Chapter 10 Liability
... suggests a discernible human influence on global climate”. In 2007 the Fourth Assessment Report stated that the evidence was “unequivocal”4. It is more defensible to argue that many of the effects of climate change are still uncertain, since IPCC itself takes that position. Whilst a hard core of den ...
... suggests a discernible human influence on global climate”. In 2007 the Fourth Assessment Report stated that the evidence was “unequivocal”4. It is more defensible to argue that many of the effects of climate change are still uncertain, since IPCC itself takes that position. Whilst a hard core of den ...
action kit - Climate Reality Project
... grassroots campaigns take this message and make climate personal to build a movement that is as inclusive as it is diverse. We speak up with relentless honesty about the solutions we have right in front of us and the forces standing in our way: the anti-science deniers and the wealthy corporations w ...
... grassroots campaigns take this message and make climate personal to build a movement that is as inclusive as it is diverse. We speak up with relentless honesty about the solutions we have right in front of us and the forces standing in our way: the anti-science deniers and the wealthy corporations w ...
Defeating Kyoto: The Conservative Movement`s Impact
... benchmark by which to compare the conservative movement’s counter-claims about global warming. Analysts of the social construction of social problems often privilege, at least implicitly if not explicitly, one view of reality over another—a practice identi ed by Steve Woolgar and Dorothy Pawluch (1 ...
... benchmark by which to compare the conservative movement’s counter-claims about global warming. Analysts of the social construction of social problems often privilege, at least implicitly if not explicitly, one view of reality over another—a practice identi ed by Steve Woolgar and Dorothy Pawluch (1 ...
Cutting the Knot
... a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the anticipated impacts of a warming climate, and particularly with new evidence of drastic impacts in the Arctic3, it is quite clear that, even with the global mean surface temper ...
... a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the anticipated impacts of a warming climate, and particularly with new evidence of drastic impacts in the Arctic3, it is quite clear that, even with the global mean surface temper ...
Defeating Kyoto: The Conservative Movement`s Impact on U.S.
... benchmark by which to compare the conservative movement’s counter-claims about global warming. Analysts of the social construction of social problems often privilege, at least implicitly if not explicitly, one view of reality over another—a practice identi ed by Steve Woolgar and Dorothy Pawluch (1 ...
... benchmark by which to compare the conservative movement’s counter-claims about global warming. Analysts of the social construction of social problems often privilege, at least implicitly if not explicitly, one view of reality over another—a practice identi ed by Steve Woolgar and Dorothy Pawluch (1 ...
high confidence
... •damage from pests and diseases in all sub-regions will increase due to climate change [high confidence] •[…]damages from storms in central Europe [low confidence] may also increase due to climate change Climate change is likely to cause ecological and socio-economic damages from shifts in •forest t ...
... •damage from pests and diseases in all sub-regions will increase due to climate change [high confidence] •[…]damages from storms in central Europe [low confidence] may also increase due to climate change Climate change is likely to cause ecological and socio-economic damages from shifts in •forest t ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... non-anthropogenic causes such as solar and volcanic activity; and (iii) more emphasis being placed on climate changes in areas of low natural variability. Climate variability can be expressed at various temporal scales (by day, season and year) and is an inherent characteristic of climate, whether t ...
... non-anthropogenic causes such as solar and volcanic activity; and (iii) more emphasis being placed on climate changes in areas of low natural variability. Climate variability can be expressed at various temporal scales (by day, season and year) and is an inherent characteristic of climate, whether t ...
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
... 7. Additionally, a number of national and international mitigation institutions have been created – institutions which do not necessarily take into considerations the views and interests of indigenous peoples but which indigenous peoples, nevertheless, have to relate to and try to accommodate with. ...
... 7. Additionally, a number of national and international mitigation institutions have been created – institutions which do not necessarily take into considerations the views and interests of indigenous peoples but which indigenous peoples, nevertheless, have to relate to and try to accommodate with. ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our past
... Perhaps the simplest mode is the assessment of differences between present conditions and some period in the past that represents less disturbed conditions. This type of analysis has become an increasingly common part of environmental regulation, where there is often a demand to identify and describ ...
... Perhaps the simplest mode is the assessment of differences between present conditions and some period in the past that represents less disturbed conditions. This type of analysis has become an increasingly common part of environmental regulation, where there is often a demand to identify and describ ...
Climate change, phenological shifts, eco
... is embedded in the mechanistic approach and there is continuous exchange between the two. It is not realistic to aim for an understanding of all causal relationships underlying eco-evolutionary processes and to translate them into a set of equations. Hence, models will include correlations, which ma ...
... is embedded in the mechanistic approach and there is continuous exchange between the two. It is not realistic to aim for an understanding of all causal relationships underlying eco-evolutionary processes and to translate them into a set of equations. Hence, models will include correlations, which ma ...
6.1 Need for Study - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
... significantly more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature, regarding the nature, causes and consequences of global warming. The disputed issues involve the cause of increased global average air temperature, especially since the mid 20th century, whether such a warming tren ...
... significantly more pronounced in the popular media than in the scientific literature, regarding the nature, causes and consequences of global warming. The disputed issues involve the cause of increased global average air temperature, especially since the mid 20th century, whether such a warming tren ...
Overcoming Behavioral and Institutional Inertia
... appeals that might then be refuted by other similarly strongly worded statements, hampering the perceived reliability of the information source. In addition to confusing the public (and policy makers) about causes, impacts, and potential solutions, different types of framing can antagonize individua ...
... appeals that might then be refuted by other similarly strongly worded statements, hampering the perceived reliability of the information source. In addition to confusing the public (and policy makers) about causes, impacts, and potential solutions, different types of framing can antagonize individua ...
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... and out of agriculture, i.e., the simulated impacts are predicated on the land base remaining constant after climate change. 2 To the extent that climate change induces the land base to change, the methodology used here does not capture the full impact of adaptation to climate change. Assuming the l ...
... and out of agriculture, i.e., the simulated impacts are predicated on the land base remaining constant after climate change. 2 To the extent that climate change induces the land base to change, the methodology used here does not capture the full impact of adaptation to climate change. Assuming the l ...
Climate change and the long-term viability of the World`s busiest
... The TCWR (Fig. 1) is critical to the economy of NWT, Canada, with over $500 million of goods per year transported to service diamond mines and other industries in the region (JVMC, Joint Venture Management Committee 2015). The winter road is critical for the development of new natural resources, mai ...
... The TCWR (Fig. 1) is critical to the economy of NWT, Canada, with over $500 million of goods per year transported to service diamond mines and other industries in the region (JVMC, Joint Venture Management Committee 2015). The winter road is critical for the development of new natural resources, mai ...
The impact of climate change on the electricity market A review
... policy. However, the challenges posed by climate change impacts are significant, and at the time of a potentially great transformation of the whole sector it is particularly important to know something about how demand and supply in the sector is likely to shift. Thus, it is useful to take stock of w ...
... policy. However, the challenges posed by climate change impacts are significant, and at the time of a potentially great transformation of the whole sector it is particularly important to know something about how demand and supply in the sector is likely to shift. Thus, it is useful to take stock of w ...
Topic 12: Agriculture, Climate Change and Adaptation
... considerations of liability and ethics; political issues, polluters pay principles and North-South issues. ...
... considerations of liability and ethics; political issues, polluters pay principles and North-South issues. ...
Activity 2.2: Historical Climate Cycles
... because the CO2 reacts with water to form carbonic acid and its dissociation products. As atmospheric CO2 increases, the interaction with the surface ocean will change the chemistry of the seawater, resulting in ocean acidification. Evidence suggests that the past and current ocean uptake of human-d ...
... because the CO2 reacts with water to form carbonic acid and its dissociation products. As atmospheric CO2 increases, the interaction with the surface ocean will change the chemistry of the seawater, resulting in ocean acidification. Evidence suggests that the past and current ocean uptake of human-d ...
Natural hazards and farmers experience of climate change on highly
... extreme climatic events (Houghton 2009). With globalization the awareness of environmental hazards has gone from concerning local communities to become international problems (Lidskog et al. 1997). This report has its study area located on the slopes around Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. Here there ...
... extreme climatic events (Houghton 2009). With globalization the awareness of environmental hazards has gone from concerning local communities to become international problems (Lidskog et al. 1997). This report has its study area located on the slopes around Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. Here there ...
Desertification-Climate Change Interactions
... trying to escape from desert, the wilderness pursues them with their practices in land use (UNCCD, 2004; Henson, 2008, Barua et al., 2010). Thus, poor people become both the cause and the victims of land degradation (Günter et al., 2009). For Mexico, the regulation of the General Law for Sustainable ...
... trying to escape from desert, the wilderness pursues them with their practices in land use (UNCCD, 2004; Henson, 2008, Barua et al., 2010). Thus, poor people become both the cause and the victims of land degradation (Günter et al., 2009). For Mexico, the regulation of the General Law for Sustainable ...
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... to a marginal change in precipitation on field crops production in South Africa. Although rising temperatures seems to affect net revenue positively, while reduction in rainfall negatively affect net farm revenue. This was remotely far from the studies of (Deressa, 2007): according to his findings c ...
... to a marginal change in precipitation on field crops production in South Africa. Although rising temperatures seems to affect net revenue positively, while reduction in rainfall negatively affect net farm revenue. This was remotely far from the studies of (Deressa, 2007): according to his findings c ...
6 Climate impacts on sectors and policies
... the frequency and intensity of extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, heavy storms and other environmental changes (Beniston et al. 2007). This will impact crop yields in terms of quantity as well as quality and may lead to crop yield differences from one year to the next (Sonia Quirog ...
... the frequency and intensity of extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, heavy storms and other environmental changes (Beniston et al. 2007). This will impact crop yields in terms of quantity as well as quality and may lead to crop yield differences from one year to the next (Sonia Quirog ...
Draft Risk Assessment Framework Outline
... experience may provide information on the significance of the impact to the transportation system if a certain asset is damaged or destroyed. To address this question, agencies should consider the historical performance of assets during specific weather events. For example, agencies could consider: ...
... experience may provide information on the significance of the impact to the transportation system if a certain asset is damaged or destroyed. To address this question, agencies should consider the historical performance of assets during specific weather events. For example, agencies could consider: ...
Queries for ecol-90-04-15 1. AU: Should Dieckmann be changed to
... approaches: static dynamics and time-series approaches. Static approaches focus on global climate change and use expressions for R0 (basic reproductive number), or ‘‘entomological potential’’ to examine how potential changes in climate will modify the potential range of specific human pathogens. Most ...
... approaches: static dynamics and time-series approaches. Static approaches focus on global climate change and use expressions for R0 (basic reproductive number), or ‘‘entomological potential’’ to examine how potential changes in climate will modify the potential range of specific human pathogens. Most ...