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... communities, it is essential to understand the possible alternative action paths. Some responses could help to diminish harm and develop new opportunities; others may cause additional problems, called maladaptation (see Agrawal, 2008). To shape the debate towards more constructive approaches, it is ...
... communities, it is essential to understand the possible alternative action paths. Some responses could help to diminish harm and develop new opportunities; others may cause additional problems, called maladaptation (see Agrawal, 2008). To shape the debate towards more constructive approaches, it is ...
FRAMES IN REPORTS AND IN REPORTING: HOW FRAMING
... appear five times in the report. The design of the document is subdued for the most part, as one would expect from a scientific document. There are only three uses of color in the report: a map, a chart, and the endboxes [12, pp. 5, 15, 22-23]. The only graphic elements on the cover page are solid h ...
... appear five times in the report. The design of the document is subdued for the most part, as one would expect from a scientific document. There are only three uses of color in the report: a map, a chart, and the endboxes [12, pp. 5, 15, 22-23]. The only graphic elements on the cover page are solid h ...
Potential Impacts of Contemporary Changing Climate on Caribbean
... Caribbean where there is incomplete tidal and weather station coverage, estimates of past and future temperature changes must rely on extrapolation from other regions. While our knowledge of global mean temperature change is still uncertain, even in the present era of instrumental meteorology, resea ...
... Caribbean where there is incomplete tidal and weather station coverage, estimates of past and future temperature changes must rely on extrapolation from other regions. While our knowledge of global mean temperature change is still uncertain, even in the present era of instrumental meteorology, resea ...
M09P01Globalization
... the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of “common but ...
... the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of “common but ...
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... and technical debate crystallized into one of the first widely publicized warnings about an anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect due to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other radiatively sensitive greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the recent Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Fram ...
... and technical debate crystallized into one of the first widely publicized warnings about an anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect due to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other radiatively sensitive greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the recent Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Fram ...
Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave
... dynamics responses37— an issue we will examine later– are still likely to get the QRA fingerprint right, allowing us to draw reliable real-world conclusions about how climate change may impact the phenomenon of QRA. Meridional gradients in lower tropospheric temperatures, as discussed above, imply c ...
... dynamics responses37— an issue we will examine later– are still likely to get the QRA fingerprint right, allowing us to draw reliable real-world conclusions about how climate change may impact the phenomenon of QRA. Meridional gradients in lower tropospheric temperatures, as discussed above, imply c ...
Chapter 2: An Overview of Canada`s Changing Climate
... FIGURE 1: An illustration of the main components of the climate system (the atmosphere, hydrosphere [liquid water components], cryosphere [frozen water components], lithosphere [land surface] and biosphere [living things]) and the interactions between them. This chapter reports on four of the six c ...
... FIGURE 1: An illustration of the main components of the climate system (the atmosphere, hydrosphere [liquid water components], cryosphere [frozen water components], lithosphere [land surface] and biosphere [living things]) and the interactions between them. This chapter reports on four of the six c ...
Carbon Cycling, Climate Regulation, and Disturbances in Canadian
... the ecosystems goods and services they provide, and discuss the role played by logging, fire, and insect outbreaks. In the third section, we discuss five principles that reflect the most important aspects of our current understanding of carbon cycling, climate regulation, and disturbances in CMF. In ...
... the ecosystems goods and services they provide, and discuss the role played by logging, fire, and insect outbreaks. In the third section, we discuss five principles that reflect the most important aspects of our current understanding of carbon cycling, climate regulation, and disturbances in CMF. In ...
Asset prices and climate policy - Department of Agricultural and
... Climate policy requires costly abatement. Due to inertia in the climate system, those currently alive obtain few of the direct environmental benefits of their abatement. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) support the view that current generations must care about their successors in order to underta ...
... Climate policy requires costly abatement. Due to inertia in the climate system, those currently alive obtain few of the direct environmental benefits of their abatement. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) support the view that current generations must care about their successors in order to underta ...
Low Emissions Diet
... Comparison with plant-based foods Although specific results vary, the overwhelming conclusion of many studies is that the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of animal-based foods is far higher than that of plantbased alternatives, and that some animal based products are far more emissions intensive ...
... Comparison with plant-based foods Although specific results vary, the overwhelming conclusion of many studies is that the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of animal-based foods is far higher than that of plantbased alternatives, and that some animal based products are far more emissions intensive ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... The scheme in Figure 1 does not take into acco unt the feedback effect of inequality on climate change. It rather treats climate change effects as external (or exogenous). However, as discussed in detail in Islam (2015), inequality exacerbates climate change in different ways. For example, among dev ...
... The scheme in Figure 1 does not take into acco unt the feedback effect of inequality on climate change. It rather treats climate change effects as external (or exogenous). However, as discussed in detail in Islam (2015), inequality exacerbates climate change in different ways. For example, among dev ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... factors. For instance, as highlighted above, companies may not classify their actions as adaptation per se, and may use other terms, such as resilience or risk management. In light of this lack of conceptual clarity we have opted to be inclusive in reviewing a broad array of papers with a different ...
... factors. For instance, as highlighted above, companies may not classify their actions as adaptation per se, and may use other terms, such as resilience or risk management. In light of this lack of conceptual clarity we have opted to be inclusive in reviewing a broad array of papers with a different ...
Secretary Jewell`s Year of Action
... As Secretary Jewell turns her words into actions in 2014, former Interior Secretaries’ accomplishments can offer her valuable guidance. To that end, the Center for Western Priorities examines the actions of recent Interior Secretaries—and the contributions they made towards Secretary Jewell’s five c ...
... As Secretary Jewell turns her words into actions in 2014, former Interior Secretaries’ accomplishments can offer her valuable guidance. To that end, the Center for Western Priorities examines the actions of recent Interior Secretaries—and the contributions they made towards Secretary Jewell’s five c ...
Adapting to Climate Change - City of Sydney
... We have planted more than 10,250 trees to absorb pollution and reduce summer temperatures towards a target to increase the City’s urban canopy cover 50% by 2030. We are implementing an Urban Ecology Strategic Action Plan to conserve and maintain our biodiversity, the first green roofs and walls poli ...
... We have planted more than 10,250 trees to absorb pollution and reduce summer temperatures towards a target to increase the City’s urban canopy cover 50% by 2030. We are implementing an Urban Ecology Strategic Action Plan to conserve and maintain our biodiversity, the first green roofs and walls poli ...
Multi-gas abatement analysis of the Marrakesh Accords Paul. L
... The lower concentration levels include overshooting: Stabilisation at 400 ppm: Peaking at 480 ppm; Stabilisation at 450 ppm: Peaking at 500 ppm; Stabilisation at 500 ppm: Peaking at 525 ppm; RIVM (the Netherlands) and ETH (Switzerland) 18 ...
... The lower concentration levels include overshooting: Stabilisation at 400 ppm: Peaking at 480 ppm; Stabilisation at 450 ppm: Peaking at 500 ppm; Stabilisation at 500 ppm: Peaking at 525 ppm; RIVM (the Netherlands) and ETH (Switzerland) 18 ...
Downloadable Full Text - DSpace@MIT
... weather warnings and, as such, changes in verification efforts and emphasis are likely to have led to most, if not all, of the reported changes in frequency. The problems have been discussed by Doswell et al. (2005) and Verbout et al. (2006). The occurrence of F1 and stronger tornadoes on the Fujita ...
... weather warnings and, as such, changes in verification efforts and emphasis are likely to have led to most, if not all, of the reported changes in frequency. The problems have been discussed by Doswell et al. (2005) and Verbout et al. (2006). The occurrence of F1 and stronger tornadoes on the Fujita ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation in the Southern
... rates of migration by species (Catford et al., 2012). Taken to the extreme, species may be forced to extinction through novel intraspecific interactions or complete loss of suitable habitat within the necessary bioclimatic envelope (Dunlop and Brown, 2008). With the four main threats to Australia’s ...
... rates of migration by species (Catford et al., 2012). Taken to the extreme, species may be forced to extinction through novel intraspecific interactions or complete loss of suitable habitat within the necessary bioclimatic envelope (Dunlop and Brown, 2008). With the four main threats to Australia’s ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Houston
... precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have documented statistically significant changes that have occurred due to climate change. The Nat ...
... precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have documented statistically significant changes that have occurred due to climate change. The Nat ...
Modeling climate change impacts on phenology and population
... (acclimation of the species through phenotypic plasticity), but also adaptation through genetic responses (Rose et al., 2010). For ecological modelers, the challenge is to develop conceptual frameworks that include the important ecological processes, but avoid “unsupportable and deleterious model co ...
... (acclimation of the species through phenotypic plasticity), but also adaptation through genetic responses (Rose et al., 2010). For ecological modelers, the challenge is to develop conceptual frameworks that include the important ecological processes, but avoid “unsupportable and deleterious model co ...
The Health Effects of Climate Change in the WHO European Region
... weather events, and exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Indirect effects include those mediated through either natural or human systems, such as patterns of certain vector-borne infectious diseases, respiratory diseases from changes in air quality and allergens, diarrheal disease, malnutrition and st ...
... weather events, and exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Indirect effects include those mediated through either natural or human systems, such as patterns of certain vector-borne infectious diseases, respiratory diseases from changes in air quality and allergens, diarrheal disease, malnutrition and st ...
Impacts of Climate Change on all European islands
... European islands face very concrete risks as a result of a changing climate as a result of higher temperatures, changed rainfall regimes, weather extremes, and sea level rise. Climate related risks are not limited to specific regions or countries but that it is an issue for all islands. Empirical ev ...
... European islands face very concrete risks as a result of a changing climate as a result of higher temperatures, changed rainfall regimes, weather extremes, and sea level rise. Climate related risks are not limited to specific regions or countries but that it is an issue for all islands. Empirical ev ...
Debating Climate Economics: The Stern Review vs
... Stern found that under business as usual (i.e., assuming no new policies to reduce carbon emissions), the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could reach double the pre-industrial level as early as 2035. This would essentially commit the world to more than 2oC of warming. By the end ...
... Stern found that under business as usual (i.e., assuming no new policies to reduce carbon emissions), the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could reach double the pre-industrial level as early as 2035. This would essentially commit the world to more than 2oC of warming. By the end ...
SID5 Form - Defra Science Search
... The executive summary must not exceed 2 sides in total of A4 and should be understandable to the intelligent non-scientist. It should cover the main objectives, methods and findings of the research, together with any other significant events and options for new work. The contract provided Secretaria ...
... The executive summary must not exceed 2 sides in total of A4 and should be understandable to the intelligent non-scientist. It should cover the main objectives, methods and findings of the research, together with any other significant events and options for new work. The contract provided Secretaria ...