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Climate Conventions and Africa/Ethiopia - EfD
... one of the first victims, given the history of droughts, the fact that about 85% of its population depends on rain-fed agriculture, and that the country is landlocked. Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to ...
... one of the first victims, given the history of droughts, the fact that about 85% of its population depends on rain-fed agriculture, and that the country is landlocked. Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to ...
Climate change and forced migration
... impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely r ...
... impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely r ...
The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed
... CO2 -related climate change, is expected to lead to global-scale changes in the structure, density and function of plants. Within a climate model, the element that simulates the initial effect of LCC is the land surface model (LSM). The LSM is a key component in understanding the Earth’s carbon cycl ...
... CO2 -related climate change, is expected to lead to global-scale changes in the structure, density and function of plants. Within a climate model, the element that simulates the initial effect of LCC is the land surface model (LSM). The LSM is a key component in understanding the Earth’s carbon cycl ...
Climate Change, Political Truth, and the Marketplace of Ideas
... CLIMATE CHANGE, POLITICAL TRUTH, AND THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS Karl S. Coplan* INTRODUCTION In an interview last year in Time magazine, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson commented on congressional efforts to undo her greenhouse gas (GHG) endangerment finding under Clea ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE, POLITICAL TRUTH, AND THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS Karl S. Coplan* INTRODUCTION In an interview last year in Time magazine, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson commented on congressional efforts to undo her greenhouse gas (GHG) endangerment finding under Clea ...
Climate Induced Migration - The International Journal of Climate
... are often subject to limited and misleading information and to a range of constraints such as limited resources, family ties and in some cases, limited time to make critical decisions. Neoclassical migration theory emphasizes economic betterment as the main factor in migration decisions. But the rea ...
... are often subject to limited and misleading information and to a range of constraints such as limited resources, family ties and in some cases, limited time to make critical decisions. Neoclassical migration theory emphasizes economic betterment as the main factor in migration decisions. But the rea ...
Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate – ANZEC
... Then there were the false storylines regarding storms. There was no evidence from data all across the world that storms were becoming more frequent or more severe. While losses of life and infrastructure damage from storms had increased, this was due to rises in population density. So, once again, ‘ ...
... Then there were the false storylines regarding storms. There was no evidence from data all across the world that storms were becoming more frequent or more severe. While losses of life and infrastructure damage from storms had increased, this was due to rises in population density. So, once again, ‘ ...
Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
Economics of PGRFA Management for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Selected Literature
... respond positively to elevated CO2 in the absence of climate change (e.g. Kimball et al., 2002; Jablonski et al., 2002; Ainsworth and Long, 2005), the associated impacts of high temperatures, altered patterns of precipitation and possibly increased frequency of extreme events such as drought and flo ...
... respond positively to elevated CO2 in the absence of climate change (e.g. Kimball et al., 2002; Jablonski et al., 2002; Ainsworth and Long, 2005), the associated impacts of high temperatures, altered patterns of precipitation and possibly increased frequency of extreme events such as drought and flo ...
The Emergence of Climate Change Mitigation Action by Society: An
... of their state and the state of the environment. This modelling technique furthermore allows for simulating autonomous and heterogeneous agents with bounded rationality and adaptive agent behaviour over local interactions. In this way, the emergence of macroscopic regularities can be discovered from ...
... of their state and the state of the environment. This modelling technique furthermore allows for simulating autonomous and heterogeneous agents with bounded rationality and adaptive agent behaviour over local interactions. In this way, the emergence of macroscopic regularities can be discovered from ...
Combined speeds of climate and land
... controls on climate velocity. The projected velocities and speeds that we report are higher than previous estimates of historical velocities5 (0.80–1 km decade−1 for 1916–2005, and 2–5 km decade−1 for 1976–2005). However, these historical velocities were calculated from 1-km-resolution data sets, an ...
... controls on climate velocity. The projected velocities and speeds that we report are higher than previous estimates of historical velocities5 (0.80–1 km decade−1 for 1916–2005, and 2–5 km decade−1 for 1976–2005). However, these historical velocities were calculated from 1-km-resolution data sets, an ...
West Lothian Council Climate Change Strategy 2015-2020
... West Lothian Council along with our Community Planning Partners is committed to improving the quality of life for people in West Lothian, and making this the best possible place to live, work and do business. One of the biggest challenges we have to address in order to deliver this commitment is the ...
... West Lothian Council along with our Community Planning Partners is committed to improving the quality of life for people in West Lothian, and making this the best possible place to live, work and do business. One of the biggest challenges we have to address in order to deliver this commitment is the ...
Evaluation of FAO's contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation - Management Response
... especially strengthen its partnerships and collaboration with other UN organizations, such as the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). ...
... especially strengthen its partnerships and collaboration with other UN organizations, such as the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). ...
climate changes and adaptation policies in the baltic and the adriatic
... Starting in 1992, most countries world-wide made together an international treaty called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in order to cooperatively negotiate what they might do to limit the average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change as well as to f ...
... Starting in 1992, most countries world-wide made together an international treaty called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in order to cooperatively negotiate what they might do to limit the average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change as well as to f ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
The Spatial Dimensions of Climate Change at the Mega
... An adaptation of the mega-urban region of HCMC to climate change can only be achieved through the broad integration of urban and environmental planning approaches (see Figure 2). The scale of the megacity itself presents the opportunity for sector-specific adaptation and mitigation approaches to com ...
... An adaptation of the mega-urban region of HCMC to climate change can only be achieved through the broad integration of urban and environmental planning approaches (see Figure 2). The scale of the megacity itself presents the opportunity for sector-specific adaptation and mitigation approaches to com ...
changing risks in changing climate
... population census data from the areas affected is expected to increase due to the trend of increased urbanization in the Danube Macro-region. Vulnerability metrics such as the age distribution of population is also expected to contribute to higher level of risk associated to heat waves due to the ag ...
... population census data from the areas affected is expected to increase due to the trend of increased urbanization in the Danube Macro-region. Vulnerability metrics such as the age distribution of population is also expected to contribute to higher level of risk associated to heat waves due to the ag ...
Climate Impact Research in the BSR: State of the Art
... New Orleans is a disaster waiting to happen. The city lies below sea level, in a bowl bordered by levees that fend off Lake Pontchartrain to the north and the Mississippi River to the south and west. And because of a damning confluence of factors, the city is sinking further, putting it at increasin ...
... New Orleans is a disaster waiting to happen. The city lies below sea level, in a bowl bordered by levees that fend off Lake Pontchartrain to the north and the Mississippi River to the south and west. And because of a damning confluence of factors, the city is sinking further, putting it at increasin ...
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... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
Complaint
... due to human activity, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. Current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are approximately 400 parts per million and are associated with observable changes in the earth’s climate that harm human welfare. As carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise, further ...
... due to human activity, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. Current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are approximately 400 parts per million and are associated with observable changes in the earth’s climate that harm human welfare. As carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise, further ...
Simulated dynamics of net primary productivity
... resulting in an annual consumption of 4927.5 kg. It is important to point out that one animal unit stands for an adult cow along with its calf of less than seven months. Based on (12), consumption can be standardized at 4.925 kg / DM per animal unit per year; thus, to estimate it, it is necessary to ...
... resulting in an annual consumption of 4927.5 kg. It is important to point out that one animal unit stands for an adult cow along with its calf of less than seven months. Based on (12), consumption can be standardized at 4.925 kg / DM per animal unit per year; thus, to estimate it, it is necessary to ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accused of dramatizing the anthropogenic (man-made) causes as well as the potential effects of globa ...
... level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accused of dramatizing the anthropogenic (man-made) causes as well as the potential effects of globa ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... of our analysis (IPCC, 2007). We therefore compromised and used projected mean surface air temperature to 2050 as the underlying indicator of exposure to climate change as it is the most direct, best understood and most readily available indicator of future climate change (Table 2; see also Scholze ...
... of our analysis (IPCC, 2007). We therefore compromised and used projected mean surface air temperature to 2050 as the underlying indicator of exposure to climate change as it is the most direct, best understood and most readily available indicator of future climate change (Table 2; see also Scholze ...
Micro-level Practices to Adapt to Climate Change for African Small
... Farmers have a long history of responding to climate variability. Traditional and newly introduced adaptation practices can help farmers to cope with both current climate variability and future climate change. However, the debate about the adaptation of small-scale farmers in Africa to climate chang ...
... Farmers have a long history of responding to climate variability. Traditional and newly introduced adaptation practices can help farmers to cope with both current climate variability and future climate change. However, the debate about the adaptation of small-scale farmers in Africa to climate chang ...
... 3. What climate data do we need? The climate data or climatological information required by impact analysts varies enormously depending on types of studies. Some factors to consider in using climate information, and relevant for base line and projected impact studies, are listed below. The list is e ...
SEEKING CLIMATE JUSTICE: A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO SINGER
... region. Here pattern indicates the temperature, rain, snow, flood, etc and a region may be a state or planet. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change defines climate change as: ‘a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition ...
... region. Here pattern indicates the temperature, rain, snow, flood, etc and a region may be a state or planet. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change defines climate change as: ‘a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition ...
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.