Climate_Change_
... Climate Innovation Favorable Conditions 1-2% of GDP (minimum) spent on Climate Innovation p.a. Policy considerations, e.g., carbon pricing or carbon tax Innovation tax credits for demonstrable pay-off innovation at point of market entry linked to S-curve Innovation systems Science / engineering / t ...
... Climate Innovation Favorable Conditions 1-2% of GDP (minimum) spent on Climate Innovation p.a. Policy considerations, e.g., carbon pricing or carbon tax Innovation tax credits for demonstrable pay-off innovation at point of market entry linked to S-curve Innovation systems Science / engineering / t ...
Ireland Adapts to Climate Change Report Series No. 9
... 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 author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
... 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 author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been o ...
A Framework for the Development of New Socio
... framework of an IPCC Special Report. The community has already completed development of the RCPs and documented them in a special issue of Climatic Change (van Vuuren et al. 2011). Climate and earth-systems model simulations based on these pathways have been completed and are being analyzed as part ...
... framework of an IPCC Special Report. The community has already completed development of the RCPs and documented them in a special issue of Climatic Change (van Vuuren et al. 2011). Climate and earth-systems model simulations based on these pathways have been completed and are being analyzed as part ...
improving climate change reporting AN ACCA AND FTSE GROUP DiSCUSSiON PAPER
... Market economies react to various drivers: to the threat of legislation, to the emergence of new and previously unforeseen risks and threats, and to the promise of profits. Professional bodies such as ACCA can (and should) be active in influencing in each of these areas. The starting point is simple ...
... Market economies react to various drivers: to the threat of legislation, to the emergence of new and previously unforeseen risks and threats, and to the promise of profits. Professional bodies such as ACCA can (and should) be active in influencing in each of these areas. The starting point is simple ...
Content - STORMBRINGER!
... productivity, fire and land use. Land surface changes can potentially influence local and regional climate through land-atmosphere interactions. Greenhouse gas emissions, socioeconomics and land cover changes are expected to continue in future, so further understanding of land-atmosphere interaction ...
... productivity, fire and land use. Land surface changes can potentially influence local and regional climate through land-atmosphere interactions. Greenhouse gas emissions, socioeconomics and land cover changes are expected to continue in future, so further understanding of land-atmosphere interaction ...
The Effect of Urban Heat Island on Climate Warming in the Yangtze
... UHI might be substantially larger in this region; thus, it cannot be neglected [23,24]. Therefore, more studies are needed to assess the contribution of the UHI effect to the warming rate and to discuss the causes of the UHI. The aims of this study are to (1) present the climate warming rate for the ...
... UHI might be substantially larger in this region; thus, it cannot be neglected [23,24]. Therefore, more studies are needed to assess the contribution of the UHI effect to the warming rate and to discuss the causes of the UHI. The aims of this study are to (1) present the climate warming rate for the ...
From obscurity to action - Liu Institute for Global Issues
... Wrong. In addition to climate scientists, the list includes a wide cross-section of world leaders, reputable think tanks, and serious scholars. Concerns about the climate change-security nexus date back at least 30 years, but only recently have national governments, multilateral institutions, and se ...
... Wrong. In addition to climate scientists, the list includes a wide cross-section of world leaders, reputable think tanks, and serious scholars. Concerns about the climate change-security nexus date back at least 30 years, but only recently have national governments, multilateral institutions, and se ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and... Emily M. Cody, Jennie C. Stephens, James P. Bagrow,
... and tropical storms [14, 19, 27], extreme weather events have potential to raise awareness and increase public concern about climate change. The disruptions caused by hurricanes and other storms can also raise awareness and focus attention on energy system vulnerability. These extreme events can ser ...
... and tropical storms [14, 19, 27], extreme weather events have potential to raise awareness and increase public concern about climate change. The disruptions caused by hurricanes and other storms can also raise awareness and focus attention on energy system vulnerability. These extreme events can ser ...
Future directions in adaptation research
... Stefan Gray, EPA Research Fellow – Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation ...
... Stefan Gray, EPA Research Fellow – Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation ...
Observed Cloud Cover Trends and Global
... cloud trends occurring over the length of 46 years • anthropogenic or natural external forcing is unlikely to directly produce the observed cloud trends • an internal response of the climate system to external forcing could produce the cloud trends • there is not yet enough information to attribute ...
... cloud trends occurring over the length of 46 years • anthropogenic or natural external forcing is unlikely to directly produce the observed cloud trends • an internal response of the climate system to external forcing could produce the cloud trends • there is not yet enough information to attribute ...
Single PDF in small font of the following:
... Goal: To develop an understanding of the physics and applications of devices that are key to a clean energy environment with an electrical engineering perspective. Overview: Energy issues have now reached a level of urgency that unconventional applications of existing devices and the development of ...
... Goal: To develop an understanding of the physics and applications of devices that are key to a clean energy environment with an electrical engineering perspective. Overview: Energy issues have now reached a level of urgency that unconventional applications of existing devices and the development of ...
Complex Life Cycles and the Responses of Insects to Climate Change
... other factors, including oxygen and water, may be important as well; e.g., low humidity may help eggs survive short heat shocks if they, or their host’s leaves, can cool themselves significantly via evaporation. Potter et al. (2009) have recently explored the performance of eggs, of M. sexta, in the ...
... other factors, including oxygen and water, may be important as well; e.g., low humidity may help eggs survive short heat shocks if they, or their host’s leaves, can cool themselves significantly via evaporation. Potter et al. (2009) have recently explored the performance of eggs, of M. sexta, in the ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector: Global Public
... House to undertake the first multi-country, multilingual online survey specifically to explore public attitudes on the relationship between meat/dairy consumption and climate change. The data presented in this paper reveal a major awareness gap about livestock’s contribution to climate change. • Co ...
... House to undertake the first multi-country, multilingual online survey specifically to explore public attitudes on the relationship between meat/dairy consumption and climate change. The data presented in this paper reveal a major awareness gap about livestock’s contribution to climate change. • Co ...
b) To build capacity to reduce vulnerability to
... 2.2.12 While there will be no obligation on the part of the territories to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by the project to participate in and benefit from wider regional climate change adaptation activities, consultations to date have clearly indicated that they will wish to do so acc ...
... 2.2.12 While there will be no obligation on the part of the territories to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded by the project to participate in and benefit from wider regional climate change adaptation activities, consultations to date have clearly indicated that they will wish to do so acc ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector
... House to undertake the first multi-country, multilingual online survey specifically to explore public attitudes on the relationship between meat/dairy consumption and climate change. The data presented in this paper reveal a major awareness gap about livestock’s contribution to climate change. • Co ...
... House to undertake the first multi-country, multilingual online survey specifically to explore public attitudes on the relationship between meat/dairy consumption and climate change. The data presented in this paper reveal a major awareness gap about livestock’s contribution to climate change. • Co ...
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... behavior is important because it mitigates the problems associated with less than optimal environmental conditions. Analyses that do not include efficient adaptation (such as the early agronomic studies) overestimate the damages associated with any deviation from the optimum. Adaptation can explain ...
... behavior is important because it mitigates the problems associated with less than optimal environmental conditions. Analyses that do not include efficient adaptation (such as the early agronomic studies) overestimate the damages associated with any deviation from the optimum. Adaptation can explain ...
Climate Change Affirmative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... In 2012, China and the U.S. are the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world and accounted for over 35% of global emissions. Cooperation between the two over climate change is critical to any successful approach to deal with global warming. The U.S. currently fears that economic concerns wil ...
... In 2012, China and the U.S. are the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world and accounted for over 35% of global emissions. Cooperation between the two over climate change is critical to any successful approach to deal with global warming. The U.S. currently fears that economic concerns wil ...
The ecological citizen and climate change
... reducing an individual’s footprint in a developed country does not necessarily enable access of an individual in a developing country to any resources. In this case, even when focusing on bringing about structural change, it would be extremely difficult to effect ...
... reducing an individual’s footprint in a developed country does not necessarily enable access of an individual in a developing country to any resources. In this case, even when focusing on bringing about structural change, it would be extremely difficult to effect ...
Multi-hazard Risks and Vulnerable Populations in the Caribbean
... local scale but necessary for effective planning. However, new data sources and methods make it possible to observe land-use and socioeconomic trends that are directly relevant to understanding shifting patterns of climate vulnerability. In this paper we explore novel time series data sets to unders ...
... local scale but necessary for effective planning. However, new data sources and methods make it possible to observe land-use and socioeconomic trends that are directly relevant to understanding shifting patterns of climate vulnerability. In this paper we explore novel time series data sets to unders ...
Israel Country report 2013
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
We Speak for the Trees: Media Reporting on the Environment
... Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).1 Third, the reporting shined a light onto ongoing contentious climate politics at the U.S. federal level, where President George W. Bush’s administration was viewed as having a climate science and policy stance at odds with many sup ...
... Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).1 Third, the reporting shined a light onto ongoing contentious climate politics at the U.S. federal level, where President George W. Bush’s administration was viewed as having a climate science and policy stance at odds with many sup ...
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... lithosphere (land)—all energized by insolation. External processes, principally from human activity, affect this climatic balance and force climate change. [After J. Houghton, The Global Climate (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1984); and the Global Atmospheric Research Program.] ...
... lithosphere (land)—all energized by insolation. External processes, principally from human activity, affect this climatic balance and force climate change. [After J. Houghton, The Global Climate (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1984); and the Global Atmospheric Research Program.] ...
Meeting the needs of Future Generations
... interests of future generations with those of the present and protect the right to development of the poorest and most vulnerable people; and whether they distribute burdens equitably; political feasibility: whether they are politically realistic and sustainable; and moral legitimacy: whether they p ...
... interests of future generations with those of the present and protect the right to development of the poorest and most vulnerable people; and whether they distribute burdens equitably; political feasibility: whether they are politically realistic and sustainable; and moral legitimacy: whether they p ...
policy framework antigua and barbuda
... adaptation options. The Antigua and Barbuda Climate Change Adaptation Policy is directed specifically at all government agencies and NGOs, which execute policies or provide goods and services in sectors, which may be impacted by global climate change. These include but are not limited to ministries ...
... adaptation options. The Antigua and Barbuda Climate Change Adaptation Policy is directed specifically at all government agencies and NGOs, which execute policies or provide goods and services in sectors, which may be impacted by global climate change. These include but are not limited to ministries ...
city-level climate change adaptation strategies: the case of quito
... enabled Quito to successfully push forward the QCCS? • Reform of Quito municipal law (1993): added new public authorities responsible for climate change adaptation, included compulsory authority in defining environmentally-protected areas, assignation of land use and coordination of territorial man ...
... enabled Quito to successfully push forward the QCCS? • Reform of Quito municipal law (1993): added new public authorities responsible for climate change adaptation, included compulsory authority in defining environmentally-protected areas, assignation of land use and coordination of territorial man ...
Fred Singer
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.