Warm Words II
... these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of communications in a way that would avoid this problem, some of which have been implemented by organisations working in the field. But, as ...
... these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of communications in a way that would avoid this problem, some of which have been implemented by organisations working in the field. But, as ...
Climate Change mitigation via Afforestation, Reforestation and
... as well as changes of forest fire regimes and the forest susceptibility to fire (Westerling et al. ...
... as well as changes of forest fire regimes and the forest susceptibility to fire (Westerling et al. ...
Climate counseling – new governance in Swedish agriculture
... Hence, AE incorporates a great degree of voluntarism, both in farmers’ decision to receive extension and, ultimately, in their adherence to the provided advice. In Sweden there are cases where AE is mandatory, for instance before making particular investments, but the implementation of a given advic ...
... Hence, AE incorporates a great degree of voluntarism, both in farmers’ decision to receive extension and, ultimately, in their adherence to the provided advice. In Sweden there are cases where AE is mandatory, for instance before making particular investments, but the implementation of a given advic ...
Future Climate: Projected extremes
... 2007), fewer cyclones and more anticyclones are expected to reach the Southwest United States and northwestern Mexico, resulting in less-frequent precipitation but increased frequency of atmospheric circulation conditions leading to cold outbreaks (Favre and Gershunov 2009; Chapter 6). Considered wi ...
... 2007), fewer cyclones and more anticyclones are expected to reach the Southwest United States and northwestern Mexico, resulting in less-frequent precipitation but increased frequency of atmospheric circulation conditions leading to cold outbreaks (Favre and Gershunov 2009; Chapter 6). Considered wi ...
Knowledge, ignorance and the popular culture: climate change
... occupations” become so extensive as to be uninformative.6 There has also been a “technization” of work, whereby computerization leads to increased emphasis on the “creation and manipulation of symbols to work on things.”7 Many specialty domains face what amounts to exponential growth in the volume a ...
... occupations” become so extensive as to be uninformative.6 There has also been a “technization” of work, whereby computerization leads to increased emphasis on the “creation and manipulation of symbols to work on things.”7 Many specialty domains face what amounts to exponential growth in the volume a ...
fulltext pdf - Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
... (MDGs) and efforts to reduce extreme poverty. It is a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by using statistical tests, by change in the mean and the variability of climatic properties that persist for an extended period typically decades or longer (Intergovernmental Panel on Cli ...
... (MDGs) and efforts to reduce extreme poverty. It is a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by using statistical tests, by change in the mean and the variability of climatic properties that persist for an extended period typically decades or longer (Intergovernmental Panel on Cli ...
- Covenant University
... political group that is tasked with foreign policy decision making, are these three conditions applicable? They are applicable but their application is often accompanied by complications, whose resolution ends up in political action or what is called ‘politics”, that is, a kind of power sharing, pow ...
... political group that is tasked with foreign policy decision making, are these three conditions applicable? They are applicable but their application is often accompanied by complications, whose resolution ends up in political action or what is called ‘politics”, that is, a kind of power sharing, pow ...
Effects of global climate change on marine and estuarine fishes and
... One fascinating feature of global climate change is how it relates so many facets of science that are so often segregated. To fully understand how this phenomenon affects fish, we must consider atmospheric science, chemistry, oceanography, physiology, and ecology. Taken a step further in relating thes ...
... One fascinating feature of global climate change is how it relates so many facets of science that are so often segregated. To fully understand how this phenomenon affects fish, we must consider atmospheric science, chemistry, oceanography, physiology, and ecology. Taken a step further in relating thes ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... discourse about climate change and energy after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Links between climate change and energy are often focused on climate mitigation, e.g., reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy systems by shifting low-carbon energy systems. However, climate change and energ ...
... discourse about climate change and energy after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Links between climate change and energy are often focused on climate mitigation, e.g., reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy systems by shifting low-carbon energy systems. However, climate change and energ ...
The Climate counter consensus, review - Brians
... interest and ideology. They are exemplified by the current carbon lobbies which promote the continued use of carbon based fuels and right wing political groups which promote extreme ideas about freedom. There are no doubt others. In Australia and the USA, the ...
... interest and ideology. They are exemplified by the current carbon lobbies which promote the continued use of carbon based fuels and right wing political groups which promote extreme ideas about freedom. There are no doubt others. In Australia and the USA, the ...
The pathological history of weather and climate
... Espy viewed the atmosphere as a giant heat engine. According to his thermal theory of storms, all atmospheric disturbances, from thunderstorms to winter storms, are driven by heated updrafts, inwardly rushing air currents, and the release of latent heat. His theory, published as The philosophy of st ...
... Espy viewed the atmosphere as a giant heat engine. According to his thermal theory of storms, all atmospheric disturbances, from thunderstorms to winter storms, are driven by heated updrafts, inwardly rushing air currents, and the release of latent heat. His theory, published as The philosophy of st ...
Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on
... the behavior of present-day megafauna in the African savanna (Owen-Smith, 1987). For example, today a large elephant in South Africa consumes 300 kg of vegetation daily (U. Schutte, personal communication, 2012). Therefore, the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna could have allowed an additional ...
... the behavior of present-day megafauna in the African savanna (Owen-Smith, 1987). For example, today a large elephant in South Africa consumes 300 kg of vegetation daily (U. Schutte, personal communication, 2012). Therefore, the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna could have allowed an additional ...
global warming - Libertarian Alliance
... warming there are a few questions that one would expect should occur to those who automatically assume the worst: (1) If global warming is taking place why is it assumed that it can only have bad consequences? (2) Would not some parts of the world benefit from higher temperatures? (3) Alternatively, ...
... warming there are a few questions that one would expect should occur to those who automatically assume the worst: (1) If global warming is taking place why is it assumed that it can only have bad consequences? (2) Would not some parts of the world benefit from higher temperatures? (3) Alternatively, ...
Psychology`s Contributions to Understanding and Addressing
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
Impact of Climate Change on Wetland Functions
... case of Korea, the importance of preservation and protection of wetlands has been recognized since 1990s and have been exerting diverse efforts to protect and preserve wetlands as well ever since. Wetlands are ecologically very important as habitats for diverse lives. However, even though there are ...
... case of Korea, the importance of preservation and protection of wetlands has been recognized since 1990s and have been exerting diverse efforts to protect and preserve wetlands as well ever since. Wetlands are ecologically very important as habitats for diverse lives. However, even though there are ...
Global food security under climate change
... equally importantly, also a source of income. In a world where trade is possible at reasonably low cost, the crucial issue for food security is not whether food is ‘‘available,’’ but whether the monetary and nonmonetary resources at the disposal of the population are sufficient to allow everyone acc ...
... equally importantly, also a source of income. In a world where trade is possible at reasonably low cost, the crucial issue for food security is not whether food is ‘‘available,’’ but whether the monetary and nonmonetary resources at the disposal of the population are sufficient to allow everyone acc ...
population dynamics and climate change - 12
... Changes in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and aerosols, land cover and solar radiation alter the energy balance of the climate systems and are key drivers of climate change (IPCC,2007). They affect the absorption, scattering and emission of radiation within the atmosphere ...
... Changes in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) and aerosols, land cover and solar radiation alter the energy balance of the climate systems and are key drivers of climate change (IPCC,2007). They affect the absorption, scattering and emission of radiation within the atmosphere ...
Policy Brief Series - IOM Online Bookstore
... Identifying the most vulnerable communities to climate change The vulnerability of certain specific communities to climate change impacts varies according to their degree of exposure to different weather and weatherrelated phenomena, in addition to their socioeconomic characteristics. Both elements ...
... Identifying the most vulnerable communities to climate change The vulnerability of certain specific communities to climate change impacts varies according to their degree of exposure to different weather and weatherrelated phenomena, in addition to their socioeconomic characteristics. Both elements ...
9 Holocene rapid land-cover changes – evidence and theory
... the solution II* is unstable to infinitesimally small perturbations. Further analysis of the model results depicted in Figure 9.3 shows that for present-day conditions IId is more stable than IIg, i.e., the system is expected to reside more often near IId than near IIg in the presence of finite-ampl ...
... the solution II* is unstable to infinitesimally small perturbations. Further analysis of the model results depicted in Figure 9.3 shows that for present-day conditions IId is more stable than IIg, i.e., the system is expected to reside more often near IId than near IIg in the presence of finite-ampl ...
Psychology`s Contributions to Understanding and Addressing
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
impacts of climate change on date palm in oman
... prepare for this situation in advance and thereby gain significant economic advantages which can ...
... prepare for this situation in advance and thereby gain significant economic advantages which can ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES UNCERTAINTY AND DECISION IN CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
... – we are in a world of ‘uncertainty’ rather than ‘risk’ in the words of Knight (1921). How then should we make policy decisions in such an informational environment? We will argue that the standard von Neumann-Morgenstern Expected Utility framework for decision making under uncertainty is of limite ...
... – we are in a world of ‘uncertainty’ rather than ‘risk’ in the words of Knight (1921). How then should we make policy decisions in such an informational environment? We will argue that the standard von Neumann-Morgenstern Expected Utility framework for decision making under uncertainty is of limite ...
Adaptation Planning and Climate Impact Assessments: Learning From NEPA’s Flaws
... IPCC assessment also notes that in North America: Coastal communities and habitats will be increasingly stressed by climate change impacts interacting with development and pollution. Population growth and the rising value of infrastructure in coastal areas increase vulnerability to climate variabili ...
... IPCC assessment also notes that in North America: Coastal communities and habitats will be increasingly stressed by climate change impacts interacting with development and pollution. Population growth and the rising value of infrastructure in coastal areas increase vulnerability to climate variabili ...
full report - Campaign against Climate Change
... The final tour consisted of two routes, roughly speaking a northern route (Route 1), stretching from Edinburgh down to Derby, and a southern route (Route 2), covering locations south of Birmingham. On each of the routes the “Caravan” took the form of a large, low-emission box van emblazoned with “On ...
... The final tour consisted of two routes, roughly speaking a northern route (Route 1), stretching from Edinburgh down to Derby, and a southern route (Route 2), covering locations south of Birmingham. On each of the routes the “Caravan” took the form of a large, low-emission box van emblazoned with “On ...