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A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
... a forced migration perspective, the term is flawed for several reasons. The term “climate refugees” implies a mono-causality that one rarely finds in human reality. No one factor, event or process, inevitably results in forced migration or conflict. It is very likely that climate change impacts will ...
... a forced migration perspective, the term is flawed for several reasons. The term “climate refugees” implies a mono-causality that one rarely finds in human reality. No one factor, event or process, inevitably results in forced migration or conflict. It is very likely that climate change impacts will ...
climate change and insurance law
... developments. The response to Climate change has also facilitated new forms of alternative risk transfer (ART). ...
... developments. The response to Climate change has also facilitated new forms of alternative risk transfer (ART). ...
Our People, Our Planet, Our Power
... change, we needed experts from the community to help us figure out the right questions to ask. We pulled together a grassroots Steering Committee consisting of young people, cultural workers, activists and organizers in the labor movement, black leaders, and students from South Seattle. The steering ...
... change, we needed experts from the community to help us figure out the right questions to ask. We pulled together a grassroots Steering Committee consisting of young people, cultural workers, activists and organizers in the labor movement, black leaders, and students from South Seattle. The steering ...
STRIVE Elucidating the Impact of Report Series No.52
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the authors accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occ ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the authors accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occ ...
Philippine businesses’ response to climate
... This report likewise highlights the earnest need of harnessing private and public sector partnership. The Philippine Climate Change Commission, with the objective of raising public awareness on climate change and strengthening institutions and mechanisms, is currently embarking on greater engagement ...
... This report likewise highlights the earnest need of harnessing private and public sector partnership. The Philippine Climate Change Commission, with the objective of raising public awareness on climate change and strengthening institutions and mechanisms, is currently embarking on greater engagement ...
- Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR)
... • Rank 1: least vulnerable (Highest index values), Rank 13: most vulnerable (Lowest index values). ...
... • Rank 1: least vulnerable (Highest index values), Rank 13: most vulnerable (Lowest index values). ...
Feedback Dynamics, Sensitivity - Apollo-Gaia
... Change in the dynamic thermal equilibrium of the Planet Planet earth exists in a state of dynamic thermal equilibrium with its environment. Energy received at its surface (from geo-thermal and solar sources) is dynamically balanced by energy transmitted through its atmosphere and radiated to space. ...
... Change in the dynamic thermal equilibrium of the Planet Planet earth exists in a state of dynamic thermal equilibrium with its environment. Energy received at its surface (from geo-thermal and solar sources) is dynamically balanced by energy transmitted through its atmosphere and radiated to space. ...
Climate Change and Security
... The region is ridden by conflict and has been the focus of geopolitical interests for the large resources of fossil fuels situated in most South West Asian countries. Major conflict areas currently exist in Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with conflict spreading easily across borders. Terroris ...
... The region is ridden by conflict and has been the focus of geopolitical interests for the large resources of fossil fuels situated in most South West Asian countries. Major conflict areas currently exist in Yemen, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with conflict spreading easily across borders. Terroris ...
Quantification of hydrologic impacts of climate change in a
... most recent during 1990–2000) that resulted in water restrictions for the agricultural and tourist sectors and led to substantial financial losses. Despite this, no extensive study has been devoted to evaluating the hydrological vulnerability of this and other Sardinian basins. In this paper, we pro ...
... most recent during 1990–2000) that resulted in water restrictions for the agricultural and tourist sectors and led to substantial financial losses. Despite this, no extensive study has been devoted to evaluating the hydrological vulnerability of this and other Sardinian basins. In this paper, we pro ...
On the moral differences between mitigation and adaptation
... The burdens involved in managing the problems of a changing climate are in turn of differenttypes.FollowingtheterminologyemployedbytheIPCC(2007),theliterature predominantly distinguishes between mitigation and adaptation. 3 Mitigation refers to various steps to ...
... The burdens involved in managing the problems of a changing climate are in turn of differenttypes.FollowingtheterminologyemployedbytheIPCC(2007),theliterature predominantly distinguishes between mitigation and adaptation. 3 Mitigation refers to various steps to ...
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
... revolutions, it was already possible to see that climate change played a role in the complex causality of the revolts spreading across the region. They called it a “threat multiplier.”1 It significantly increased the interactive effects—and hence the overall impact—of political, economic, religious, ...
... revolutions, it was already possible to see that climate change played a role in the complex causality of the revolts spreading across the region. They called it a “threat multiplier.”1 It significantly increased the interactive effects—and hence the overall impact—of political, economic, religious, ...
environmental, economic and social impacts of
... The unusual fact of awarding the 2007 Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of several thousand scientists as well as to Albert Gore who popularised the climate change issues and made the film on anthropogenic climate change may signify two important t ...
... The unusual fact of awarding the 2007 Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of several thousand scientists as well as to Albert Gore who popularised the climate change issues and made the film on anthropogenic climate change may signify two important t ...
How Will I Be Remembered? Conserving the
... legacy motives. We determined sample size for the present experiment based on these results, which suggested a small to medium effect size. The instructions asked participants to think about ways in which they would have a positive impact on future generations (e.g., “think about skills or knowledge ...
... legacy motives. We determined sample size for the present experiment based on these results, which suggested a small to medium effect size. The instructions asked participants to think about ways in which they would have a positive impact on future generations (e.g., “think about skills or knowledge ...
CESD - The University of Edinburgh
... • How to bring that software together in a useful system. • How to persuade academics to produce high-quality code so that others can build on their work. • Social changes (metric of academic success needs to be more than a journal paper) • Technological support – infrastructure to support distribut ...
... • How to bring that software together in a useful system. • How to persuade academics to produce high-quality code so that others can build on their work. • Social changes (metric of academic success needs to be more than a journal paper) • Technological support – infrastructure to support distribut ...
What is climate change - Committees
... panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.” Man-made greenhouse gas2 emissions have noticeable effects on the earth’s climate. At present, about 6.5 billion tonnes of car ...
... panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.” Man-made greenhouse gas2 emissions have noticeable effects on the earth’s climate. At present, about 6.5 billion tonnes of car ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: Scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments (opens in new window)
... storm tracks, genesis locations, speeds, sizes and landfall locations. Knutson et al. reported that few studies have explored the affects of climate change on these characteristics and there is little consensus in projections. While it is important to continue to refine projections, some types of ada ...
... storm tracks, genesis locations, speeds, sizes and landfall locations. Knutson et al. reported that few studies have explored the affects of climate change on these characteristics and there is little consensus in projections. While it is important to continue to refine projections, some types of ada ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... The guidance is divided in three main parts; a general part with background information, a part with recommendations on how to evaluate and weight evidence of climate impact in the different review processes and a more practical step-by-step manual on how to collect and evaluate data. Section 4 desc ...
... The guidance is divided in three main parts; a general part with background information, a part with recommendations on how to evaluate and weight evidence of climate impact in the different review processes and a more practical step-by-step manual on how to collect and evaluate data. Section 4 desc ...
Global Increase in Climate-Related Disasters
... The first half of this decade will be ostensibly remembered for deadly climate-related disasters; among them, the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Hurricane Sandy in the United States (US) in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. The year 2014 was the Earth’s warmest in 134 years of ...
... The first half of this decade will be ostensibly remembered for deadly climate-related disasters; among them, the great floods in Thailand in 2011, Hurricane Sandy in the United States (US) in 2012, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013. The year 2014 was the Earth’s warmest in 134 years of ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... Decisions related to coastal and environmental challenges are made every day, and it is a priority of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ensure that coastal decision makers have the data, information, tools, and services they require to make the most informed choices about ...
... Decisions related to coastal and environmental challenges are made every day, and it is a priority of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ensure that coastal decision makers have the data, information, tools, and services they require to make the most informed choices about ...
Climate change
... Climate change is a serious issue and will have severe and at the same time heterogeneous effects on the countries in the world. While some countries (as e.g. Russia, the Nordic countries) might benefit, provided that temperature increases are not too high, many countries, amongst them the poorest c ...
... Climate change is a serious issue and will have severe and at the same time heterogeneous effects on the countries in the world. While some countries (as e.g. Russia, the Nordic countries) might benefit, provided that temperature increases are not too high, many countries, amongst them the poorest c ...
Recent pause in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2 associated with
... effect of temperature through the alleviation of temperature limitations to growth in colder regions, and the extension of the growing season, observable as an increase in vegetation cover in satellite observations. A global greening of the Earth’s surface has been reported in satellite observations ...
... effect of temperature through the alleviation of temperature limitations to growth in colder regions, and the extension of the growing season, observable as an increase in vegetation cover in satellite observations. A global greening of the Earth’s surface has been reported in satellite observations ...
Feeling the Heat - Development and Peace
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
Risks of Climate Change with Respect to the Singapore
... Received: 4 August 2016; Accepted: 9 December 2016; Published: 20 December 2016 ...
... Received: 4 August 2016; Accepted: 9 December 2016; Published: 20 December 2016 ...
Engaging state officials and agencies to advocate for landmark
... The Nature Conservancy welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the Safeguarding California Plan: Reducing Climate Risk (“SCP” or “The Plan”), an update to the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. The mission of the Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all l ...
... The Nature Conservancy welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the Safeguarding California Plan: Reducing Climate Risk (“SCP” or “The Plan”), an update to the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. The mission of the Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all l ...
Abrupt climate change: can society cope?
... society. In principle, both of these types of abrupt climate change related to severity are embedded in the IPCC (2001) scenarios, and hence conventional vulnerability and adaptation studies are in principle able to consider them. On the other hand, climate models may not be particularly reliable in ...
... society. In principle, both of these types of abrupt climate change related to severity are embedded in the IPCC (2001) scenarios, and hence conventional vulnerability and adaptation studies are in principle able to consider them. On the other hand, climate models may not be particularly reliable in ...
Fred Singer
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Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.