Death by Degrees - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... years, from 1987 to 2000, are among the 15 warmest years on record (4). Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the winter of 2000 was the warmest winter on record since the United States government began keeping weather statistics 105 years ago (5). A ...
... years, from 1987 to 2000, are among the 15 warmest years on record (4). Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the winter of 2000 was the warmest winter on record since the United States government began keeping weather statistics 105 years ago (5). A ...
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... (Supplementary Fig. 7). An associated increase in runoff is expected for all ensemble members (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Fig. 5). At the outlet of the upstream basins, increased flows are expected for August–May related to increased precipitation and a shift in snow melt peak to earlier spring, where ...
... (Supplementary Fig. 7). An associated increase in runoff is expected for all ensemble members (Fig. 1 and Supplementary Fig. 5). At the outlet of the upstream basins, increased flows are expected for August–May related to increased precipitation and a shift in snow melt peak to earlier spring, where ...
American Meteorological Society Member Survey on Global
... RQ3: What is the range of views among AMS members regarding the existence of climate change, its causes (human v natural), and its implications (i.e., the degree to which it is seen as a serious ...
... RQ3: What is the range of views among AMS members regarding the existence of climate change, its causes (human v natural), and its implications (i.e., the degree to which it is seen as a serious ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE RUNOFF REGIME OF AN
... Impact of climate change poses a high threat to the water resources of the globe. In tropical Asia, the affect of climate on hydrology has many facets. The Himalayas act as a mountain barrier on the earth and play an important role in maintaining and controlling the Asian monsoon system because of t ...
... Impact of climate change poses a high threat to the water resources of the globe. In tropical Asia, the affect of climate on hydrology has many facets. The Himalayas act as a mountain barrier on the earth and play an important role in maintaining and controlling the Asian monsoon system because of t ...
Why recognising variability and scale matters for t
... flows, the in-migration of new populations creates new challenges for existing populations which may have significant long term effects for these populations. The second objective of the presentation is to look specifically at the ethnic profiles of Soums or Aimags experiencing rapid population chan ...
... flows, the in-migration of new populations creates new challenges for existing populations which may have significant long term effects for these populations. The second objective of the presentation is to look specifically at the ethnic profiles of Soums or Aimags experiencing rapid population chan ...
impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an eastern
... Impact of climate change poses a high threat to the water resources of the globe. In tropical Asia, the affect of climate on hydrology has many facets. The Himalayas act as a mountain barrier on the earth and play an important role in maintaining and controlling the Asian monsoon system because of t ...
... Impact of climate change poses a high threat to the water resources of the globe. In tropical Asia, the affect of climate on hydrology has many facets. The Himalayas act as a mountain barrier on the earth and play an important role in maintaining and controlling the Asian monsoon system because of t ...
Paris Agreement and Marrakech Climate Conference
... the first meeting of the implementing body (CMA) and Indented Nationally Determined Contributions becoming Nationally Determined Contributions, as follows: Entry into force triggers a variety of important consequences, including launch of the Agreement’s governing body, known as the CMA. In the parl ...
... the first meeting of the implementing body (CMA) and Indented Nationally Determined Contributions becoming Nationally Determined Contributions, as follows: Entry into force triggers a variety of important consequences, including launch of the Agreement’s governing body, known as the CMA. In the parl ...
Personal experience and the `psychological distance` of
... like you e that is, psychologically close. We compare this literature to studies that examine psychological distance. The review reveals a disconnect: while studies of personal experience suggest merits of reducing psychological distance, other studies present a more nuanced picture in which psychol ...
... like you e that is, psychologically close. We compare this literature to studies that examine psychological distance. The review reveals a disconnect: while studies of personal experience suggest merits of reducing psychological distance, other studies present a more nuanced picture in which psychol ...
Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies
... now, less attention has been paid to questions concerning normative issues of societal change. In this paper we will address three important questions on the normative level: (a) What kind of legal and policy principles should public and private actors take to heart when formulating and implementing ...
... now, less attention has been paid to questions concerning normative issues of societal change. In this paper we will address three important questions on the normative level: (a) What kind of legal and policy principles should public and private actors take to heart when formulating and implementing ...
Assets and Adaptation - Overseas Development Institute
... pro-poor adaptation needs to incorporate these concerns, and must go further than plain adaptation. At a minimum, adaptation benefits need to outweigh the adaptation costs for poor people. They need to see net benefits. But to be pro-poor, adaptation needs to do more than this. Considering their lim ...
... pro-poor adaptation needs to incorporate these concerns, and must go further than plain adaptation. At a minimum, adaptation benefits need to outweigh the adaptation costs for poor people. They need to see net benefits. But to be pro-poor, adaptation needs to do more than this. Considering their lim ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... The rightward shift in U.S. political culture that paralleled the Republican Revolution increased opportunities for the conservative movement to oppose climate science and policy via mainstream media. Conservative think tanks and their allied climate change contrarians successfully exploited America ...
... The rightward shift in U.S. political culture that paralleled the Republican Revolution increased opportunities for the conservative movement to oppose climate science and policy via mainstream media. Conservative think tanks and their allied climate change contrarians successfully exploited America ...
The Rockefeller Way - Energy and Environmental Legal Institute
... industry by enhancing the quality of fossil fuel made John D. Rockefeller the first billionaire in American history.9 While some history books portray him as a kind-hearted capitalist, J.D. Rockefeller was anything but. Instead, he was a ruthless monopolist who sought to control every aspect of the ...
... industry by enhancing the quality of fossil fuel made John D. Rockefeller the first billionaire in American history.9 While some history books portray him as a kind-hearted capitalist, J.D. Rockefeller was anything but. Instead, he was a ruthless monopolist who sought to control every aspect of the ...
Beyond Science: ENERGY forum
... Technology Policy, Energy Forum, and Health Economics programs of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, together with the Energy & Environmental Systems Institute and the Shell Center for Sustainability at Rice University, hosted a conference on February 9, 2008, titled “Beyond Science ...
... Technology Policy, Energy Forum, and Health Economics programs of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, together with the Energy & Environmental Systems Institute and the Shell Center for Sustainability at Rice University, hosted a conference on February 9, 2008, titled “Beyond Science ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the IPCC
... agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the compone ...
... agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the compone ...
The psychology of climate change communication - UvA-DARE
... —Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University ...
... —Jeffrey Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University ...
Selected chapters: Observed climate changes in Croatia Climate
... Osijek, where attenuation of negative spring precipitation trend was observed, but still remaining statistically significant, as well as weakening of negative autumn precipitation trend and strengthening of positive summer trend. Negative spring precipitation trend weakened in the area of Hvar. Prec ...
... Osijek, where attenuation of negative spring precipitation trend was observed, but still remaining statistically significant, as well as weakening of negative autumn precipitation trend and strengthening of positive summer trend. Negative spring precipitation trend weakened in the area of Hvar. Prec ...
Tonga Climate Change Policy
... plan even though climate change issues were not considered as a priority. A Climate Change Policy was therefore developed to address these issues. It was certainly a major step forward and it also served as to define the position, direction and responsibilities of the Government and relevant stakeho ...
... plan even though climate change issues were not considered as a priority. A Climate Change Policy was therefore developed to address these issues. It was certainly a major step forward and it also served as to define the position, direction and responsibilities of the Government and relevant stakeho ...
"migration with dignity": towards a new zealand response to climate
... Complementary protection is incorporated into New Zealand law under the Immigration Act as a form of protection supplementary to refugee status – "protected person status".36 Section 130 requires a person to be recognised as a protected person under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, In ...
... Complementary protection is incorporated into New Zealand law under the Immigration Act as a form of protection supplementary to refugee status – "protected person status".36 Section 130 requires a person to be recognised as a protected person under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, In ...
Climates of change: human dimensions of Holocene
... is the presence of shallow warm seas known as the IndoPacific Warm Pool that is adjacent to some of the most biologically and culturally diverse landscapes of the world (Myers et al., 2000; Cashdan, 2001). Climatically, inter-tropical parts of the transect are distinguished by enhanced tropical conve ...
... is the presence of shallow warm seas known as the IndoPacific Warm Pool that is adjacent to some of the most biologically and culturally diverse landscapes of the world (Myers et al., 2000; Cashdan, 2001). Climatically, inter-tropical parts of the transect are distinguished by enhanced tropical conve ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment in Taiwan Chung
... rate of 0.74°C/century, but it is comparable to the warming conditions in other Eastern Asia regions (Wang and Gaffen, 2001; Chung et al., 2004; Trenberth et al., 2007). In the last 30 years, the warming rate has doubled and reached 0.23-0.40°C/decade. The possible influence of urbanization has been ...
... rate of 0.74°C/century, but it is comparable to the warming conditions in other Eastern Asia regions (Wang and Gaffen, 2001; Chung et al., 2004; Trenberth et al., 2007). In the last 30 years, the warming rate has doubled and reached 0.23-0.40°C/decade. The possible influence of urbanization has been ...
Beyond Divestment: Taking Decisive Action on Climate Change
... Major efforts are underway globally in the investment and banking sectors to raise awareness of climate-related risk, and to develop standardized methodologies and metrics for assessing such risk so that investment managers can make betterinformed decisions.8 The Financial Stability Board (FSB), whi ...
... Major efforts are underway globally in the investment and banking sectors to raise awareness of climate-related risk, and to develop standardized methodologies and metrics for assessing such risk so that investment managers can make betterinformed decisions.8 The Financial Stability Board (FSB), whi ...
Climate Change Impacts on Australia and the Benefits of Early
... risks posed by this commitment. There is broad, and growing, international support for GHG mitigation. The 1992 United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, supported by 166 nations, calls for the “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prev ...
... risks posed by this commitment. There is broad, and growing, international support for GHG mitigation. The 1992 United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, supported by 166 nations, calls for the “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prev ...
The future of soil invertebrate communities in polar regions: different
... Review and Synthesis ...
... Review and Synthesis ...
Adapting to a changing climate
... through the exacerbation of existing biological and human threats, with the latter arising as a result of activities undertaken to mitigate or adapt to climate change by other land management sectors (e.g. Glova 1990; Hay 1990; Hollinger 1990; Keys 1990; McFadgen 1999; McGlone 2001; Green 2006; Aran ...
... through the exacerbation of existing biological and human threats, with the latter arising as a result of activities undertaken to mitigate or adapt to climate change by other land management sectors (e.g. Glova 1990; Hay 1990; Hollinger 1990; Keys 1990; McFadgen 1999; McGlone 2001; Green 2006; Aran ...
Urbanization and Climate Change in Small iSland developing StateS
... the international community and they were formally recognized at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, also known as the Earth Summit (UN 1993). In the two decades since the Earth Summit, the UN has been working in close cooperation with SIDS and th ...
... the international community and they were formally recognized at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, also known as the Earth Summit (UN 1993). In the two decades since the Earth Summit, the UN has been working in close cooperation with SIDS and th ...