Moral intensity and climate-friendly food choices
... the perceived TI did not have any effect. We suggest that Jones’s (1991) Issue-Contingent Model of Ethical Decision Making is especially well suited for studying climate-friendly actions, since the above-mentioned moral intensity components capture significant aspects of climate change. First of all, ...
... the perceived TI did not have any effect. We suggest that Jones’s (1991) Issue-Contingent Model of Ethical Decision Making is especially well suited for studying climate-friendly actions, since the above-mentioned moral intensity components capture significant aspects of climate change. First of all, ...
PPT
... “Kyoto also failed to address two major pollutants that have an impact on warming: black soot and tropospheric ozone. Both are proven health hazards. Reducing both would not only address climate change, but also ...
... “Kyoto also failed to address two major pollutants that have an impact on warming: black soot and tropospheric ozone. Both are proven health hazards. Reducing both would not only address climate change, but also ...
health, climate and economic risks of the carmichael coalmine
... of these tipping points are the loss of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, thawing of permafrost in Siberia and loss of the Amazon rainforest. Consistent with the remaining global carbon budget, for Australia to play its role in tackling climate change, over 90% of Australia’s coal reserve ...
... of these tipping points are the loss of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, thawing of permafrost in Siberia and loss of the Amazon rainforest. Consistent with the remaining global carbon budget, for Australia to play its role in tackling climate change, over 90% of Australia’s coal reserve ...
Decision Making Framework and Tools
... Generic quantitative risk assessment was undertaken through the application of the selected Decision Testing Tools. The principal tool used during this stage of the piloting was the MDSF (Modelling and Decision Support Framework). This permitted the rapid estimation of direct economic damages associ ...
... Generic quantitative risk assessment was undertaken through the application of the selected Decision Testing Tools. The principal tool used during this stage of the piloting was the MDSF (Modelling and Decision Support Framework). This permitted the rapid estimation of direct economic damages associ ...
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... in Sri Lanka in terms of observed and projected climatic changes, their impacts on water resources and agriculture (the two sectors most important for future food security), and CC mitigation and ...
... in Sri Lanka in terms of observed and projected climatic changes, their impacts on water resources and agriculture (the two sectors most important for future food security), and CC mitigation and ...
Canadian Climate Change Risk Assessment Guide
... past 40 years, since greenhouse gas forcing became a primary factor affecting climate, in temperature, precipitation and other closely related factors are reasonably good indicators of the trends to be expected for the next four decades out to 2050/2060. The extension of these trends also agrees wel ...
... past 40 years, since greenhouse gas forcing became a primary factor affecting climate, in temperature, precipitation and other closely related factors are reasonably good indicators of the trends to be expected for the next four decades out to 2050/2060. The extension of these trends also agrees wel ...
Effects of climate change on inland waters of the Pacific coastal
... available to generate extreme rainfall. These storms may generate the greatest ¯oods in some alpine basins that are high enough to avoid midwinter rain on snow events. Stream ¯ow in Sierra Nevada rivers may be low during intense or extended droughts. For example, during. 1977 when average snow water ...
... available to generate extreme rainfall. These storms may generate the greatest ¯oods in some alpine basins that are high enough to avoid midwinter rain on snow events. Stream ¯ow in Sierra Nevada rivers may be low during intense or extended droughts. For example, during. 1977 when average snow water ...
`Dynamic Differentiation`: The Principles of CBDR
... nor does it have incentives to act unless other states also take action – otherwise it would bear a larger relative cost. As in a ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ involving 197 prisoners, therefore, participation of all states is necessary for effective and fair cooperation. Furthermore, climate change results ...
... nor does it have incentives to act unless other states also take action – otherwise it would bear a larger relative cost. As in a ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ involving 197 prisoners, therefore, participation of all states is necessary for effective and fair cooperation. Furthermore, climate change results ...
migratory species and climate change
... all aware that Climate Change is likely to be the main driver of biodiversity loss in future. The impacts of Climate Change cause additional pressures on ecosystems that are already stressed by overuse, degradation, fragmentation and loss of total area. In combination, these factors reduce not onl ...
... all aware that Climate Change is likely to be the main driver of biodiversity loss in future. The impacts of Climate Change cause additional pressures on ecosystems that are already stressed by overuse, degradation, fragmentation and loss of total area. In combination, these factors reduce not onl ...
Streamflow timing of mountain rivers in spain: Recent changes and
... we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all leg ...
... we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all leg ...
Global Change Impacts on Australian Rangelands
... • There remain several methodological and other issues that need attention. At a fundamental level, the representation of climate change itself can vary the results. Whilst we have adopted approaches that appear to be fairly robust, further research is needed into downscaling climate change data. Th ...
... • There remain several methodological and other issues that need attention. At a fundamental level, the representation of climate change itself can vary the results. Whilst we have adopted approaches that appear to be fairly robust, further research is needed into downscaling climate change data. Th ...
Climate Change Reporting Framework – Edition 1.1 October 2012
... been established through widespread adoption of the GHG Protocol. More information about the amendments to paragraphs 4.22 – 4.27 of the CCRF can be found on CDSB’s website at www.cdsb.net/frameworkupdates. Edition 1.1 October 2012 of the CCRF is not intended to represent the final Framework, rather ...
... been established through widespread adoption of the GHG Protocol. More information about the amendments to paragraphs 4.22 – 4.27 of the CCRF can be found on CDSB’s website at www.cdsb.net/frameworkupdates. Edition 1.1 October 2012 of the CCRF is not intended to represent the final Framework, rather ...
Climate sensitivity, sea level and atmospheric carbon dioxide
... and ice sheets to fully respond to the changed atmospheric composition. In addition, there is the potential that global warming from fossil fuel CO2 could spur release of CH4 and CO2 from methane hydrates or permafrost. Carbon release during the hyperthermals required several thousand years, but tha ...
... and ice sheets to fully respond to the changed atmospheric composition. In addition, there is the potential that global warming from fossil fuel CO2 could spur release of CH4 and CO2 from methane hydrates or permafrost. Carbon release during the hyperthermals required several thousand years, but tha ...
georgia - Climate Forum East
... activity. Global temperatures are rising, rainfall patterns are becoming more unpredictable, and the sea level is rising, with these trends expected to continue over the coming decades. A warmer climate has also been linked with more frequent and intense climate-related disasters and extreme weather ...
... activity. Global temperatures are rising, rainfall patterns are becoming more unpredictable, and the sea level is rising, with these trends expected to continue over the coming decades. A warmer climate has also been linked with more frequent and intense climate-related disasters and extreme weather ...
ecosystem-based adaptation - Fundação Grupo Boticário de
... reference – constructed based on discussions held with members of the Climate Observatory and with representatives of Brazil’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) – for guiding the study:”ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION: opportunities for publi ...
... reference – constructed based on discussions held with members of the Climate Observatory and with representatives of Brazil’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) – for guiding the study:”ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION: opportunities for publi ...
Sustainability Plan
... 400,000 years ago to present day. Today, there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than at any time in history, as measured by these samples, and further atmospheric testing shows that we have extended to 402ppm atmospheric CO2, which is well above any other measure in time. Scientists expect t ...
... 400,000 years ago to present day. Today, there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than at any time in history, as measured by these samples, and further atmospheric testing shows that we have extended to 402ppm atmospheric CO2, which is well above any other measure in time. Scientists expect t ...
On the tropical origin of uncertainties in the global land precipitation
... change are, like precipitation itself, very unevenly distributed over the globe, the most vulnerable countries sometimes being those where the anticipated precipitation changes are the most uncertain. ...
... change are, like precipitation itself, very unevenly distributed over the globe, the most vulnerable countries sometimes being those where the anticipated precipitation changes are the most uncertain. ...
Kenya Talks Climate
... become an international priority. In many ways, this is because climate change was originally communicated as a scientific problem. Complex, confusing, and at times contested scientific information resulted in a slow public and political response to the climate crisis. The climate change debate has ...
... become an international priority. In many ways, this is because climate change was originally communicated as a scientific problem. Complex, confusing, and at times contested scientific information resulted in a slow public and political response to the climate crisis. The climate change debate has ...
Towards transformational change: UNDP`s work in environment
... disasters also threaten sustainable development. Despite progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), poverty levels remain unacceptably high and many of the world’s poor still lack access to basic services such as clean water and energy. People’s lives and livelihoods are thr ...
... disasters also threaten sustainable development. Despite progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), poverty levels remain unacceptably high and many of the world’s poor still lack access to basic services such as clean water and energy. People’s lives and livelihoods are thr ...
wrm bulletin # 37 - World Rainforest Movement
... The way to reduce the use of fossil fuels is to replace them as quickly as possible with environmentally-friendly sources of energy. Such a solution is technically feas ible, but very powerful forces -such as the oil industry- and a number of industrialized-country governments are opposing this appr ...
... The way to reduce the use of fossil fuels is to replace them as quickly as possible with environmentally-friendly sources of energy. Such a solution is technically feas ible, but very powerful forces -such as the oil industry- and a number of industrialized-country governments are opposing this appr ...
Climate Change and Tax Policy - Digital Commons @ Boston
... naturally in the atmosphere, while others result exclusively from human activities. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride are among the class of GHGs generated exclusively through human industrial processes.15 In contrast, carbon dioxide (CO2 or carbon), methane ...
... naturally in the atmosphere, while others result exclusively from human activities. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride are among the class of GHGs generated exclusively through human industrial processes.15 In contrast, carbon dioxide (CO2 or carbon), methane ...
Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels
... in their seasonal periods of climate sensitivity, each typified by different levels of directional ...
... in their seasonal periods of climate sensitivity, each typified by different levels of directional ...
- International Studies Association
... Increasingly the climate change and human mobility nexus (put simply, the impacts that climate change will have on human mobility) is conceptualised as being played out in a landscape of risks to which people must become resilient. This is leading to the narrative that, in order to increase resilien ...
... Increasingly the climate change and human mobility nexus (put simply, the impacts that climate change will have on human mobility) is conceptualised as being played out in a landscape of risks to which people must become resilient. This is leading to the narrative that, in order to increase resilien ...
Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration
... if it relied on an evolutionary adaptation alone. This example illustrates the main ‘advantage’ of individual plasticity compared to adaptive evolution to track climate change effects: plasticity ‘allows’ more rapid changes, as well as tracking of annual fluctuations in the environment. However, for ...
... if it relied on an evolutionary adaptation alone. This example illustrates the main ‘advantage’ of individual plasticity compared to adaptive evolution to track climate change effects: plasticity ‘allows’ more rapid changes, as well as tracking of annual fluctuations in the environment. However, for ...
Potential of semi-structural and non-structural adaptation
... 1993 and 1995 on the Meuse. ICPR (2002) provide ranges of damage reduction percentages for different flood damage mitigation measures. Kreibich et al. (2005) and Kreibich and Thieken (2009) provide data on the effectiveness of household flood-proofing measures in reducing flood damages in Dresden, G ...
... 1993 and 1995 on the Meuse. ICPR (2002) provide ranges of damage reduction percentages for different flood damage mitigation measures. Kreibich et al. (2005) and Kreibich and Thieken (2009) provide data on the effectiveness of household flood-proofing measures in reducing flood damages in Dresden, G ...