Climate change and disaster management
... Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to adapt and are more vulnerable to climate change damages, just as they are more vulnerable to other stresses.This condition is most extreme among ...
... Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to adapt and are more vulnerable to climate change damages, just as they are more vulnerable to other stresses.This condition is most extreme among ...
Climate sCienCe
... act to trap heat and keep the planet warm. Without them Earth would be frozen and lifeless. But you can have too much of a good thing. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, mainly by burning fossil fuels and turning forests into farmland. Th ...
... act to trap heat and keep the planet warm. Without them Earth would be frozen and lifeless. But you can have too much of a good thing. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, mainly by burning fossil fuels and turning forests into farmland. Th ...
Projected change in climate thresholds in the northeastern United
... for farmers with enough capital to take risks on new crops (assuming a market for new crops can be developed). However, our results indicate that many crops will have yield losses associated with increased frequency of high temperature stress, inadequate winter chill period (vernalization) for optim ...
... for farmers with enough capital to take risks on new crops (assuming a market for new crops can be developed). However, our results indicate that many crops will have yield losses associated with increased frequency of high temperature stress, inadequate winter chill period (vernalization) for optim ...
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... local governments. We see initial opportunities for on-the-ground state/regional joint initiatives on climate adaptation research, funding, training, and communications, with the great potential to create a long-term partnership around policies and programs that will benefit all Californians. ARCCA ...
... local governments. We see initial opportunities for on-the-ground state/regional joint initiatives on climate adaptation research, funding, training, and communications, with the great potential to create a long-term partnership around policies and programs that will benefit all Californians. ARCCA ...
Changing Global Warming Beliefs with Scientific Information
... e.g., anthropogenic) global warming more than Americans do, and humanity has accepted other difficult ideas that were heavily suppressed by political or economic powers— such as heliocentrism and the links between tobacco smoke and severe illnesses. Likewise, we predict that a mechanistic warming ex ...
... e.g., anthropogenic) global warming more than Americans do, and humanity has accepted other difficult ideas that were heavily suppressed by political or economic powers— such as heliocentrism and the links between tobacco smoke and severe illnesses. Likewise, we predict that a mechanistic warming ex ...
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... his words: “We cannot improve the language of any science without at the same time improving the science itself; nor can we, on the other hand, improve a science without improving the language or nomenclature” (Lavoisier, 1789). Imre Lakatos (1981) wrote “Philosophy of science without history is emp ...
... his words: “We cannot improve the language of any science without at the same time improving the science itself; nor can we, on the other hand, improve a science without improving the language or nomenclature” (Lavoisier, 1789). Imre Lakatos (1981) wrote “Philosophy of science without history is emp ...
2. Low Carbon Cities – The National Context
... Environment, Minerals and Energy, Water and Forestry, Land and Agriculture, and Science and Technology. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism called for a world-wide climate change awareness campaign to demystify and mainstream climate change, urging the need to make the link, in the min ...
... Environment, Minerals and Energy, Water and Forestry, Land and Agriculture, and Science and Technology. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism called for a world-wide climate change awareness campaign to demystify and mainstream climate change, urging the need to make the link, in the min ...
A guide on climate change for private equity investors
... foot printing roadshow visited 10 European cities to help investors compare options for measuring the carbon footprint arising from their equity portfolios. One of the first questions that investors asked at every roadshow event is what about other asset classes! Much has changed since 2010 when IIG ...
... foot printing roadshow visited 10 European cities to help investors compare options for measuring the carbon footprint arising from their equity portfolios. One of the first questions that investors asked at every roadshow event is what about other asset classes! Much has changed since 2010 when IIG ...
Climate Change News 33 October 12
... pesticides, mining supplies of freshwater and fertile arable land and advancements linked to mechanization are hitting their limits, if indeed they have not already hit them,” UNEP’s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, said in a news release. ...
... pesticides, mining supplies of freshwater and fertile arable land and advancements linked to mechanization are hitting their limits, if indeed they have not already hit them,” UNEP’s Executive Director, Achim Steiner, said in a news release. ...
Extension Agents` Awareness of Climate Change in
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
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... of range shifts and extinction probabilities are based largely on species-climate envelope models (32–34). These models are powerful initial tools ...
... of range shifts and extinction probabilities are based largely on species-climate envelope models (32–34). These models are powerful initial tools ...
Atmospheric Research - Global Change System for Analysis
... Short-term policy response 1. Enhance adaptive capacity so that the current coping range expands, reducing present vulnerability. 2. Develop this capacity in such a way that the longer-term risks to climate change are also reduced. ...
... Short-term policy response 1. Enhance adaptive capacity so that the current coping range expands, reducing present vulnerability. 2. Develop this capacity in such a way that the longer-term risks to climate change are also reduced. ...
This article was originally published in a journal published by
... A key finding of this study is that mid-summer 2 m temperature over Nebraska might be cooler by as much as 3.4 8C under current conditions. The domain-average difference between the control and OGE dry runs computed for the 6–15 July 2000 period was 1.2 8C. The cooling effect and the surface energy ...
... A key finding of this study is that mid-summer 2 m temperature over Nebraska might be cooler by as much as 3.4 8C under current conditions. The domain-average difference between the control and OGE dry runs computed for the 6–15 July 2000 period was 1.2 8C. The cooling effect and the surface energy ...
njpn-environment-group-notes-dates-and-resources-september-2016
... CAFOD’s liturgy for Creation Time on 1 September was well used. There is a new ‘Refugee Action’, inspired by the Lampedusa cross, during a Year of Mercy pilgrimage or as a separate activity. Cards, Liturgy material and a diocesan Lampedusa Cross are available. Members of the group were involved in v ...
... CAFOD’s liturgy for Creation Time on 1 September was well used. There is a new ‘Refugee Action’, inspired by the Lampedusa cross, during a Year of Mercy pilgrimage or as a separate activity. Cards, Liturgy material and a diocesan Lampedusa Cross are available. Members of the group were involved in v ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (2007). ...
... Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture (2007). ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The Adaptation Action Plan (see Table 1) is the main outcome of the Climate Change Adaptation project. This framework presents the key issues identified by the community that may result from climate change. Impacts may be perceived as positive and/or negative. For example, the increased presence of ...
... The Adaptation Action Plan (see Table 1) is the main outcome of the Climate Change Adaptation project. This framework presents the key issues identified by the community that may result from climate change. Impacts may be perceived as positive and/or negative. For example, the increased presence of ...
The Obama Administration`s Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCC
... Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a suite of regulations that implement the Clean Air Act for this purpose.4 As this essay will explain, these regulations are significant in both domestic and international registers. Under the United Nations Framework ...
... Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a suite of regulations that implement the Clean Air Act for this purpose.4 As this essay will explain, these regulations are significant in both domestic and international registers. Under the United Nations Framework ...
Review of Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Policies in Nepal
... emission reduction targets and means of implementation. The Bali Action Plan identifies four key elements: mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology. The Plan also contains a nonexhaustive list of issues to be considered under each of these areas and calls for articulating a “shared vision for ...
... emission reduction targets and means of implementation. The Bali Action Plan identifies four key elements: mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology. The Plan also contains a nonexhaustive list of issues to be considered under each of these areas and calls for articulating a “shared vision for ...
Effects of Global Warming Lesson Plan
... change, at least in the short term, is that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may enhance the growth of plants. That could be good for agriculture — though warming temperatures and changing rain patterns in a warmer world might wipe out that advantage. But there are no una ...
... change, at least in the short term, is that increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may enhance the growth of plants. That could be good for agriculture — though warming temperatures and changing rain patterns in a warmer world might wipe out that advantage. But there are no una ...
For Peer Review - Climate Access
... the general public have been proliferating in communication and related discipline journals since the late 1990s. Despite this, carbon emissions continue to increase both globally and domestically, and society continues to be vulnerable to climate variability. This raises questions about the effecti ...
... the general public have been proliferating in communication and related discipline journals since the late 1990s. Despite this, carbon emissions continue to increase both globally and domestically, and society continues to be vulnerable to climate variability. This raises questions about the effecti ...
Defenders of Wildlife Merritt island CCP comments
... the CCP/EA proposes no actions to address this threat. SLR is given a one sentence treatment in the discussion of management of the southeastern beach mouse: “The refuge beach and dune systems transition quickly into coastal scrub, which would be impacted by sea level rise” (CCP/EA at 81). Again, th ...
... the CCP/EA proposes no actions to address this threat. SLR is given a one sentence treatment in the discussion of management of the southeastern beach mouse: “The refuge beach and dune systems transition quickly into coastal scrub, which would be impacted by sea level rise” (CCP/EA at 81). Again, th ...
POPRC-9/8: Guidance on how to assess the possible impact of
... proposed for listing. It is a systematically narrative review, which is science-based and aims to describe the state-of-the-art science using the weight-of-evidence approach. The review shall be nuanced, trying to get all aspects of relevance integrated in a balanced manner, including positive and n ...
... proposed for listing. It is a systematically narrative review, which is science-based and aims to describe the state-of-the-art science using the weight-of-evidence approach. The review shall be nuanced, trying to get all aspects of relevance integrated in a balanced manner, including positive and n ...
document - Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change
... Management who is also the National Focal Point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mrs Sangarwe reiterated the aim of the workshop i.e. to create awareness and initiate dialogue on climate change in the country with full participation of legislators, the industri ...
... Management who is also the National Focal Point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mrs Sangarwe reiterated the aim of the workshop i.e. to create awareness and initiate dialogue on climate change in the country with full participation of legislators, the industri ...
What is this thing called `natural`? The nature
... itself (Hajer and Fischer 1999: 2). The discourse of sustainable development recognizes the structural character of environmental problems, but it also assumes that the institutions of modern society can deal with them. It promotes further, not less, modernization, responding to criticism of contemp ...
... itself (Hajer and Fischer 1999: 2). The discourse of sustainable development recognizes the structural character of environmental problems, but it also assumes that the institutions of modern society can deal with them. It promotes further, not less, modernization, responding to criticism of contemp ...