North American megadroughts in the Common Era
... variability, (2) sea-surface temperatures, and (3) land surface and dust aerosol feedbacks. While no hypothesis has been definitively rejected, and no GCM has accurately reproduced all features (e.g., timing, duration, and extent) of any specific megadrought, their persistence suggests a role for proc ...
... variability, (2) sea-surface temperatures, and (3) land surface and dust aerosol feedbacks. While no hypothesis has been definitively rejected, and no GCM has accurately reproduced all features (e.g., timing, duration, and extent) of any specific megadrought, their persistence suggests a role for proc ...
Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and
... The ASEAN Vision 2025 on Disaster Management adopted the SFDRR vision by encouraging ASEAN member states to develop new DRR strategies by 2020. The Vision that states that “AADMER (The Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response) will need to be linked to the integration efforts u ...
... The ASEAN Vision 2025 on Disaster Management adopted the SFDRR vision by encouraging ASEAN member states to develop new DRR strategies by 2020. The Vision that states that “AADMER (The Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response) will need to be linked to the integration efforts u ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... report Towards Climate Justice: A Strategy Guide for the Community Sector in Responding to Climate Change, which was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency. Initiatives such as this will help to bring home the reality of climate justice to the public and will encourage debate about the bes ...
... report Towards Climate Justice: A Strategy Guide for the Community Sector in Responding to Climate Change, which was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency. Initiatives such as this will help to bring home the reality of climate justice to the public and will encourage debate about the bes ...
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... Please note that we accepted information as it was presented in synthesis reports. Readers may wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, ...
... Please note that we accepted information as it was presented in synthesis reports. Readers may wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, ...
Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a
... Aim Climate change in the 21st century will affect tree growth in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, although complex climate–growth relationships make it difficult to identify how radial growth will respond across different species distributions. We used a novel method to examine potent ...
... Aim Climate change in the 21st century will affect tree growth in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, although complex climate–growth relationships make it difficult to identify how radial growth will respond across different species distributions. We used a novel method to examine potent ...
Pension Fund Trustees and climate change: one Year on Discussion PaPer
... worldwide temperature rise could be limited to 2°C then the most dangerous effects of climate change could be avoided. In fact, the latest scientific evidence suggests that carbon emissions are rising quickly and that it seems extremely unlikely that the global temperature rise can be limited to 2°C ...
... worldwide temperature rise could be limited to 2°C then the most dangerous effects of climate change could be avoided. In fact, the latest scientific evidence suggests that carbon emissions are rising quickly and that it seems extremely unlikely that the global temperature rise can be limited to 2°C ...
The cost of inaction: Recognising the value at risk
... regulators need clarity as to where these long-term risks are borne. For these assessments to be meaningful, regulators need to require companies to disclose their carbon emissions and related risks so that investors can make informed decisions. To avoid sleepwalking into a climate crisis, large-sca ...
... regulators need clarity as to where these long-term risks are borne. For these assessments to be meaningful, regulators need to require companies to disclose their carbon emissions and related risks so that investors can make informed decisions. To avoid sleepwalking into a climate crisis, large-sca ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... Data and analysis: Discourse in the media debate in 2014 and 2015 Buck (2012) analysed major newspapers in English and found that, until mid-2010, mass media debate on geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, ...
... Data and analysis: Discourse in the media debate in 2014 and 2015 Buck (2012) analysed major newspapers in English and found that, until mid-2010, mass media debate on geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, ...
On the Climate Crisis, It`s Donald Trump the World
... the full, official list of “Independent States in the World” as recognized by the U.S. Department of ...
... the full, official list of “Independent States in the World” as recognized by the U.S. Department of ...
Climate Change Impacts on International Seaports
... conference showcased numerous efforts by many ports to reduce emissions by electrifying trucks and cranes and installing on-shore power supply to ships, thus reducing emissions from shipboard power plants while in port (AAPA 2010). However, as found in a recent United States Environmental Protection ...
... conference showcased numerous efforts by many ports to reduce emissions by electrifying trucks and cranes and installing on-shore power supply to ships, thus reducing emissions from shipboard power plants while in port (AAPA 2010). However, as found in a recent United States Environmental Protection ...
adaptive capacity and human cognition
... the process of adapting and to the condition of being adapted“ (Smit & Pilifosova, 2001, p. 879). As with other inconsistencies in the IPCC’s use of terminology (for example, using two contradictory definitions for “vulnerability”), this has the potential to confuse. Instead we use adaptation only i ...
... the process of adapting and to the condition of being adapted“ (Smit & Pilifosova, 2001, p. 879). As with other inconsistencies in the IPCC’s use of terminology (for example, using two contradictory definitions for “vulnerability”), this has the potential to confuse. Instead we use adaptation only i ...
Kenya Talks Climate
... and environment over time? 2. How do African citizens explain and respond to these changes? 3. what do African citizens know and understand about global climate change? 4. what do African opinion leaders know and understand about climate change and what are their views on their country’s responses t ...
... and environment over time? 2. How do African citizens explain and respond to these changes? 3. what do African citizens know and understand about global climate change? 4. what do African opinion leaders know and understand about climate change and what are their views on their country’s responses t ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... decisions. A lack of clarity can translate into a reluctance to take action. In addition, users need sufficient understanding to communicate the essential information to their constituents. ...
... decisions. A lack of clarity can translate into a reluctance to take action. In addition, users need sufficient understanding to communicate the essential information to their constituents. ...
a guide for tribal leaders on us climate change programs
... engagement and contacts for each agency. In addition to its immediate value to tribes and their partners, this information will provide important groundwork for research on understanding and improving the tribal consultation processes in the context of climate change. ...
... engagement and contacts for each agency. In addition to its immediate value to tribes and their partners, this information will provide important groundwork for research on understanding and improving the tribal consultation processes in the context of climate change. ...
We Stand as One: Children, Young People and Climate Change
... worry when there is heavy rain. I can concentrate on my studies. The petition campaign paid off well. It made us more aware of our rights to be heard and our power to make change.” Our climate is changing, putting all children’s lives in the pathway of disaster, especially those living in poverty in ...
... worry when there is heavy rain. I can concentrate on my studies. The petition campaign paid off well. It made us more aware of our rights to be heard and our power to make change.” Our climate is changing, putting all children’s lives in the pathway of disaster, especially those living in poverty in ...
Pandas` Bamboo Food May Be Lost to Climate Change
... the coming century. The results suggest that if the bamboo is restricted to its current distribution area, between 80 and 100 percent of it will disappear by the end of the 21st century, because it won' t be able to grow under the increased temperatures. [How Pandas Pick the Perfect Spot to Pee] If, ...
... the coming century. The results suggest that if the bamboo is restricted to its current distribution area, between 80 and 100 percent of it will disappear by the end of the 21st century, because it won' t be able to grow under the increased temperatures. [How Pandas Pick the Perfect Spot to Pee] If, ...
Sea-level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire
... in the peer-reviewed scientific literature) conclude that ...
... in the peer-reviewed scientific literature) conclude that ...
Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... How is adaptation different from mitigation? Commonly referred to in the media, climate change mitigation is the act of reducing the production of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Because the impacts of unchecked production of emissions would likely overwhelm efforts to adapt, bot ...
... How is adaptation different from mitigation? Commonly referred to in the media, climate change mitigation is the act of reducing the production of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Because the impacts of unchecked production of emissions would likely overwhelm efforts to adapt, bot ...
the User Guide
... For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or om ...
... For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or om ...
A Brewing Storm: The climate change risks to
... warm by a further 2.6°C to 4.8°C in a likely scenario.6 This may sound like small changes but the consequences for global agriculture and development will be far-reaching, complex, and dire.7 Between 80 and 90% of the world’s 25 million coffee farmers are smallholders—they are among the people most ...
... warm by a further 2.6°C to 4.8°C in a likely scenario.6 This may sound like small changes but the consequences for global agriculture and development will be far-reaching, complex, and dire.7 Between 80 and 90% of the world’s 25 million coffee farmers are smallholders—they are among the people most ...
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... summarize, and synthesize available literature. Academics typically operate with few constraints, beyond those self-imposed by the standards and norms of their academic discipline. For many, working within any convening institution, especially a governmental institution that at times behaves politic ...
... summarize, and synthesize available literature. Academics typically operate with few constraints, beyond those self-imposed by the standards and norms of their academic discipline. For many, working within any convening institution, especially a governmental institution that at times behaves politic ...
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.