Air pollution, climate change and ozone loss
... Getting older, high-polluting vehicles off the road, using mass transit, increasing fuel efficiency, and using more alternative vehicle fuels can reduce outdoor air pollution. We can reduce indoor air pollution: ...
... Getting older, high-polluting vehicles off the road, using mass transit, increasing fuel efficiency, and using more alternative vehicle fuels can reduce outdoor air pollution. We can reduce indoor air pollution: ...
Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white
... and Dunlap, 2011; Wood and Vedlitz, 2007), and females (Brody et al., 2008; Hamilton, 2008; Leiserowitz, 2006; Malka et al., 2009; McCright, 2010; McCright and Dunlap, 2011; O’Connor et al., 1999) are more likely to express concern about global warming than are their conservative, white, and male co ...
... and Dunlap, 2011; Wood and Vedlitz, 2007), and females (Brody et al., 2008; Hamilton, 2008; Leiserowitz, 2006; Malka et al., 2009; McCright, 2010; McCright and Dunlap, 2011; O’Connor et al., 1999) are more likely to express concern about global warming than are their conservative, white, and male co ...
Global warming - The Open University
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... these instances, unless stated otherwise, the content may be used for personal and non-commercial use. We have also identified as Proprietary other material included in the content which is not subject to Creative Commons Licence. These are OU logos, trading names and may extend to certain photograp ...
Climate Change, Emissions Trading and Indigenous Peoples
... The UNFCCC is a significant instrument in its own right as it contains the framework for an international regime to address climate change. It is also an important instrument because the Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to this convention. The Kyoto Protocol came into force on 16 February 2005 and sets ...
... The UNFCCC is a significant instrument in its own right as it contains the framework for an international regime to address climate change. It is also an important instrument because the Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to this convention. The Kyoto Protocol came into force on 16 February 2005 and sets ...
Programme Plan - Norges forskningsråd
... Prioritised research tasks The programme defines a series of scientific problem areas to be addressed. These are based on the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), on an evaluation of important national and global research challenges, and on Norwegian research expertise: ...
... Prioritised research tasks The programme defines a series of scientific problem areas to be addressed. These are based on the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), on an evaluation of important national and global research challenges, and on Norwegian research expertise: ...
Programme plan - Norges forskningsråd
... Prioritised research tasks The programme defines a series of scientific problem areas to be addressed. These are based on the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), on an evaluation of important national and global research challenges, and on Norwegian research expertise: 1. Detection of ongoing climat ...
... Prioritised research tasks The programme defines a series of scientific problem areas to be addressed. These are based on the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR), on an evaluation of important national and global research challenges, and on Norwegian research expertise: 1. Detection of ongoing climat ...
Working Paper 198 - Castells-Quintana et al (opens in new window)
... Understanding both the direct as well as the indirect effects of climate change is not only fundamental for the design of mitigation and adaptation strategies; whether by addressing the direct impacts of geographical factors, or by addressing their indirect effects on the socio-political environment ...
... Understanding both the direct as well as the indirect effects of climate change is not only fundamental for the design of mitigation and adaptation strategies; whether by addressing the direct impacts of geographical factors, or by addressing their indirect effects on the socio-political environment ...
UNDP-GEF Adaptation
... Adaptation funds cover the additional costs necessary for countries to achieve development goals in the face of climate change. Sliding scale can be used. SCCF: Does not need to address GEBs, focus on longer term measures and planning LCDF: Does not need to address GEBs, open to LDCs only, driven by ...
... Adaptation funds cover the additional costs necessary for countries to achieve development goals in the face of climate change. Sliding scale can be used. SCCF: Does not need to address GEBs, focus on longer term measures and planning LCDF: Does not need to address GEBs, open to LDCs only, driven by ...
What`s In A Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change
... These diverse results strongly suggest that global warming and climate change are used differently and mean different things in the minds of many Americans. Scientists often prefer the term climate change for technical reasons, but should be aware that the two terms generate different interpretation ...
... These diverse results strongly suggest that global warming and climate change are used differently and mean different things in the minds of many Americans. Scientists often prefer the term climate change for technical reasons, but should be aware that the two terms generate different interpretation ...
PNAS proof
... vulnerability levels in low- and high-income countries have been converging, due to a relatively strong trend of vulnerability reduction in developing countries. Finally, we present projections of flood losses and fatalities under 100 individual scenario and model combinations, and three possible gl ...
... vulnerability levels in low- and high-income countries have been converging, due to a relatively strong trend of vulnerability reduction in developing countries. Finally, we present projections of flood losses and fatalities under 100 individual scenario and model combinations, and three possible gl ...
Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change: A Literature Review*
... benefit of the research, and the availability of more varieties increases the marginal benefit for farmers changing to new seeds. On the other hand, if autonomous adaptation reduces the need for planned adaptation and vice versa, then they are substitutes. There are plenty of examples of this typ ...
... benefit of the research, and the availability of more varieties increases the marginal benefit for farmers changing to new seeds. On the other hand, if autonomous adaptation reduces the need for planned adaptation and vice versa, then they are substitutes. There are plenty of examples of this typ ...
Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation
... development of low carbon technology as a reaction to emission reductions. On the downside, large countries will also be confronted more intensively with the three leakage effects of free riding, energy market leakage and the trade effect. However, due to the number of channels of interaction betwee ...
... development of low carbon technology as a reaction to emission reductions. On the downside, large countries will also be confronted more intensively with the three leakage effects of free riding, energy market leakage and the trade effect. However, due to the number of channels of interaction betwee ...
Download - 1,8Mb
... • the expected changes in stresses on a system as a result of the likely impacts of climate change. To evaluate the capacity of a forest area and forest-dependent communities to adapt to climate change, the forest manager, in partnership with other stakeholders, should consider: • the current capa ...
... • the expected changes in stresses on a system as a result of the likely impacts of climate change. To evaluate the capacity of a forest area and forest-dependent communities to adapt to climate change, the forest manager, in partnership with other stakeholders, should consider: • the current capa ...
Chapter 11 CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE
... Coastlines will almost certainly suffer from accelerated coastal erosion as well as inundation of settlements and arable land with associated social and economic consequences. For example, in Grenada, a 50 cm rise in sea level could lead to serious inundation with 60 per cent of beaches in some area ...
... Coastlines will almost certainly suffer from accelerated coastal erosion as well as inundation of settlements and arable land with associated social and economic consequences. For example, in Grenada, a 50 cm rise in sea level could lead to serious inundation with 60 per cent of beaches in some area ...
Report
... Executive Summary Climate change resulting from emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is widely regarded to be the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. It also represents one of the greatest social and economic threats facing the planet and the welfare of humankind. ...
... Executive Summary Climate change resulting from emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is widely regarded to be the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. It also represents one of the greatest social and economic threats facing the planet and the welfare of humankind. ...
Major Tipping Points in the Earth`s Climate System
... Executive Summary Climate change resulting from emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is widely regarded to be the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. It also represents one of the greatest social and economic threats facing the planet and the welfare of humankind. ...
... Executive Summary Climate change resulting from emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) is widely regarded to be the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. It also represents one of the greatest social and economic threats facing the planet and the welfare of humankind. ...
FACING UNCERTAINTY: the value of climate information for
... 2035) and long term (out to 2100 and beyond) across countries, regions, continents and the world. Climate projections are developed by considering different scenarios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions are linked to human activities such as burning of petroleum products, activities whi ...
... 2035) and long term (out to 2100 and beyond) across countries, regions, continents and the world. Climate projections are developed by considering different scenarios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions are linked to human activities such as burning of petroleum products, activities whi ...
Chapter 6- Canada in a Changing Climate: Sector Perspectives on
... range shifts will include expansion, contraction and fragmentation in species-specific patterns. In many locations, differential range shifts among species are likely to result in novel ecosystems. Phenological mismatches occur when shifts in the timing of life cycle events differ between dependent ...
... range shifts will include expansion, contraction and fragmentation in species-specific patterns. In many locations, differential range shifts among species are likely to result in novel ecosystems. Phenological mismatches occur when shifts in the timing of life cycle events differ between dependent ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. 2 Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. 3 Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. 4 Global Carbon Pro ...
... Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. 2 Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China. 3 Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. 4 Global Carbon Pro ...
Here - MtnClim 2016
... identical locations to the earlier study throughout pre-burn habitat types and remaining vegetation patterns. These plots were surveyed for WGS presence using non-invasive hair sampling tubes and camera traps. In preliminary results, WGS were present at over half of the plots (58%). There was a sign ...
... identical locations to the earlier study throughout pre-burn habitat types and remaining vegetation patterns. These plots were surveyed for WGS presence using non-invasive hair sampling tubes and camera traps. In preliminary results, WGS were present at over half of the plots (58%). There was a sign ...
Responses of reference evapotranspiration to changes in
... does not change, increasing water temperature should increase evaporation. If the humidity increases, it will partially offset the impact of higher temperature on the evaporation. Evapotranspiration ...
... does not change, increasing water temperature should increase evaporation. If the humidity increases, it will partially offset the impact of higher temperature on the evaporation. Evapotranspiration ...
likely effects of global climate change on the purse seine fishery for
... Changes in the global or regional climate are likely to impact pelagic fish stocks and hence their fisheries. This paper explores the possible effect that changes in global climate under a 2x atmospheric CO2 concentration may have on the fishery for Cape anchovy. The time taken for CO2 concentration ...
... Changes in the global or regional climate are likely to impact pelagic fish stocks and hence their fisheries. This paper explores the possible effect that changes in global climate under a 2x atmospheric CO2 concentration may have on the fishery for Cape anchovy. The time taken for CO2 concentration ...
Petition to the World Heritage Committee
... biofuels, and biomass. It is often transported long distances by air currents. Because the darkcolored particles absorb sunlight, black carbon warms the top of the atmosphere, increasing cloud droplet concentrations, and thickening low-level clouds. When deposited on ice and snow, it reduces the al ...
... biofuels, and biomass. It is often transported long distances by air currents. Because the darkcolored particles absorb sunlight, black carbon warms the top of the atmosphere, increasing cloud droplet concentrations, and thickening low-level clouds. When deposited on ice and snow, it reduces the al ...
A Geographic Mosaic of Climate Change Impacts on Terrestrial
... During periods of major climate change in the past, changes in the dominant vegetation were widespread and profound. The paleoecological record shows that from the Last Glacial Maximum to the pre-industrial period, global mean temperature rise of 3–8°C [1] has been accompanied by continental-scale s ...
... During periods of major climate change in the past, changes in the dominant vegetation were widespread and profound. The paleoecological record shows that from the Last Glacial Maximum to the pre-industrial period, global mean temperature rise of 3–8°C [1] has been accompanied by continental-scale s ...
Deltas - World Water Council
... tion distinguishes four types of problems. Problems aspects, so individual assessments may need revision. The main purpose of the overview is, however, are judged minor if they are either unimportant, to show that there is a large variation between the small in magnitude or well controlled (y). A mi ...
... tion distinguishes four types of problems. Problems aspects, so individual assessments may need revision. The main purpose of the overview is, however, are judged minor if they are either unimportant, to show that there is a large variation between the small in magnitude or well controlled (y). A mi ...