Climate change, community wellbeing and social justice
... towels in defending against a firestorm. The highest priority must therefore be rapid and effective action to prevent runaway climate change. 5 – The human impact of climate change: global challenges Alongside mounting evidence of the dramatic physical impacts of climate change we are seeing growin ...
... towels in defending against a firestorm. The highest priority must therefore be rapid and effective action to prevent runaway climate change. 5 – The human impact of climate change: global challenges Alongside mounting evidence of the dramatic physical impacts of climate change we are seeing growin ...
Introduction. `Seeing` Environmental Process in Time
... these, she argues, ‘the ice becomes its own argument’. In their own ways, all of the papers in this collection touch upon one or more of these three registers for the apprehension of the environment, from the poetry of John Clare, to news stories of forest fires, to the climate science of the Interg ...
... these, she argues, ‘the ice becomes its own argument’. In their own ways, all of the papers in this collection touch upon one or more of these three registers for the apprehension of the environment, from the poetry of John Clare, to news stories of forest fires, to the climate science of the Interg ...
Conference Presentation
... Assume that the value of the company (a manufacturer of ski equipment) is unaffected by global warming as the GMT rises, until the temperature reaches 289.34K. A temperature increase from this point is assumed to adversely affect company value, causing it to decline in a linear manner as GMT rises f ...
... Assume that the value of the company (a manufacturer of ski equipment) is unaffected by global warming as the GMT rises, until the temperature reaches 289.34K. A temperature increase from this point is assumed to adversely affect company value, causing it to decline in a linear manner as GMT rises f ...
Climate Change: Causes, Effects, and Solutions
... Climate change has become a widespread topic in recent years. This a problem that resulted from the emission of greenhouse gases that affect our environment. Therefore, it raises questions on whether the problem is caused by human activities or it’s just a part of nature’s cycle. This paper discusse ...
... Climate change has become a widespread topic in recent years. This a problem that resulted from the emission of greenhouse gases that affect our environment. Therefore, it raises questions on whether the problem is caused by human activities or it’s just a part of nature’s cycle. This paper discusse ...
Climate Change: Causes, Effects, and Solutions
... Climate change has become a widespread topic in recent years. This a problem that resulted from the emission of greenhouse gases that affect our environment. Therefore, it raises questions on whether the problem is caused by human activities or it’s just a part of nature’s cycle. This paper discusse ...
... Climate change has become a widespread topic in recent years. This a problem that resulted from the emission of greenhouse gases that affect our environment. Therefore, it raises questions on whether the problem is caused by human activities or it’s just a part of nature’s cycle. This paper discusse ...
... environmental impacts of aviation, which include air quality, climate, and noise. Without realizing all dimensions of benefits and related trade-offs, actions to address environmental concerns in one domain may have unintended consequences in another. To study this, the U.S. government’s Joint Plann ...
1 How do we know that climate change is happening?
... Back in the 1800s, a number of scientists were mucking about with gases in order to learn more about how the atmosphere worked. The French mathematician Joseph Fourier had realized in the 1820s that there must be something in the air that prevented the Sun’s heat from just bouncing off the Earth and ...
... Back in the 1800s, a number of scientists were mucking about with gases in order to learn more about how the atmosphere worked. The French mathematician Joseph Fourier had realized in the 1820s that there must be something in the air that prevented the Sun’s heat from just bouncing off the Earth and ...
Review of the consensus and asymmetric quality of research on
... the expert climate consensus. Efforts by opponents of tobacco regulations, which first were employed to manufacture doubt about the scientific consensus linking smoking to cancer, have transitioned to climate science (Oreskes and Conway, 2010). One technique has been through circulation and publicat ...
... the expert climate consensus. Efforts by opponents of tobacco regulations, which first were employed to manufacture doubt about the scientific consensus linking smoking to cancer, have transitioned to climate science (Oreskes and Conway, 2010). One technique has been through circulation and publicat ...
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... temperature shift of the Earth remained at below 0.7˚ C. However, greenhouse gas emissions of human origin over the past 150 years (industrial period) have caused an increase in the world temperature of nearly 1˚ C, a trend that is rising, according to projections by the World Bank, which predicts a ...
... temperature shift of the Earth remained at below 0.7˚ C. However, greenhouse gas emissions of human origin over the past 150 years (industrial period) have caused an increase in the world temperature of nearly 1˚ C, a trend that is rising, according to projections by the World Bank, which predicts a ...
A Vast Machine - Paul N. Edwards
... just because of what they said but also because of when they said it.3 They fell directly into an overdetermined semiotic web prepared by (among ...
... just because of what they said but also because of when they said it.3 They fell directly into an overdetermined semiotic web prepared by (among ...
This snapshot shows the ocean currents at a depth of 75 meters, as
... cables that lie on the ocean floor. “It’s a clever method,” finds Daniela Matei, a researcher in Marotzke’s department. “The procedure is based on the fact that the salt ions in the water flow downstream, moving through the Earth’s magnetic field and thus generating an electrical field. This field i ...
... cables that lie on the ocean floor. “It’s a clever method,” finds Daniela Matei, a researcher in Marotzke’s department. “The procedure is based on the fact that the salt ions in the water flow downstream, moving through the Earth’s magnetic field and thus generating an electrical field. This field i ...
Adapting to Climate Change in the Caribbean
... regional and local climate change projections. Preliminary climate change scenarios are expected to be produced by April ...
... regional and local climate change projections. Preliminary climate change scenarios are expected to be produced by April ...
Vol.12, No. 2
... Differences in the order of 0.1°C can greatly affect wind and rainfall. Over the 60-year period, the methods used to measure ocean temperature have evolved enormously. Until routine satellite monitoring of SST began in the 1980s, the observational record relied heavily on measurements taken from shi ...
... Differences in the order of 0.1°C can greatly affect wind and rainfall. Over the 60-year period, the methods used to measure ocean temperature have evolved enormously. Until routine satellite monitoring of SST began in the 1980s, the observational record relied heavily on measurements taken from shi ...
Climate Change Impacts in Manitoba
... potential effect of large scale melting of permafrost. Scientists have recently suggested that the amount of carbon in a particular type of permafrost known as yedoma, found largely in Siberia, may yield 100 times the carbon that has already been released by the burning of fossil fuels. The thawing ...
... potential effect of large scale melting of permafrost. Scientists have recently suggested that the amount of carbon in a particular type of permafrost known as yedoma, found largely in Siberia, may yield 100 times the carbon that has already been released by the burning of fossil fuels. The thawing ...
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Shared Climate Policy
... intensity at historic rates Environmental degradation ...
... intensity at historic rates Environmental degradation ...
Challenges in Climate Modelling Noel Aquilina
... feedbacks associated with the carbon cycle and with clouds, examining climate “predictability” and exploring the ability of models to predict climate on decadal time scales, near term (out to about 2035) and long term (out to 2100 and beyond),and, more generally, determining why similarly forced ...
... feedbacks associated with the carbon cycle and with clouds, examining climate “predictability” and exploring the ability of models to predict climate on decadal time scales, near term (out to about 2035) and long term (out to 2100 and beyond),and, more generally, determining why similarly forced ...
UNDP-GEF Adaptation
... Contrarians Since the late 1980s, a well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists, free-market think tanks and some elements in industry has argued that we should not worry about climate change. There are three fundamental positions taken by the contrarians: ...
... Contrarians Since the late 1980s, a well-coordinated, well-funded campaign by contrarian scientists, free-market think tanks and some elements in industry has argued that we should not worry about climate change. There are three fundamental positions taken by the contrarians: ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Vector
... in regards to the incidence of diseases; forty percent of the population in the developing world and only two percent of the developed world is infected with at least one infectious disease (Chan et al, 1999). This disparity between the developing and developed world is mainly due to socioeconomic c ...
... in regards to the incidence of diseases; forty percent of the population in the developing world and only two percent of the developed world is infected with at least one infectious disease (Chan et al, 1999). This disparity between the developing and developed world is mainly due to socioeconomic c ...
GCOS perspective on observation requirements
... GCOS encompasses the climate components of: • the WMO observing systems (WIGOS: GOS, GAW, WHYCOS, ...) • the IOC-led co-sponsored Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) • the FAO-led co-sponsored Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) • observational elements of research programmes (WCRP, IGBP, .. ...
... GCOS encompasses the climate components of: • the WMO observing systems (WIGOS: GOS, GAW, WHYCOS, ...) • the IOC-led co-sponsored Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) • the FAO-led co-sponsored Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) • observational elements of research programmes (WCRP, IGBP, .. ...
Phaeton`s Reins: The Human Hand in Climate Change
... changed, the net greenhouse effect weakened, compensating for the slow but inexorable brightening of the sun. Thus early life dramatically changed the planet. We humans are only the most recent species to do so. The compensation between increasing solar power and decreasing greenhouse effect may not ...
... changed, the net greenhouse effect weakened, compensating for the slow but inexorable brightening of the sun. Thus early life dramatically changed the planet. We humans are only the most recent species to do so. The compensation between increasing solar power and decreasing greenhouse effect may not ...
Climate Justice - Challenges and Opportunities
... In Scotland you are investing in the transition from oil to renewables. You are showing what can be done and you are carving out a future for your industry and your citizens. When I apply my climate justice lens to these endeavours I see you leading by example, and I see the potential to share thes ...
... In Scotland you are investing in the transition from oil to renewables. You are showing what can be done and you are carving out a future for your industry and your citizens. When I apply my climate justice lens to these endeavours I see you leading by example, and I see the potential to share thes ...
The Sky`s Limit: No New Fossil Fuel Development
... limit global warming to 1.5˚C was an important new goal, especially for vulnerable countries and communities who are already bearing the brunt of these ever-growing impacts of the climate crisis. But with this necessary ambition comes responsibility and challenge. Analysis has now shown that the car ...
... limit global warming to 1.5˚C was an important new goal, especially for vulnerable countries and communities who are already bearing the brunt of these ever-growing impacts of the climate crisis. But with this necessary ambition comes responsibility and challenge. Analysis has now shown that the car ...
The treatment of risk and uncertainty in the US Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis: Working Paper 54 (332 kB) (opens in new window)
... modellers’ specific coefficient values, implies that global warming can reach more than 18°C before the equivalent of 50% of global GDP is lost. This seems remarkable, since, for example, such temperatures are likely to test the limits of human physiology (Sherwood and Huber 2010). While the paramet ...
... modellers’ specific coefficient values, implies that global warming can reach more than 18°C before the equivalent of 50% of global GDP is lost. This seems remarkable, since, for example, such temperatures are likely to test the limits of human physiology (Sherwood and Huber 2010). While the paramet ...
Towards A Strategic Framework on Climate Change
... • Share of support for low-carbon energy projects up from 28% in FY03–05 to 40% in Fy06-08, with an overall increase in energy lending from $6 billion to $11 billion – GEF and Carbon Finance (CF) contributed US$546 million, or 13 %, with significant leveraging ...
... • Share of support for low-carbon energy projects up from 28% in FY03–05 to 40% in Fy06-08, with an overall increase in energy lending from $6 billion to $11 billion – GEF and Carbon Finance (CF) contributed US$546 million, or 13 %, with significant leveraging ...
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.