NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES GLOBAL FINANCIAL STRUCTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE John Whalley
... The insurance demands on the global financial structure that could arise under the more extreme climate change scenarios will depend not only on physical risks of damage, but also the economic value of damage at issue. For any, given physical impacts from climate change, the economic damage depends ...
... The insurance demands on the global financial structure that could arise under the more extreme climate change scenarios will depend not only on physical risks of damage, but also the economic value of damage at issue. For any, given physical impacts from climate change, the economic damage depends ...
Observed Changes and their Causes
... such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability IPCC Synthesis Report Climate Change 2014 ...
... such as heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems to current climate variability IPCC Synthesis Report Climate Change 2014 ...
Meghan,B_Climate Change and Positive Feedback Loops in the
... the increasing amount of carbon dioxide that is being released into the atmosphere from both anthropogenic and natural causes. Scientists have estimated that rainforests absorb 4.8 billion tons of carbon a year (Connor, “Revenge of the Rainforest”). This amounts to about 18% of the world’s annual fo ...
... the increasing amount of carbon dioxide that is being released into the atmosphere from both anthropogenic and natural causes. Scientists have estimated that rainforests absorb 4.8 billion tons of carbon a year (Connor, “Revenge of the Rainforest”). This amounts to about 18% of the world’s annual fo ...
Climate Change and Our Environment
... coupled with the death of large numbers of pines during drought conditions in dry years have increased frequency and intensity of forest fires. In addition, at least partially because of warmer temperatures, several species of bark beetles have devastated trees from Alaska to southern Arizona, leavin ...
... coupled with the death of large numbers of pines during drought conditions in dry years have increased frequency and intensity of forest fires. In addition, at least partially because of warmer temperatures, several species of bark beetles have devastated trees from Alaska to southern Arizona, leavin ...
Trócaire submission to the Committee on Environment, Culture and
... Climate change was established as an organisational priority for Trocaire in 2006. This decision was based on clear indications of changes in weather patterns being experienced by the people we are working with and the impacts these changes were having on their lives and livelihoods. In a strategic ...
... Climate change was established as an organisational priority for Trocaire in 2006. This decision was based on clear indications of changes in weather patterns being experienced by the people we are working with and the impacts these changes were having on their lives and livelihoods. In a strategic ...
Global Investor Coalition letter to Task Force on Climate
... For oil and gas companies, investors require disclosure of how a company’s strategy can adjust for significant changes (upwards and downwards) in demand for these fossil fuels, particularly ...
... For oil and gas companies, investors require disclosure of how a company’s strategy can adjust for significant changes (upwards and downwards) in demand for these fossil fuels, particularly ...
The Fatal Flaw of the Global Warming Theory
... Although rises in CO2 act to block the normal long wave infrared (IR) radiation to space, this blockage is very small compared to the globe’s basic energy budget system. About 3.7 Wm-2 of IR energy is intercepted for a doubling of CO2 (Figure 1). Since the mid-19th century, CO2’s influence on IR blo ...
... Although rises in CO2 act to block the normal long wave infrared (IR) radiation to space, this blockage is very small compared to the globe’s basic energy budget system. About 3.7 Wm-2 of IR energy is intercepted for a doubling of CO2 (Figure 1). Since the mid-19th century, CO2’s influence on IR blo ...
Introduction
... A Big Argument on Climate Change Is the current warming a natural variation caused by natural forcing or a human-induced change related to greenhouse gases? ...
... A Big Argument on Climate Change Is the current warming a natural variation caused by natural forcing or a human-induced change related to greenhouse gases? ...
Himal South Asia, Oct 2009 - India Environment Portal | News
... Even with something as obvious as receding glaciers, ambiguities and exaggerations arise as to the extent of retreat. In the midst of this still-muddy science, many are urging policymakers not to overreact. D P Dobhal, of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in Dehradun, tries to put the many de ...
... Even with something as obvious as receding glaciers, ambiguities and exaggerations arise as to the extent of retreat. In the midst of this still-muddy science, many are urging policymakers not to overreact. D P Dobhal, of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology in Dehradun, tries to put the many de ...
The Geopolitical Implications of Environmental Change
... When Sir Halford Mackinder delivered his lecture “The Geographical Pivot of History” to the Royal Geographical Society shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, he was convinced that world politics would ultimately hinge on control of one specific part of the globe. According to Mackinder, th ...
... When Sir Halford Mackinder delivered his lecture “The Geographical Pivot of History” to the Royal Geographical Society shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, he was convinced that world politics would ultimately hinge on control of one specific part of the globe. According to Mackinder, th ...
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Observations and Climate Change on
... Baring Head – Southerly Interval CO2 Record ...
... Baring Head – Southerly Interval CO2 Record ...
2.David Lusher (Vice Consul-General)
... technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage - working with UKTI Influencing local industries: Undertake capacity building activities and projects for local industry to help them understanding the climate security issues and de-carbonising the supply chain. Government lobbying: Work with provincial gove ...
... technologies, Carbon Capture and Storage - working with UKTI Influencing local industries: Undertake capacity building activities and projects for local industry to help them understanding the climate security issues and de-carbonising the supply chain. Government lobbying: Work with provincial gove ...
Frequently Asked Questions - University of Colorado Boulder
... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Projecting changes in climate due to changes in greenhouse gases 50 years from now is a very different and much more easily solved problem than forecasting weather patterns just weeks from now. To put it another way, long-term variations b ...
... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Projecting changes in climate due to changes in greenhouse gases 50 years from now is a very different and much more easily solved problem than forecasting weather patterns just weeks from now. To put it another way, long-term variations b ...
how big business is funding climate change denial in the 113th
... As one of the world’s richest individuals, Bill Gates is used to his opinions getting a wide and respectful hearing. So it’s a good thing that Gates has repeatedly expressed concern about the climate threat and urged strong action against it. Gates has called for the burning of coal and gas to be ph ...
... As one of the world’s richest individuals, Bill Gates is used to his opinions getting a wide and respectful hearing. So it’s a good thing that Gates has repeatedly expressed concern about the climate threat and urged strong action against it. Gates has called for the burning of coal and gas to be ph ...
Climate Change - NAS
... parts of the carbon cycle, such as the weathering of rocks and the formation of fossil fuels, are much slower processes occurring over many centuries. For example, most of the world’s oil reserves were formed when the remains of plants and animals were buried in sediment at the bottom of shallow sea ...
... parts of the carbon cycle, such as the weathering of rocks and the formation of fossil fuels, are much slower processes occurring over many centuries. For example, most of the world’s oil reserves were formed when the remains of plants and animals were buried in sediment at the bottom of shallow sea ...
climate change - the United Nations
... Peoples - The Liquid Continent! On average, more than 90% of Pacific peoples are Indigenous and have been involved for many years in the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol as well other climate change processes to call for climate justice in our region and to support similar calls by other indigenous brother ...
... Peoples - The Liquid Continent! On average, more than 90% of Pacific peoples are Indigenous and have been involved for many years in the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol as well other climate change processes to call for climate justice in our region and to support similar calls by other indigenous brother ...
Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: Are these useful for adaptation?
... iii. Responses to external forcing and natural internal variability are independent of each other, so that changes in anthropogenic forcing do not change the internal dynamics of the climate system. If these assumptions do not hold, then the approach is fundamentally flawed and its use to project ch ...
... iii. Responses to external forcing and natural internal variability are independent of each other, so that changes in anthropogenic forcing do not change the internal dynamics of the climate system. If these assumptions do not hold, then the approach is fundamentally flawed and its use to project ch ...
the potential impacts of climate change on detroit,michigan
... In Detroit, the 30-year average annual temperature increased by 1.4°F from the period 1961-1990 through the period 1981-2010. Most of this change has come from increases in overnight low temperatures (i.e., warmer nights), and from 1959-2011, average overnight temperatures on hot, dry days warmed 4. ...
... In Detroit, the 30-year average annual temperature increased by 1.4°F from the period 1961-1990 through the period 1981-2010. Most of this change has come from increases in overnight low temperatures (i.e., warmer nights), and from 1959-2011, average overnight temperatures on hot, dry days warmed 4. ...
Climate Change
... parts of the carbon cycle, such as the weathering of rocks and the formation of fossil fuels, are much slower processes occurring over many centuries. For example, most of the world’s oil reserves were formed when the remains of plants and animals were buried in sediment at the bottom of shallow sea ...
... parts of the carbon cycle, such as the weathering of rocks and the formation of fossil fuels, are much slower processes occurring over many centuries. For example, most of the world’s oil reserves were formed when the remains of plants and animals were buried in sediment at the bottom of shallow sea ...
awareness of both type 1 and 2 errors in climate science and
... after the incident. Around 24% of the nation said they remembered hearing about recent errors, but only 4% said they thought the errors indicated scientific misconduct (J. Krosnick and B. MacInnis 2014). After a set of calculations with respondents indicating a degree of trust of climate scientists, ...
... after the incident. Around 24% of the nation said they remembered hearing about recent errors, but only 4% said they thought the errors indicated scientific misconduct (J. Krosnick and B. MacInnis 2014). After a set of calculations with respondents indicating a degree of trust of climate scientists, ...
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene
... challenge.”2 James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, told the Senate in 2013 that “Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, heat waves) will increasingly disrupt food and energy markets, exacerbating state weakness, forcing human migrations, and triggering riots, civil disobedience, and v ...
... challenge.”2 James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, told the Senate in 2013 that “Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, heat waves) will increasingly disrupt food and energy markets, exacerbating state weakness, forcing human migrations, and triggering riots, civil disobedience, and v ...
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... and so on” (Beisner 1997). Caring for non-human elements of creation, without deifying nature, is also one of the best ways to care for humankind, they explain. Both the EEN and the ECI emphasize the effect global warming will have on the world’s people, particularly the disproportionate effect on ...
... and so on” (Beisner 1997). Caring for non-human elements of creation, without deifying nature, is also one of the best ways to care for humankind, they explain. Both the EEN and the ECI emphasize the effect global warming will have on the world’s people, particularly the disproportionate effect on ...
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.