetables, or mechanisms, many would embrace the overall architecture of gl ...
... of the Kyoto Protocol, a climate change treaty negotiated by more than 140 nations that establishes a global emissions trading system for greenhouse gases. And even among those who might quibble with the particular targets, timetables, or mechanisms, many would embrace the overall architecture of gl ...
No Regrets Charter
... Why we need principles for climate change adaptation in cities The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) world climate report emphasises the likelihood of global temperature increases in excess of two degrees. It states that sea levels are rising more rapidly than had previously b ...
... Why we need principles for climate change adaptation in cities The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) world climate report emphasises the likelihood of global temperature increases in excess of two degrees. It states that sea levels are rising more rapidly than had previously b ...
An Overview On the Complexity of Humans Within It
... influencing the climate system, can be segmented into three distinct hypotheses. These are: 1. The human influence is minimal and natural variations dominate climate variations on all time scales; 2. While natural variations are important, the human influence is significant and involves a diverse ra ...
... influencing the climate system, can be segmented into three distinct hypotheses. These are: 1. The human influence is minimal and natural variations dominate climate variations on all time scales; 2. While natural variations are important, the human influence is significant and involves a diverse ra ...
Jo-Ting Huang
... • The lack of positive literature of local adaptation options to provide a positive influence on motivating local economies to address climate change adaptation (Eisenack and Hoffmann, 2012). • A wider definition benefits should be also considered, including social and environmental costs and benefi ...
... • The lack of positive literature of local adaptation options to provide a positive influence on motivating local economies to address climate change adaptation (Eisenack and Hoffmann, 2012). • A wider definition benefits should be also considered, including social and environmental costs and benefi ...
Project Presentation - The Bush School of Government and Public
... • As the price of oil drops and the U.S. becomes less reliant on fuel sources stemming from oil, the Middle East will lose its geopolitical salience. • The U.S. should help the Middle East diversify its economy now and rectify outstanding regional crises before it loses the focus of U.S. ...
... • As the price of oil drops and the U.S. becomes less reliant on fuel sources stemming from oil, the Middle East will lose its geopolitical salience. • The U.S. should help the Middle East diversify its economy now and rectify outstanding regional crises before it loses the focus of U.S. ...
The anti-politics of the Green Climate Fund: what is left to
... spent in its name, and the environmental impact of those projects and programmes is really that weak. This is not to say that biomass energy generators, wind farms, solar panels and so forth do not work to reduce carbon emissions. It is rather that these types of investments are being added as a sid ...
... spent in its name, and the environmental impact of those projects and programmes is really that weak. This is not to say that biomass energy generators, wind farms, solar panels and so forth do not work to reduce carbon emissions. It is rather that these types of investments are being added as a sid ...
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.