Our future in their plans
... our transition to a low-carbon future that now needs to be integrated into all aspects of the economy. As part of this integration, we need those managing our finances to shift money away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy and low-carbon companies. The quicker they can do this, the bette ...
... our transition to a low-carbon future that now needs to be integrated into all aspects of the economy. As part of this integration, we need those managing our finances to shift money away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy and low-carbon companies. The quicker they can do this, the bette ...
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... challenge will require pioneering efforts in science, pollution control, land management, and law. Scientists believe that increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, contribute to climate change. Human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation add gre ...
... challenge will require pioneering efforts in science, pollution control, land management, and law. Scientists believe that increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, contribute to climate change. Human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation add gre ...
Caritas Guidelines on Environmental Justice
... environmental justice. The Confederation will gain from taking these insights into its own reflection, and beginning a process of discerning how they might be applied in its work. This process can only be enriching because it will lead to new understandings of the core values which underpin the life ...
... environmental justice. The Confederation will gain from taking these insights into its own reflection, and beginning a process of discerning how they might be applied in its work. This process can only be enriching because it will lead to new understandings of the core values which underpin the life ...
A Bottom Up, Resource- Based Perspective To Deal With Climate Variability and Change
... limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have regional climate impacts much greater than would be predicted from TOA radiative forcing. Also, it diagnoses only ...
... limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have regional climate impacts much greater than would be predicted from TOA radiative forcing. Also, it diagnoses only ...
Using the UKCP09 probabilistic scenarios to model the amplified
... model structure and emissions scenario in GCMs (e.g. Giorgi and Francisco, 2000; Covey et al., 2003) and when using RCM data the sources of uncertainty increase, as outputs are influenced by RCM resolution, numerical scheme, physical parameterizations and the forcing lateral boundary conditions (Rum ...
... model structure and emissions scenario in GCMs (e.g. Giorgi and Francisco, 2000; Covey et al., 2003) and when using RCM data the sources of uncertainty increase, as outputs are influenced by RCM resolution, numerical scheme, physical parameterizations and the forcing lateral boundary conditions (Rum ...
Towards threshold-based management of freshwater ecosystems in
... et al., 2007). Global warming has been attributed with decreasing the thermal niche and habitat availability for cold water fish, such as galaxid and salmonid fishes (Carpenter et al., 2011). A 3 C change in mean annual temperature corresponds to a shift in approximately 300–400 km latitudinal and 5 ...
... et al., 2007). Global warming has been attributed with decreasing the thermal niche and habitat availability for cold water fish, such as galaxid and salmonid fishes (Carpenter et al., 2011). A 3 C change in mean annual temperature corresponds to a shift in approximately 300–400 km latitudinal and 5 ...
Lessons from the Front Lines Preparing for Climate Impacts
... (2) which agencies will be charged with implementing each recommendation, and (3) how the implementation of the strategies recommended in the plans will be funded. Many plans neglect to describe these aspects of implementation, leaving decision-makers without a clear path. Actionable plans should in ...
... (2) which agencies will be charged with implementing each recommendation, and (3) how the implementation of the strategies recommended in the plans will be funded. Many plans neglect to describe these aspects of implementation, leaving decision-makers without a clear path. Actionable plans should in ...
Potential Vegetation and Carbon Redistribution in Northern North
... respond to future climate and the carbon consequences associated with this change are important research topics [10–12]. The potential equilibrium response of vegetation to climate change has previously been estimated using empirically derived climate-ecosystem relationships [1–3]. Köppen used a cla ...
... respond to future climate and the carbon consequences associated with this change are important research topics [10–12]. The potential equilibrium response of vegetation to climate change has previously been estimated using empirically derived climate-ecosystem relationships [1–3]. Köppen used a cla ...
The effect of climate and climate change on ammonia emissions in
... The emission model has in this study used an input of meteorological fields of 2-m air temperature and 10-m wind speed. The data are reanalysed meteorological data from the MM5 meteorological model (Grell et al., 1995) in an identical setup as in Skjøth et al. (2011) that provides 1-h temporal resol ...
... The emission model has in this study used an input of meteorological fields of 2-m air temperature and 10-m wind speed. The data are reanalysed meteorological data from the MM5 meteorological model (Grell et al., 1995) in an identical setup as in Skjøth et al. (2011) that provides 1-h temporal resol ...
31 Meaningful technology development and transfer: A
... development and transfer in a climate regime can contribute to broad participation from developed and developing countries. This translates into what individual countries stand to gain from the overall agreement, and from the technology part specifically (Barrett and Toman 2010), as well as what is ...
... development and transfer in a climate regime can contribute to broad participation from developed and developing countries. This translates into what individual countries stand to gain from the overall agreement, and from the technology part specifically (Barrett and Toman 2010), as well as what is ...
sustainable development: from community approaches to flood
... Based on the results of those field tests and discussions and further analysis, FMMs were revised A synthesis of the three country-manuals was finally prepared Delhi CC&SD Workshop 7-8 April 2006 ...
... Based on the results of those field tests and discussions and further analysis, FMMs were revised A synthesis of the three country-manuals was finally prepared Delhi CC&SD Workshop 7-8 April 2006 ...
NPS Central AK report - Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic
... A climate variable that drives changes in weather, vegetation, habitat, wildlife, etc. Also referred to as a critical force and a scenario driver. ...
... A climate variable that drives changes in weather, vegetation, habitat, wildlife, etc. Also referred to as a critical force and a scenario driver. ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... 7. Potential New Technologies: Is the argument that we should minimize climate change action until new, less-costly technologies may be invented in the future, ethically justifiable? 8. Procedural Fairness: What principles of procedural justice should be followed to assure fair representation in d ...
... 7. Potential New Technologies: Is the argument that we should minimize climate change action until new, less-costly technologies may be invented in the future, ethically justifiable? 8. Procedural Fairness: What principles of procedural justice should be followed to assure fair representation in d ...
Chapter 5. Brief history of climate: causes and mechanisms
... leading to higher evaporation rates and heat losses from the ocean to the atmosphere. In contrast to the ENSO, which is a coupled ocean-atmosphere mode, the NAO appears to be mainly an intrinsic mode of variability of the atmosphere. It has been found in many types of atmospheric models, whether or ...
... leading to higher evaporation rates and heat losses from the ocean to the atmosphere. In contrast to the ENSO, which is a coupled ocean-atmosphere mode, the NAO appears to be mainly an intrinsic mode of variability of the atmosphere. It has been found in many types of atmospheric models, whether or ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... the island as an ideal tourist destination based on its diversity of heritage: “rich in history, a perfect blend of French, British and African cultures” (Crick, 2003). The island has, generally, received positive reviews from visitors. Out of a possible 7, most visitors to the island gave the islan ...
... the island as an ideal tourist destination based on its diversity of heritage: “rich in history, a perfect blend of French, British and African cultures” (Crick, 2003). The island has, generally, received positive reviews from visitors. Out of a possible 7, most visitors to the island gave the islan ...
Climate Change Is Harming Our Health
... Most Americans understand that climate change is real and are concerned about it.1 But most still see climate change as a faraway threat, in both time and place, and as something that threatens the future of polar bears but not necessarily people. The reality, however, is starkly different: climate ...
... Most Americans understand that climate change is real and are concerned about it.1 But most still see climate change as a faraway threat, in both time and place, and as something that threatens the future of polar bears but not necessarily people. The reality, however, is starkly different: climate ...
Forced displacement in the context of climate change
... Protecting persons against the threats of natural hazards: Prevention of displacement, evacuations and relocation While States cannot be held responsible for disasters that occur, they have a duty to take all possible measures to protect the lives of their populations. As already mentioned, the righ ...
... Protecting persons against the threats of natural hazards: Prevention of displacement, evacuations and relocation While States cannot be held responsible for disasters that occur, they have a duty to take all possible measures to protect the lives of their populations. As already mentioned, the righ ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
Young People`s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions
... fuel emissions reduction was implausible. Magistrate Judge Coffin stated that he was “troubled” by the severity of the requested emissions reduction rate, but he also noted that some of the alleged climate change consequences, if accurate, could be considered “beyond the pale”, and he rejected the m ...
... fuel emissions reduction was implausible. Magistrate Judge Coffin stated that he was “troubled” by the severity of the requested emissions reduction rate, but he also noted that some of the alleged climate change consequences, if accurate, could be considered “beyond the pale”, and he rejected the m ...
Curriculum Vitae: Lisa Goddard
... terms of their education and their nationalities. There is a set of core classes and then a wide array of elective classes available for them to design the climate and society degree that fits their interests and talents. I developed and lead the core class on Dynamics of Climate Variability and Cli ...
... terms of their education and their nationalities. There is a set of core classes and then a wide array of elective classes available for them to design the climate and society degree that fits their interests and talents. I developed and lead the core class on Dynamics of Climate Variability and Cli ...
www.ssoar.info Hauling data: anthropocene analogues
... Now, in this paper I am less concerned with the political or even philosophical dimensions of studying abrupt climate changes in deep time than with the epistemological preconditions of such undertakings, namely the inherent heuristical framing of the problem and the material practices that historic ...
... Now, in this paper I am less concerned with the political or even philosophical dimensions of studying abrupt climate changes in deep time than with the epistemological preconditions of such undertakings, namely the inherent heuristical framing of the problem and the material practices that historic ...
Building bridges: Supporting adaptation in industry VCCAR think
... one quarter of the nation's GDP.1 Ensuring long-term economic sustainability requires that overall productivity is maintained and that key industry sectors continue to grow. Understanding how this can be achieved on a sector-by-sector basis, requires an appreciation of the changing threats and oppor ...
... one quarter of the nation's GDP.1 Ensuring long-term economic sustainability requires that overall productivity is maintained and that key industry sectors continue to grow. Understanding how this can be achieved on a sector-by-sector basis, requires an appreciation of the changing threats and oppor ...
Resistance to change: A social psychological
... consequences, and manifestations of climate change over the last 10 to 20 years, ideological polarization has increased rather than decreased during this time period (Guber 2012; McCright and Dunlap 2011b). Other contributions to this special issue of Social Research address some of the institution ...
... consequences, and manifestations of climate change over the last 10 to 20 years, ideological polarization has increased rather than decreased during this time period (Guber 2012; McCright and Dunlap 2011b). Other contributions to this special issue of Social Research address some of the institution ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... of the twenty-first century (IPCC 2014) and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, result from increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases attributed primarily to fossil fuel burning for energy. Given probable links between the increasing ocean temperature and the severity an ...
... of the twenty-first century (IPCC 2014) and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, result from increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases attributed primarily to fossil fuel burning for energy. Given probable links between the increasing ocean temperature and the severity an ...
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... China and the world are facing global climate change from increasing greenhouse gases (GHG) at an increasing rate (IPCC 2007a&b). Climate change, as well as mitigation and adaptation policies could play a critical role in changing agricultural competitiveness globally. The impact of climate change o ...
... China and the world are facing global climate change from increasing greenhouse gases (GHG) at an increasing rate (IPCC 2007a&b). Climate change, as well as mitigation and adaptation policies could play a critical role in changing agricultural competitiveness globally. The impact of climate change o ...