Changing Risk Perceptions Policy Brief
... change, citing the uncertainty in scientific knowledge of the climate system and the future trajectory of climate change not as reasons to delay action, but as reasons to invoke the precautionary principle. In the words of Roger Revelle,5 one of the first scientists to recognize the potential risks ...
... change, citing the uncertainty in scientific knowledge of the climate system and the future trajectory of climate change not as reasons to delay action, but as reasons to invoke the precautionary principle. In the words of Roger Revelle,5 one of the first scientists to recognize the potential risks ...
On the use of imagery for climate change engagement
... actions to take in the face of climate challenges. But in making the intangible tangible, climate imagery can also paralyse and demobilise. In making climate change meaningful through imagery, communications can act to increase or decrease peoples’ sense of both issue salience (whether climate chang ...
... actions to take in the face of climate challenges. But in making the intangible tangible, climate imagery can also paralyse and demobilise. In making climate change meaningful through imagery, communications can act to increase or decrease peoples’ sense of both issue salience (whether climate chang ...
... and the way it is treated in popular culture makes a serious discussion harder. For several reasons the potentially infinite impacts of the challenges in this report are not as well known as they should be. One reason is the way that extreme impacts are often masked by most of the theories and model ...
A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept
... lower part of the RCP range, particularly for 2.6 and 4.5 W/m2. The scenarios created in these matrix cells will therefore draw on SSPs, but also make assumptions about climate policy including mitigation and adaptation measures. The impact of such policy scenarios could then be analysed by comparin ...
... lower part of the RCP range, particularly for 2.6 and 4.5 W/m2. The scenarios created in these matrix cells will therefore draw on SSPs, but also make assumptions about climate policy including mitigation and adaptation measures. The impact of such policy scenarios could then be analysed by comparin ...
Climate change and disaster management
... and the possibility of increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes: Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to ad ...
... and the possibility of increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes: Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to ad ...
Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe
... MONARCH, PESETA, PRUDENCE and STARDEX. The final results of some current projects were not available when this paper was finalised; however, the respective organisations and authors were contacted with requests for preliminary findings. The bulk of the final findings from the CECILIA and CLAVIER pro ...
... MONARCH, PESETA, PRUDENCE and STARDEX. The final results of some current projects were not available when this paper was finalised; however, the respective organisations and authors were contacted with requests for preliminary findings. The bulk of the final findings from the CECILIA and CLAVIER pro ...
POPRC-9/8: Guidance on how to assess the possible impact of
... 7. The uncertainties and ranges of possible changes in the chemical, physiological or biological factors due to climate change will be different for every chemical under review, type of impact, ecosystem, species, population, scientific test/observation and region. Quantification of the various poss ...
... 7. The uncertainties and ranges of possible changes in the chemical, physiological or biological factors due to climate change will be different for every chemical under review, type of impact, ecosystem, species, population, scientific test/observation and region. Quantification of the various poss ...
crTanzania - University of York File Library
... Agriculture is by far Tanzania's most important economic sector, in terms of both employment provision and contribution to GDP. Unfortunately, the large degree of dependency on this sector renders the Tanzanian economy particularly vulnerable to climate change. Regional predictions indicate that Tan ...
... Agriculture is by far Tanzania's most important economic sector, in terms of both employment provision and contribution to GDP. Unfortunately, the large degree of dependency on this sector renders the Tanzanian economy particularly vulnerable to climate change. Regional predictions indicate that Tan ...
The influence of vegetation dynamics on anthropogenic climate
... models have become a common tool to assess the influence of the biosphere on the climate. Two different main effects of forests on the climate have been found depending on the region. In the tropics, forests lead to a reduced albedo and an enhanced evapotranspiration compared to bare soil. The albed ...
... models have become a common tool to assess the influence of the biosphere on the climate. Two different main effects of forests on the climate have been found depending on the region. In the tropics, forests lead to a reduced albedo and an enhanced evapotranspiration compared to bare soil. The albed ...
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... current conditions that are difficult to control for.3 Baillon (2008) provides a detailed explanation of the EM and in what follows we only briefly describe the EM procedure in our context. The first step of the EM establishes the lower and upper bound of the event space, e.g., the range of potentia ...
... current conditions that are difficult to control for.3 Baillon (2008) provides a detailed explanation of the EM and in what follows we only briefly describe the EM procedure in our context. The first step of the EM establishes the lower and upper bound of the event space, e.g., the range of potentia ...
General Knowledge About Climate Change, Factors Influencing
... sources for more local impacts. It was presented in the form of a two-page text in simple, easily understandable language which is attached in the Appendix B1. In order to assure that the text was really read, all participants had to be personally present in a facility of the research institute. The ...
... sources for more local impacts. It was presented in the form of a two-page text in simple, easily understandable language which is attached in the Appendix B1. In order to assure that the text was really read, all participants had to be personally present in a facility of the research institute. The ...
Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short
... of Global Warming Potentials (GWP; see Sect. 1.2 for more details) can be calculated for a chosen time horizon, and then used to give the so-called “CO2 -equivalent” emissions of a gas. By contrast, for the non-CH4 SLCPs, the GWP depends significantly on when and where the emission occurs. Not only ...
... of Global Warming Potentials (GWP; see Sect. 1.2 for more details) can be calculated for a chosen time horizon, and then used to give the so-called “CO2 -equivalent” emissions of a gas. By contrast, for the non-CH4 SLCPs, the GWP depends significantly on when and where the emission occurs. Not only ...
Future Change of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4; IPCC 2007) concluded in its summary chapter for policymakers that there is ‘‘less confidence’’ in projections of a global decrease in the frequency of TCs than in projections of increased maximum intensities. The inc ...
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4; IPCC 2007) concluded in its summary chapter for policymakers that there is ‘‘less confidence’’ in projections of a global decrease in the frequency of TCs than in projections of increased maximum intensities. The inc ...
Mediterranean climate
... extremes (heatwaves, drought) under the different scenarios were assessed. The impacts of these climatic changes on energy demand, forest fire, tourism and agriculture were subsequently investigated either using existing numerical models or an expertbased approach. Based on recent studies, the impac ...
... extremes (heatwaves, drought) under the different scenarios were assessed. The impacts of these climatic changes on energy demand, forest fire, tourism and agriculture were subsequently investigated either using existing numerical models or an expertbased approach. Based on recent studies, the impac ...
Climate_Change_
... Economic Transformation Principles To A Major Global Challenge, And Unprecedented Global Business Opportunities Presentation, Beijing, China, March 16, 2010. Philippe Roy, CMC, Canadian Association of Management Consultants ...
... Economic Transformation Principles To A Major Global Challenge, And Unprecedented Global Business Opportunities Presentation, Beijing, China, March 16, 2010. Philippe Roy, CMC, Canadian Association of Management Consultants ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... option of global carbon pricing is unachievable because of non-participation by a subset of countries. From a Realpolitik perspective, one must first understand how climate change policies fare under the current WTO mandate and ensuing legal discipline. The focus of the framers of the GATT was on ta ...
... option of global carbon pricing is unachievable because of non-participation by a subset of countries. From a Realpolitik perspective, one must first understand how climate change policies fare under the current WTO mandate and ensuing legal discipline. The focus of the framers of the GATT was on ta ...
The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation:
... toward adaptation planning. This section first examines the need for adaptation globally, and then focuses on the situations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Although this section sets the stage for the recommendations in Part III, it should also be useful because up-to-date cros ...
... toward adaptation planning. This section first examines the need for adaptation globally, and then focuses on the situations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Although this section sets the stage for the recommendations in Part III, it should also be useful because up-to-date cros ...
Adaptation to climate change starts with human–environment
... climate change (see Watson et al., 1998; McCarthy et al., 2001). The knowledge that systems have always responded to climate, and that significant vulnerabilities are on the horizon, shifts the focus of adaptation assessments from “What are the potential adaptations to climate change” to “How do we ...
... climate change (see Watson et al., 1998; McCarthy et al., 2001). The knowledge that systems have always responded to climate, and that significant vulnerabilities are on the horizon, shifts the focus of adaptation assessments from “What are the potential adaptations to climate change” to “How do we ...
Document Title - Sanjeev Sabhlok
... So what do long term (2000 year) climate data STILL say? On 18 April 2012, very recently, a major study was published: The extra-tropical Northern Hemisphere temperature in the last two millennia: reconstructions of low-frequency variability, by B. Christiansen and F. C. Ljungqvist, Climate of the P ...
... So what do long term (2000 year) climate data STILL say? On 18 April 2012, very recently, a major study was published: The extra-tropical Northern Hemisphere temperature in the last two millennia: reconstructions of low-frequency variability, by B. Christiansen and F. C. Ljungqvist, Climate of the P ...
Fossil Free NUIG: - NUI Galway Students` Union
... Climate change is among the greatest challenges that current, and indeed future, generations are likely to face. The challenges of climate change demand a different sort of change from all of us, whether we like it or not. While for some these changes will be difficult, they deserve to be discussed ...
... Climate change is among the greatest challenges that current, and indeed future, generations are likely to face. The challenges of climate change demand a different sort of change from all of us, whether we like it or not. While for some these changes will be difficult, they deserve to be discussed ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... Climate change will also influence the functioning of ecosystems — the characteristic ways in which energy and chemicals flow through the plants, herbivores, carnivores, and soil organisms that comprise the living components of ecosystems. Models of overall changes in plant productivity indicate a ...
... Climate change will also influence the functioning of ecosystems — the characteristic ways in which energy and chemicals flow through the plants, herbivores, carnivores, and soil organisms that comprise the living components of ecosystems. Models of overall changes in plant productivity indicate a ...
Assessing Future Climate Risks
... in Figure 5-3. Included are some initial activities to carry out with stakeholders, such as exchanging information on what is already known. At this point in the process, some level of prior knowledge of climate change is assumed to exist in most countries, including that generated by National Commu ...
... in Figure 5-3. Included are some initial activities to carry out with stakeholders, such as exchanging information on what is already known. At this point in the process, some level of prior knowledge of climate change is assumed to exist in most countries, including that generated by National Commu ...
Adaptation - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. But mitigation alone is not enough. Even with emission reductions, some changes in climate are unavoidable. Adaptation planning at the local, state, and national levels can limit the damage caused by climate change, as well as reduce the long-term costs ...
... to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. But mitigation alone is not enough. Even with emission reductions, some changes in climate are unavoidable. Adaptation planning at the local, state, and national levels can limit the damage caused by climate change, as well as reduce the long-term costs ...
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.