Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
... years of geological time.9 In their now-famous Tellus article, published in 1957, Suess and Revelle argued primarily for the importance of monitoring — a project commenced during the International Geophysical Year and pursued for the next four and half decades by Charles David Keeling. Political sci ...
... years of geological time.9 In their now-famous Tellus article, published in 1957, Suess and Revelle argued primarily for the importance of monitoring — a project commenced during the International Geophysical Year and pursued for the next four and half decades by Charles David Keeling. Political sci ...
climate change and sustainability of agrodiversity in traditional
... between the vertical elevation gradients from tropical (300 m) to the Trans-Himalayan region (5000 m), where about 65% of the total population of 6,07,688 (Census 2011) depend on agriculture for their livelihood. The mountain farmers are facing numerous unpredictable scenarios related to global warm ...
... between the vertical elevation gradients from tropical (300 m) to the Trans-Himalayan region (5000 m), where about 65% of the total population of 6,07,688 (Census 2011) depend on agriculture for their livelihood. The mountain farmers are facing numerous unpredictable scenarios related to global warm ...
Reversible and irreversible impacts of greenhouse gas
... the inclusion of carbon cycle representations in coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models provide now the opportunity to close this information gap. In this study, we quantify the reversible and irreversible commitment of 21st century anthropogenic emissions on human timescales and their ...
... the inclusion of carbon cycle representations in coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models provide now the opportunity to close this information gap. In this study, we quantify the reversible and irreversible commitment of 21st century anthropogenic emissions on human timescales and their ...
8. equal per capita entitlements
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
Vivid Economics
... outcomes and quantify in some detail the likely effects of climate change under each different scenario. The need for adaptation would then follow from the nature of these effects (see e.g. World Bank 2010a). While science-first is the method of choice for impact assessments, it raises issues for ad ...
... outcomes and quantify in some detail the likely effects of climate change under each different scenario. The need for adaptation would then follow from the nature of these effects (see e.g. World Bank 2010a). While science-first is the method of choice for impact assessments, it raises issues for ad ...
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... I. The Basic Science of Climate Change Roughly 40 years ago, a small group of scientists and policy makers began to realize that humanity was on a dramatic collision course, as the rapidly growing world economy and population threatened to collide with the planet’s finite resources and fragile ecosy ...
... I. The Basic Science of Climate Change Roughly 40 years ago, a small group of scientists and policy makers began to realize that humanity was on a dramatic collision course, as the rapidly growing world economy and population threatened to collide with the planet’s finite resources and fragile ecosy ...
The Effects and Linkages of Deforestation and Temperature on
... construction, for firewood, for the production of charcoal and so on. Spore, 2011 reported that forests also play a pivotal role in providing water resources, due to their influence on volumes and distribution of rainfall, the dynamics of water in soil and the quantities of water discharged into the ...
... construction, for firewood, for the production of charcoal and so on. Spore, 2011 reported that forests also play a pivotal role in providing water resources, due to their influence on volumes and distribution of rainfall, the dynamics of water in soil and the quantities of water discharged into the ...
Land Use Change Impacts on Air Quality and Climate
... response may be larger at a local scale or when considering multiple future scenarios, for example isoprene emissions over the same time horizon are projected to increase by 26-41% in Europe.88 Several of these studies have projected isoprene emissions under simultaneous changes in climate and atmos ...
... response may be larger at a local scale or when considering multiple future scenarios, for example isoprene emissions over the same time horizon are projected to increase by 26-41% in Europe.88 Several of these studies have projected isoprene emissions under simultaneous changes in climate and atmos ...
Viticultureclimate relationships in Greece: the impacts
... were gathered and systematically explored using linear regression models and principal component analysis for three ‘effective’ growing season time period definitions (calendar year, growing season and ripening period). The eight study regions had marked differences in their general climatic charact ...
... were gathered and systematically explored using linear regression models and principal component analysis for three ‘effective’ growing season time period definitions (calendar year, growing season and ripening period). The eight study regions had marked differences in their general climatic charact ...
a new report
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Technical Summary
... 3. A global synthesis of studies in this Assessment strongly demonstrates that the spatial agreement between regions of significant regional warming across the globe and the locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natura ...
... 3. A global synthesis of studies in this Assessment strongly demonstrates that the spatial agreement between regions of significant regional warming across the globe and the locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natura ...
Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment
... like stem-cell research, where scientists will line up on opposing sides to debate the scientific merits of differing positions. In fact, Bord, O’Connor, and Fisher (2000, p. 215) report that “[a]ccurate knowledge of global warming is the strongest single predictor of behavioral intentions . . .”.(5 ...
... like stem-cell research, where scientists will line up on opposing sides to debate the scientific merits of differing positions. In fact, Bord, O’Connor, and Fisher (2000, p. 215) report that “[a]ccurate knowledge of global warming is the strongest single predictor of behavioral intentions . . .”.(5 ...
Navigating scales of knowledge and decision
... also were concerned about the level of skill involved in the seasonal predictions and about ensuring that the managers understood that skill. Thus, the workshop intended to discover if more skillful forecasts might have a place in reservoir management and what temporal and spatial levels of forecast ...
... also were concerned about the level of skill involved in the seasonal predictions and about ensuring that the managers understood that skill. Thus, the workshop intended to discover if more skillful forecasts might have a place in reservoir management and what temporal and spatial levels of forecast ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER
... the global averages suggest (IPCC, 2001; Parry et al., 2001). Thus in regions already under water stress today, including Africa, climate change will exacerbate the situation. For many of the water-distressed regions, global mean temperature increases above 1.5ºC are identified as leading to decreas ...
... the global averages suggest (IPCC, 2001; Parry et al., 2001). Thus in regions already under water stress today, including Africa, climate change will exacerbate the situation. For many of the water-distressed regions, global mean temperature increases above 1.5ºC are identified as leading to decreas ...
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
Coastal flooding and wetland loss in the 21st century: changes
... All impacts are evaluated for 2025, 2055 and 2085, representing the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s, respectively. Assessments include both changes in impacts in a world without climate change (the baseline), and with climate change, so that the relative effect of climate change can be assessed. A more detai ...
... All impacts are evaluated for 2025, 2055 and 2085, representing the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s, respectively. Assessments include both changes in impacts in a world without climate change (the baseline), and with climate change, so that the relative effect of climate change can be assessed. A more detai ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple
... energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theoretical framework that is needed to predict future impacts. Since energy is arguably the ultimate currency in ecology, and individual metabolism is driven by a co ...
... energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theoretical framework that is needed to predict future impacts. Since energy is arguably the ultimate currency in ecology, and individual metabolism is driven by a co ...
Climate Change and Internal Displacement
... conflict which can, in turn, cause further displacement. Subsequently, the effects of climate change may lead to increased competition over scarce resources and the loss of livelihoods which may increase the risk of conflict and violence, causing additional displacement. The Security Council debate ...
... conflict which can, in turn, cause further displacement. Subsequently, the effects of climate change may lead to increased competition over scarce resources and the loss of livelihoods which may increase the risk of conflict and violence, causing additional displacement. The Security Council debate ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts
... energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theoretical framework that is needed to predict future impacts. Since energy is arguably the ultimate currency in ecology, and individual metabolism is driven by a co ...
... energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theoretical framework that is needed to predict future impacts. Since energy is arguably the ultimate currency in ecology, and individual metabolism is driven by a co ...
The American Environmental Values Survey: American Views on the
... McCright and Dunlap. The Sociological Quarterly, 52(2), 211-219. Johns, D. (2007). Like it or not, politics is the solution. Conservation Biology, 21(2), 287-288. Joireman, J., Truelove, H., & Duell, B. (2010). Effect of outdoor temperature, heat primes and anchoring on belief in global warming. Jou ...
... McCright and Dunlap. The Sociological Quarterly, 52(2), 211-219. Johns, D. (2007). Like it or not, politics is the solution. Conservation Biology, 21(2), 287-288. Joireman, J., Truelove, H., & Duell, B. (2010). Effect of outdoor temperature, heat primes and anchoring on belief in global warming. Jou ...
Migration and Climate - International Institute for Sustainable
... of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition d ...
... of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition d ...
Chapter 19 Climate Change Effects on Watershed Processes in
... Historical trends1 in air temperature and precipitation provide important context against which future climate projections may be evaluated. Trend results, however, vary with the time period of analysis (i.e., 30, 50, 00 years), and in particular with the starting point of any trend calculation. Cl ...
... Historical trends1 in air temperature and precipitation provide important context against which future climate projections may be evaluated. Trend results, however, vary with the time period of analysis (i.e., 30, 50, 00 years), and in particular with the starting point of any trend calculation. Cl ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... ranching, although some dryland cropping under irrigation also takes place. Cattle rearing is predominant in the central and northern regions of the country, while karakul sheep, goat, and ostrich farming are concentrated in the more arid southern regions. The cultivation of rainfed crops in Namibia ...
... ranching, although some dryland cropping under irrigation also takes place. Cattle rearing is predominant in the central and northern regions of the country, while karakul sheep, goat, and ostrich farming are concentrated in the more arid southern regions. The cultivation of rainfed crops in Namibia ...
National Climate Change Action Plan
... Climate change is recognized as one of the most complex global environmental problems, one which presents the greatest challenges to society as a whole, including the scientific and technical community and government authorities. The greenhouse effect, a beneficial natural phenomenon that enables li ...
... Climate change is recognized as one of the most complex global environmental problems, one which presents the greatest challenges to society as a whole, including the scientific and technical community and government authorities. The greenhouse effect, a beneficial natural phenomenon that enables li ...
A review of ENSO and Climate Change
... and damping feedbacks, and it is likely that one or more of the major physical processes that are responsible for determining the characteristics of ENSO will be modified by climate change • While the possibility of large changes in ENSO cannot be ruled out, research conducted to date does not yet e ...
... and damping feedbacks, and it is likely that one or more of the major physical processes that are responsible for determining the characteristics of ENSO will be modified by climate change • While the possibility of large changes in ENSO cannot be ruled out, research conducted to date does not yet e ...