Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Decision Making. Invited Study Participant; focus on the First U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 2003-present Climate Change Communication and Social Change – Project funded by the MacArthur Foundation; included an interdisciplinary workshop in ...
... Decision Making. Invited Study Participant; focus on the First U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 2003-present Climate Change Communication and Social Change – Project funded by the MacArthur Foundation; included an interdisciplinary workshop in ...
Fishbytes May09 - 1 Project Summaries
... The tsunami of 26 December 2004 killed more than 300,000 people, destroying large numbers of boats, fishing gear, ponds, and infrastructure that supports fishers and fishing livelihoods. Based in Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat in Indonesia, project researchers will aim to provide a basis for long-term sus ...
... The tsunami of 26 December 2004 killed more than 300,000 people, destroying large numbers of boats, fishing gear, ponds, and infrastructure that supports fishers and fishing livelihoods. Based in Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat in Indonesia, project researchers will aim to provide a basis for long-term sus ...
A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept
... concept of a scenario matrix that combines so-called shared socioeconomic reference pathways (SSPs) with climate forcing outcomes as described by the representative concentration pathways (RCPs, van Vuuren et al. 2011). The RCPs reach different levels of climate forcing in the year 2100 and thus can ...
... concept of a scenario matrix that combines so-called shared socioeconomic reference pathways (SSPs) with climate forcing outcomes as described by the representative concentration pathways (RCPs, van Vuuren et al. 2011). The RCPs reach different levels of climate forcing in the year 2100 and thus can ...
Men, Masculinities Climate Change
... severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and men.16 This phenomenon will grow more frequent with our ecosystems. The IPCC also highlighted that it is within global warming. Research has also shown that women our grasp to limit climate change and its risks in ways that often have a small ...
... severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and men.16 This phenomenon will grow more frequent with our ecosystems. The IPCC also highlighted that it is within global warming. Research has also shown that women our grasp to limit climate change and its risks in ways that often have a small ...
Adaptation to the infectious disease impacts of climate change
... 2008). Because a health ministry, NGOs, and others may have individual or joint responsibility for these programs, representatives from all relevant organizations and institutions should be consulted to determine what is working well, what could be improved, and the capacity of the policies and meas ...
... 2008). Because a health ministry, NGOs, and others may have individual or joint responsibility for these programs, representatives from all relevant organizations and institutions should be consulted to determine what is working well, what could be improved, and the capacity of the policies and meas ...
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... research has proved that a large family is mostly inclined to divert part of its labour force into non-farm activities to generate more income and reduce consumption demands (Mano and Nhemachena, 2006). However, according to Hassan and Nhemachena (2008) the opportunity cost might be too low in most ...
... research has proved that a large family is mostly inclined to divert part of its labour force into non-farm activities to generate more income and reduce consumption demands (Mano and Nhemachena, 2006). However, according to Hassan and Nhemachena (2008) the opportunity cost might be too low in most ...
A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the
... recognition that mitigation is unlikely to slow down anthropogenic climate change, let alone stop it. Climate models indicate that current greenhouse gas emissions commit the earth to ongoing increases in mean global temperature (McBean et al., 2001; Hansen et al., 2002). Even the most aggressive em ...
... recognition that mitigation is unlikely to slow down anthropogenic climate change, let alone stop it. Climate models indicate that current greenhouse gas emissions commit the earth to ongoing increases in mean global temperature (McBean et al., 2001; Hansen et al., 2002). Even the most aggressive em ...
RELEVANT, IMMEDIATE, LOCAL: GUIDE TO
... of heat trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by 40% (Climate Commission, 2013b). Effectively communicating the climate change problem requires canvasing the local and personally relevant effects. Audiences are most engaged with problems that are directly connected to them. The public discussi ...
... of heat trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by 40% (Climate Commission, 2013b). Effectively communicating the climate change problem requires canvasing the local and personally relevant effects. Audiences are most engaged with problems that are directly connected to them. The public discussi ...
Uncertain futures
... countries is of crucial importance for the continued development of antibiotic resistance, both globally and in Sweden. The problem requires collaboration on a global scale. To develop new antibiotics has proven to be extremely difficult and a new antibiotic also risks rapidly losing effect in a wor ...
... countries is of crucial importance for the continued development of antibiotic resistance, both globally and in Sweden. The problem requires collaboration on a global scale. To develop new antibiotics has proven to be extremely difficult and a new antibiotic also risks rapidly losing effect in a wor ...
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
... of Pacific Island Countries and communities. In 2007 the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders reiterated their deep concern over this serious and growing threat to the economic, social and environmental well being of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), their communities, peoples and cultures. ...
... of Pacific Island Countries and communities. In 2007 the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders reiterated their deep concern over this serious and growing threat to the economic, social and environmental well being of Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), their communities, peoples and cultures. ...
Climate change as a driver of change in the Great Lakes St
... on Lakes Michigan and Huron. The International Upper Great Lakes Study (2012) identified shifts in the hydro-climatic regime for the period 1948–2008. Evaporation from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin has increased since 1948 but a corresponding increase in overlake precipitation has offset t ...
... on Lakes Michigan and Huron. The International Upper Great Lakes Study (2012) identified shifts in the hydro-climatic regime for the period 1948–2008. Evaporation from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin has increased since 1948 but a corresponding increase in overlake precipitation has offset t ...
donald trump (r) - League of Conservation Voters
... interview, Trump said, “I’m not a big believer in manmade climate change. There could be some impact, but I don’t believe it’s a devastating impact … I would say that it goes up, it goes down, and I think it’s very much like this over the years. We’ll see what happens. I mean, we’ll see what happens ...
... interview, Trump said, “I’m not a big believer in manmade climate change. There could be some impact, but I don’t believe it’s a devastating impact … I would say that it goes up, it goes down, and I think it’s very much like this over the years. We’ll see what happens. I mean, we’ll see what happens ...
IJTK 10(1) 57-70
... Common to all regions affected by climate change is changes in flora and fauna distribution and behaviour19,41,47. Animals are taking different migration routes, migrating to new territories frequently moving pole-ward or up in elevation19,47,48. Shrubs near the community of Kangirsualujjuaq, are ch ...
... Common to all regions affected by climate change is changes in flora and fauna distribution and behaviour19,41,47. Animals are taking different migration routes, migrating to new territories frequently moving pole-ward or up in elevation19,47,48. Shrubs near the community of Kangirsualujjuaq, are ch ...
The Price Tag of Being Young
... examination of the policy drivers of the millennials’ raw deal, some of the core policy failures should be noted here to contextualize this urgent turning point for issues of climate and inequality. The college affordability problem for one has many causes, but fundamentally is a problem created by ...
... examination of the policy drivers of the millennials’ raw deal, some of the core policy failures should be noted here to contextualize this urgent turning point for issues of climate and inequality. The college affordability problem for one has many causes, but fundamentally is a problem created by ...
Saint Kitts and Nevis
... exhibit evidence of environmentally sound development. Furthermore, St. Kitts and Nevis’ inventories of GHGs demonstrate that the country is a net sink for global carbon emissions, although like other Small Island Developing States, it is expected to bear the brunt of the impacts. ...
... exhibit evidence of environmentally sound development. Furthermore, St. Kitts and Nevis’ inventories of GHGs demonstrate that the country is a net sink for global carbon emissions, although like other Small Island Developing States, it is expected to bear the brunt of the impacts. ...
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... water supply, basin regulation, and associated hydropower potential. Many rivers that are used to generate hydroelectricity in the region are fed by high altitude lagoons and snow caps. Colombia’s power sector is particularly vulnerable, as two thirds of all power is hydrogenerated. Destruction of w ...
... water supply, basin regulation, and associated hydropower potential. Many rivers that are used to generate hydroelectricity in the region are fed by high altitude lagoons and snow caps. Colombia’s power sector is particularly vulnerable, as two thirds of all power is hydrogenerated. Destruction of w ...
The geopolitics of climate change
... James’ evaluation. This is all important because of the popularity of Malthusian environmental scarcity formulations as the cause of all sorts of contemporary insecurities (Dalby, 2009). As Christian Parenti (2011) emphasizes, contemporary climate changes are impacting on landscapes already restruct ...
... James’ evaluation. This is all important because of the popularity of Malthusian environmental scarcity formulations as the cause of all sorts of contemporary insecurities (Dalby, 2009). As Christian Parenti (2011) emphasizes, contemporary climate changes are impacting on landscapes already restruct ...
Global climate change and the Antarctic Treaty system since 2000.
... new millennium. With most of the business focused on the Antarctic operations of the signatories and issues relating to the implementation and requirement of the recently ratified Protocol (1998), the sole paper with a direct bearing on climate change was submitted by Russia and related to their ong ...
... new millennium. With most of the business focused on the Antarctic operations of the signatories and issues relating to the implementation and requirement of the recently ratified Protocol (1998), the sole paper with a direct bearing on climate change was submitted by Russia and related to their ong ...
Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Issues Related to
... Projections of statistical aspects of weather and climate extremes can be derived from climate models representing possible future climate states. Some of the recent models have reproduced results previously reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second Assessment Report, s ...
... Projections of statistical aspects of weather and climate extremes can be derived from climate models representing possible future climate states. Some of the recent models have reproduced results previously reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second Assessment Report, s ...
Food System Futures: dealing with uncertainty and complexity
... unfold from existing patterns, new factors and alternative human choices. The stories can be told in the language of both words and numbers (Raskin, 2005). ...
... unfold from existing patterns, new factors and alternative human choices. The stories can be told in the language of both words and numbers (Raskin, 2005). ...
The Paris Agreement is a sham: Nicaragua`s perspective
... greenhouse gas emissions; the Convention by itself only encourages them to do so. It sets binding emissions reduction targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European Union; they would cut their emissions by at least 5 % relative to 1990 levels by 2008-2012 (the first commitment period)10 ...
... greenhouse gas emissions; the Convention by itself only encourages them to do so. It sets binding emissions reduction targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European Union; they would cut their emissions by at least 5 % relative to 1990 levels by 2008-2012 (the first commitment period)10 ...
Infosylva Special COP 17
... contaminantes se comprometan a reducir emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y se liberen fondos para los países más afectados por el calentamiento global. Kenyan activist lauded at COP17 The Mercury, 08/12/11 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai’s memory was honoured at an event on the sid ...
... contaminantes se comprometan a reducir emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y se liberen fondos para los países más afectados por el calentamiento global. Kenyan activist lauded at COP17 The Mercury, 08/12/11 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai’s memory was honoured at an event on the sid ...
Germany`s International Approach to Climate Change
... average global warming to two degrees Celsius. But we need this action now - because time is running out. In Copenhagen the international community agreed in principle on additional fast start financial support for developing countries. This pledge ...
... average global warming to two degrees Celsius. But we need this action now - because time is running out. In Copenhagen the international community agreed in principle on additional fast start financial support for developing countries. This pledge ...
Appendix B: Meteorology and Climate
... Climate variability is a critical factor in ecosystem function. It operates on a wide range of time scales, the most relevant of which are seasonal, interannual, interdecadal, and the climate change scale (10 to 100 yr). ...
... Climate variability is a critical factor in ecosystem function. It operates on a wide range of time scales, the most relevant of which are seasonal, interannual, interdecadal, and the climate change scale (10 to 100 yr). ...