Talking about a revolution: climate change and the media
... It has been said that the most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. In the case of media coverage of climate change, that includes the urgency of adaptation, the costs of acting and failing to, the views of the poor, the vested interests that resist change, and the pote ...
... It has been said that the most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. In the case of media coverage of climate change, that includes the urgency of adaptation, the costs of acting and failing to, the views of the poor, the vested interests that resist change, and the pote ...
Climate Change in the Daurian Steppe
... East Asia’s Dauria region is a highly dynamic and diverse ecosystem with extreme climatic conditions. A complex system of wet and dry periods operates in the region over a 30-year cycle, bringing periodic times of water-abundance and drought. This has a massive influence on the ecoregion, altering t ...
... East Asia’s Dauria region is a highly dynamic and diverse ecosystem with extreme climatic conditions. A complex system of wet and dry periods operates in the region over a 30-year cycle, bringing periodic times of water-abundance and drought. This has a massive influence on the ecoregion, altering t ...
funding scheme for the bali action plan
... A Swiss proposal for global solidarity in financing Adaptation 2. OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES To levy the necessary funding for Adaptation by taxing CO2 emissions To tax emissions in all the countries above a « basic need oriented threshold » To establish a National CC Fund (NCCF) in each country To e ...
... A Swiss proposal for global solidarity in financing Adaptation 2. OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES To levy the necessary funding for Adaptation by taxing CO2 emissions To tax emissions in all the countries above a « basic need oriented threshold » To establish a National CC Fund (NCCF) in each country To e ...
Slide 1
... • Starting on January 1, a volume forecast from ‘now’ until the end of July is developed • Part of that forecast will arrive April – July producing the April 1 space requirements (rule curves) • The remainder of that forecast will arrive ‘now’ – March determining the rate of release to get down to t ...
... • Starting on January 1, a volume forecast from ‘now’ until the end of July is developed • Part of that forecast will arrive April – July producing the April 1 space requirements (rule curves) • The remainder of that forecast will arrive ‘now’ – March determining the rate of release to get down to t ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Natural Hazards Profile
... Factors affecting local shoreline positions such as sediment supply, near shore currents, and wave characteristics (height, period and direction) may change, and modelling at present is extremely coarse and relatively uncertain. Projections for global sea level rise are subject to ongoing refinement ...
... Factors affecting local shoreline positions such as sediment supply, near shore currents, and wave characteristics (height, period and direction) may change, and modelling at present is extremely coarse and relatively uncertain. Projections for global sea level rise are subject to ongoing refinement ...
Draft resolution II for the Working group on further commitments
... Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention” Building upon the outcome of the Kyoto Protocol, Extending the original Kyoto Protocol to the Convention with this Amendment, Recalling the provisions of the Convention, Seeing tha ...
... Being Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention” Building upon the outcome of the Kyoto Protocol, Extending the original Kyoto Protocol to the Convention with this Amendment, Recalling the provisions of the Convention, Seeing tha ...
CaseStudy_GLAM_TJanes
... • Results can still be used to suggest implications for future assessments of crop yield under climate change • When comparing results with other crop models, there is some agreement in projection of crop yield reduction over India © Crown copyright Met Office ...
... • Results can still be used to suggest implications for future assessments of crop yield under climate change • When comparing results with other crop models, there is some agreement in projection of crop yield reduction over India © Crown copyright Met Office ...
Climate Change - Division on Earth and Life Studies
... The Carbon Cycle Carbon is continually exchanged between the atmosphere, ocean, biosphere, and land on a variety of timescales. In the short term, CO2 is exchanged continuously among plants, trees, animals, and the air through respiration and photosynthesis, and between the ocean and the atmosphere ...
... The Carbon Cycle Carbon is continually exchanged between the atmosphere, ocean, biosphere, and land on a variety of timescales. In the short term, CO2 is exchanged continuously among plants, trees, animals, and the air through respiration and photosynthesis, and between the ocean and the atmosphere ...
extremes
... informed policy responses to the threat of increased poverty vulnerability as well as better quantify potential damages associated with varying greenhouse targets, it is imperative to understand the linkages between developing country poverty and climate extremes. However, analyses combining both ri ...
... informed policy responses to the threat of increased poverty vulnerability as well as better quantify potential damages associated with varying greenhouse targets, it is imperative to understand the linkages between developing country poverty and climate extremes. However, analyses combining both ri ...
Draft Resolution X - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... RECOGNIZING that wetlands deliver a wide range of ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being, and that some wetland types deliver services that are important for climate change adaptation, including by acting as natural infrastructures to reduce the impacts from severe weather events suc ...
... RECOGNIZING that wetlands deliver a wide range of ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being, and that some wetland types deliver services that are important for climate change adaptation, including by acting as natural infrastructures to reduce the impacts from severe weather events suc ...
The Earth Climate System Model Development at Academic Sinica
... Improvements of CLM simulations by implementing realistic surface/subsurface hydrological parameters and human dimension parameterizations (Min-Hui Lo) ...
... Improvements of CLM simulations by implementing realistic surface/subsurface hydrological parameters and human dimension parameterizations (Min-Hui Lo) ...
Pacific Coast Climate Leadership Action Plan, June 1, 2016
... West Coast U.S. states, the Province of British Columbia, and six major West Coast cities affirms their shared vision of a vibrant low carbon regional economy and establishes formal commitments to joint efforts to transform energy systems, buildings, transportation, and waste management. The cities ...
... West Coast U.S. states, the Province of British Columbia, and six major West Coast cities affirms their shared vision of a vibrant low carbon regional economy and establishes formal commitments to joint efforts to transform energy systems, buildings, transportation, and waste management. The cities ...
Feeling the heat: Australian landbirds and
... current trend ascribed primarily to anthropogenic alteration of atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007). Recent evidence suggests that warming is occurring even more rapidly than predicted by most models used in the 2007 assessment of the Intergovernmental ...
... current trend ascribed primarily to anthropogenic alteration of atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007). Recent evidence suggests that warming is occurring even more rapidly than predicted by most models used in the 2007 assessment of the Intergovernmental ...
Public understanding of science is critical for a society increasingly
... the long-term possibilities of climate change, bringing the reality into peoples’ living rooms. The combination of maps, graphics, and pictures result in a powerful and persuasive medium, whose suitability to communicate uncertain science is unknown. To what extent does visual representation create ...
... the long-term possibilities of climate change, bringing the reality into peoples’ living rooms. The combination of maps, graphics, and pictures result in a powerful and persuasive medium, whose suitability to communicate uncertain science is unknown. To what extent does visual representation create ...
climatic cataclysm
... need to be alert to the possibility that although our current circumstances are doubly dangerous, this confluence could give us an opportunity to design a set of changes in our energy systems that will help us deal with both problems. ...
... need to be alert to the possibility that although our current circumstances are doubly dangerous, this confluence could give us an opportunity to design a set of changes in our energy systems that will help us deal with both problems. ...
Eco-support Activity and Carbon Calculators Promote Climate Work
... in eco-support activity Training of more eco-supporters for project municipalities will continue. Training materials will be jointly developed and a special eco-support website will gather information on current affairs and best practices. Common further training events and meetings will be arranged ...
... in eco-support activity Training of more eco-supporters for project municipalities will continue. Training materials will be jointly developed and a special eco-support website will gather information on current affairs and best practices. Common further training events and meetings will be arranged ...
Multilevel Governance and American Influence on Canadian
... In this context, it is hardly surprising that the policy responses to climate change by Canada and the United States have been closely aligned. Those who follow Canadian and US politics also will not be surprised that the arrow of influence runs decidedly northward in the case of climate policy, jus ...
... In this context, it is hardly surprising that the policy responses to climate change by Canada and the United States have been closely aligned. Those who follow Canadian and US politics also will not be surprised that the arrow of influence runs decidedly northward in the case of climate policy, jus ...
Hope Below Our Feet: Soil as a Climate Solution
... although a historic achievement, fails to meet emission reduction goals necessary to meet the target of 2oC warming or significantly less by the year 2100. The difference between the voluntarily pledged reductions, and those deemed essential to meet even the basic 2oC target, is called the “emission ...
... although a historic achievement, fails to meet emission reduction goals necessary to meet the target of 2oC warming or significantly less by the year 2100. The difference between the voluntarily pledged reductions, and those deemed essential to meet even the basic 2oC target, is called the “emission ...
Impacts of Climate Change
... low end of usefulness for policymakers and others; they are not predictive enough to be actionable because the exact nature of the events that will jar the planet in the near- and long-term future—the wheres, whens, and hows of climate change—remains both unknown and unknowable. This paper offers po ...
... low end of usefulness for policymakers and others; they are not predictive enough to be actionable because the exact nature of the events that will jar the planet in the near- and long-term future—the wheres, whens, and hows of climate change—remains both unknown and unknowable. This paper offers po ...
The Greenhouse Effect o
... The state agency that works with the public, the business sector, and local governments to protect the public’s health, the economy, and the state’s ecological resources through the most cost-effective reduction of air pollution. Carbon footprint: The total amount of carbon gases produced directly a ...
... The state agency that works with the public, the business sector, and local governments to protect the public’s health, the economy, and the state’s ecological resources through the most cost-effective reduction of air pollution. Carbon footprint: The total amount of carbon gases produced directly a ...
A Review of Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi)
... In other words, one big change, like ice-sheets enveloping the world, is more easily associated with climate than lots of smaller changes, which are more readily seen merely as weather. Thus the shift from temperate to Arctic conditions may be both the most dramatic and most immediately intelligibl ...
... In other words, one big change, like ice-sheets enveloping the world, is more easily associated with climate than lots of smaller changes, which are more readily seen merely as weather. Thus the shift from temperate to Arctic conditions may be both the most dramatic and most immediately intelligibl ...
PDF
... • The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map o Completely digital, best science o 1990-2012 comparison presents more questions than answers o Further study on long term trends and variations needed ...
... • The 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map o Completely digital, best science o 1990-2012 comparison presents more questions than answers o Further study on long term trends and variations needed ...
Public Perception of Climate Risk: The Case of Greece
... Public perception to climate risk could also be associated with peoples’ willingness to act. Bord et al. [36] point out that based on their analysis a limited willingness to sacrifice to better deal with climate change impact is noted. Even though people are willing to support climate change mitigat ...
... Public perception to climate risk could also be associated with peoples’ willingness to act. Bord et al. [36] point out that based on their analysis a limited willingness to sacrifice to better deal with climate change impact is noted. Even though people are willing to support climate change mitigat ...
Friday lecture part 2 - Pdx
... economic, societal, and political implications. But how do we know that climate is changing? And what can and should we do about it? This course will serve as an introduction to concepts relating to past and future climate change on Earth. An interdisciplinary approach will be used to examine the re ...
... economic, societal, and political implications. But how do we know that climate is changing? And what can and should we do about it? This course will serve as an introduction to concepts relating to past and future climate change on Earth. An interdisciplinary approach will be used to examine the re ...
Climate change effects and Agriculture in Italy: a
... concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere induced by socio-economic development and human activities over time. Concentrations of GHG, mainly carbon dioxide (CO2), increased by 70% since 1970. Climate changes (CC), associated to atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gases, could alt ...
... concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere induced by socio-economic development and human activities over time. Concentrations of GHG, mainly carbon dioxide (CO2), increased by 70% since 1970. Climate changes (CC), associated to atmospheric accumulation of greenhouse gases, could alt ...