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... Climate change is one of the major global policy issues and has been on the policy agenda for more than two decades. The consensus view nowadays predicts an average increase in global temperature of at least 4 degrees centigrade and up to 6 degrees centigrade until the end of this century, if no mea ...
... Climate change is one of the major global policy issues and has been on the policy agenda for more than two decades. The consensus view nowadays predicts an average increase in global temperature of at least 4 degrees centigrade and up to 6 degrees centigrade until the end of this century, if no mea ...
Preparing Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development
... and climate change. They incorporate the priorities of all stakeholders, including organizations and individuals outside the government. LECRDS should not be perceived as strategies that create rules and constraints to development, but rather as approaches that will continue to pursue social, gender ...
... and climate change. They incorporate the priorities of all stakeholders, including organizations and individuals outside the government. LECRDS should not be perceived as strategies that create rules and constraints to development, but rather as approaches that will continue to pursue social, gender ...
How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback
... Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida l NASA GISS, and Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York m Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 4 July 2005, i ...
... Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida l NASA GISS, and Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York m Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 4 July 2005, i ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... Restoring whitebark pine forests in changing climates There are many compelling reasons to restore whitebark pine, including the ecosystem services, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions that it provides (Tomback et al. 2001a). Ultimately, healthy whitebark pine forests are critical to enabling futu ...
... Restoring whitebark pine forests in changing climates There are many compelling reasons to restore whitebark pine, including the ecosystem services, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions that it provides (Tomback et al. 2001a). Ultimately, healthy whitebark pine forests are critical to enabling futu ...
Understanding future risks to ports in Australia
... participatory approaches – was used to underpin the research activity. There was particular recognition that the expert input and knowledge of the port authorities, and other stakeholders, would form an important contribution to the assessment process. Adopting a participatory approach was considere ...
... participatory approaches – was used to underpin the research activity. There was particular recognition that the expert input and knowledge of the port authorities, and other stakeholders, would form an important contribution to the assessment process. Adopting a participatory approach was considere ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture
... specifications suggest that long run adaptions have more likely offset none of these short run impacts. We also show limited evidence for adaptation along other margins within agriculture: revenues are similarly harmed by extreme heat exposure, and farmers do not appear to be substantially altering ...
... specifications suggest that long run adaptions have more likely offset none of these short run impacts. We also show limited evidence for adaptation along other margins within agriculture: revenues are similarly harmed by extreme heat exposure, and farmers do not appear to be substantially altering ...
From Davos to Copenhagen and Beyond
... seasons (i.e. sun‐and‐sea or winter sports holidays) could have considerable implications for competitive relationships between destinations and intra‐regional tourism flows. Other impacts will include increased infrastructure damage, additional emergency preparedness requirements ...
... seasons (i.e. sun‐and‐sea or winter sports holidays) could have considerable implications for competitive relationships between destinations and intra‐regional tourism flows. Other impacts will include increased infrastructure damage, additional emergency preparedness requirements ...
Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in
... This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been interested in how ...
... This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been interested in how ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... GCMs were regridded to 1.0◦ and 1 h resolution using interpolation approaches and corrected for biases (Zhang et al., 2015; Moghim et al., 2017). Biases in precipitation and temperature fields were corrected by applying the equidistant cumulative distribution function (EDCDF) matching method (Moghim ...
... GCMs were regridded to 1.0◦ and 1 h resolution using interpolation approaches and corrected for biases (Zhang et al., 2015; Moghim et al., 2017). Biases in precipitation and temperature fields were corrected by applying the equidistant cumulative distribution function (EDCDF) matching method (Moghim ...
Public Perception of geoengineering and its consequences for
... approaches to fight global warming while only 4 % were strictly opposed. The majority (50 %), however, was still uncertain about their preferences (Spence et al. 2010). The crosscountry study carried out by Mercer et al. revealed the majority of respondents held a moderately positive view on the iss ...
... approaches to fight global warming while only 4 % were strictly opposed. The majority (50 %), however, was still uncertain about their preferences (Spence et al. 2010). The crosscountry study carried out by Mercer et al. revealed the majority of respondents held a moderately positive view on the iss ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks
... definition of tipping elements: systems with critical thresholds, beyond which small perturbations in forcing can – as a result of positive feedbacks – lead to large, non-linear committed shifts in state. In our terminology, these tipping elements need not be limited to large-scale elements of the E ...
... definition of tipping elements: systems with critical thresholds, beyond which small perturbations in forcing can – as a result of positive feedbacks – lead to large, non-linear committed shifts in state. In our terminology, these tipping elements need not be limited to large-scale elements of the E ...
North America
... temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events), as well as through indirect effects, transmitted among regions by interconnected economies and migrations of humans and other species. Variations in wealth and geography, however, lead to an uneven distribution of likely impacts, vulnerabilitie ...
... temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events), as well as through indirect effects, transmitted among regions by interconnected economies and migrations of humans and other species. Variations in wealth and geography, however, lead to an uneven distribution of likely impacts, vulnerabilitie ...
Climate change response strategies for agriculture: Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century
... identifies possible climate change responses that address agricultural production at the crop, farm, regional, and global scales. We propose that adaptation must be fully consistent with agricultural rural development activities that safeguard food security and increase the provision of sustainable ...
... identifies possible climate change responses that address agricultural production at the crop, farm, regional, and global scales. We propose that adaptation must be fully consistent with agricultural rural development activities that safeguard food security and increase the provision of sustainable ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... a relatively large portion of total plant production in the Northeast, as are perennial fruits such as apples, pears, blueberries, and cranberries. Farms in the Northeast are on average smaller than in many other parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in t ...
... a relatively large portion of total plant production in the Northeast, as are perennial fruits such as apples, pears, blueberries, and cranberries. Farms in the Northeast are on average smaller than in many other parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in t ...
CLIMATE CHANGE HELPLESSNESS 1 Running head: CLIMATE
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
climate change adaptation, planning, and the law
... to a level at which we can actively engage with them through our careers-based community development projects. We are also deeply concerned about the environment and so globally we were the first law firm to achieve ISO 14,001 certification in every office, committing us to significantly reducing ou ...
... to a level at which we can actively engage with them through our careers-based community development projects. We are also deeply concerned about the environment and so globally we were the first law firm to achieve ISO 14,001 certification in every office, committing us to significantly reducing ou ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Synthesis Report
... The greatest direct climate change-related threats for the UK are large increases in flood risk and exposure to high temperatures and heatwaves, shortages in water, substantial risks to UK wildlife and natural ecosystems, risks to domestic and international food production and trade, and from new a ...
... The greatest direct climate change-related threats for the UK are large increases in flood risk and exposure to high temperatures and heatwaves, shortages in water, substantial risks to UK wildlife and natural ecosystems, risks to domestic and international food production and trade, and from new a ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... political marketplace of the world’s democracies and oligarchies? Natural scientists have pondered many of the scientific questions associated with greenhouse warming for a century. But the economic, political, and institutional issues have only begun to be considered over the last decade. The intel ...
... political marketplace of the world’s democracies and oligarchies? Natural scientists have pondered many of the scientific questions associated with greenhouse warming for a century. But the economic, political, and institutional issues have only begun to be considered over the last decade. The intel ...
Climate Change Helplessness and Efficacy
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
Making Paris Work for Vulnerable Populations
... of the most vulnerable people. A people-centred approach is key to respecting their rights. Precious time that could have been used to take action has already been lost over the past few decades because of the lack of political will and opposition by major carbon emitters. We no longer have the time ...
... of the most vulnerable people. A people-centred approach is key to respecting their rights. Precious time that could have been used to take action has already been lost over the past few decades because of the lack of political will and opposition by major carbon emitters. We no longer have the time ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... Climate change poses some particularly difficult communications challenges: o Salience: There is a common perception that climate change is “not here, not now, not me” - it lacks salience relative to more immediate daily concerns. o Urgency: By the time the effects of climate change are more cl ...
... Climate change poses some particularly difficult communications challenges: o Salience: There is a common perception that climate change is “not here, not now, not me” - it lacks salience relative to more immediate daily concerns. o Urgency: By the time the effects of climate change are more cl ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... Jianchu Xu, Ph.D. is an internationally respected leading ethno-ecologist who works in coupled ...
... Jianchu Xu, Ph.D. is an internationally respected leading ethno-ecologist who works in coupled ...
climate change, sea-level rise and extreme events
... 4. questions and uncertainties Computer models are used to make projections of climate and sea levels over future decades to centuries. Although model projections are based on the best available understanding of climate processes and potential future levels of greenhouse gas emissions, which are now ...
... 4. questions and uncertainties Computer models are used to make projections of climate and sea levels over future decades to centuries. Although model projections are based on the best available understanding of climate processes and potential future levels of greenhouse gas emissions, which are now ...
ocean-climate.org - Plateforme Océan et Climat
... are at the frontline of these global evolutions linked to climate change. Everything cannot be assessed here, and new documents will progressively complete the set of topics that we believe are relevant, such as issues related to the anoxia of marine waters, to the Arctic and Polar Regions, to coast ...
... are at the frontline of these global evolutions linked to climate change. Everything cannot be assessed here, and new documents will progressively complete the set of topics that we believe are relevant, such as issues related to the anoxia of marine waters, to the Arctic and Polar Regions, to coast ...
Thomas Sheffer Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of
... difficult challenges the planning profession has ever faced – challenges planners are well positioned, but often not well equipped to meet. The ability of urban and regional planners to respond to the impacts of climate change requires a comprehensive perspective, long-range outlook and a broad, int ...
... difficult challenges the planning profession has ever faced – challenges planners are well positioned, but often not well equipped to meet. The ability of urban and regional planners to respond to the impacts of climate change requires a comprehensive perspective, long-range outlook and a broad, int ...
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.