Dealing with the uncertainties of climate engineering
... studies need to be controlled by the participants. This requires them to make decisions in consecutive rounds. In other words, rather than taking one single decision in order to complete the task, the participants need to make a series of interdependent decisions over time. This not only means that ...
... studies need to be controlled by the participants. This requires them to make decisions in consecutive rounds. In other words, rather than taking one single decision in order to complete the task, the participants need to make a series of interdependent decisions over time. This not only means that ...
G8 Impact on International Climate Change Negotiations – Good or
... demands to the G8 leaders, challenging them to produce a better text. In a joint document, Greenpeace, WWF, Friends of the Earth, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and Tearfund called for the G8 leaders to make a clear statement that they accept the science behind climate change, send a ...
... demands to the G8 leaders, challenging them to produce a better text. In a joint document, Greenpeace, WWF, Friends of the Earth, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and Tearfund called for the G8 leaders to make a clear statement that they accept the science behind climate change, send a ...
Marine Board-ESF Response to the European Commission DG
... The Marine Board (representing 28 European Marine Research Institutes and Funding Agencies from 20 countries – see Annex I and II) welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for priority actions in the field of adaptation to climate change in Europe, as put forward in its Green Paper Adapting to c ...
... The Marine Board (representing 28 European Marine Research Institutes and Funding Agencies from 20 countries – see Annex I and II) welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for priority actions in the field of adaptation to climate change in Europe, as put forward in its Green Paper Adapting to c ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... simulating the relevant soil-plant-atmospheric components that determine plant growth and yield. They can be used to assess the impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity, as well as to investigate the potential effects of different adaptation options. However, this approach does not tak ...
... simulating the relevant soil-plant-atmospheric components that determine plant growth and yield. They can be used to assess the impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity, as well as to investigate the potential effects of different adaptation options. However, this approach does not tak ...
Report - UNHCR
... shared resources (especially water) has often provided an incentive for transboundary cooperation. The question is how existing agreements and institutions can be reinforced so as to continue to function effectively in the face of increased scarcity. Secondly, in the case of resource abundance, ther ...
... shared resources (especially water) has often provided an incentive for transboundary cooperation. The question is how existing agreements and institutions can be reinforced so as to continue to function effectively in the face of increased scarcity. Secondly, in the case of resource abundance, ther ...
Powerpoint - Imode Energy Research
... • The problem with accurately assessing climate change is that historical records of most meteorological variables go back, at best, only 160 years or so (to about 1850). • The length of this record is just too small to describe the range of natural climate variability over thousand- and million-yea ...
... • The problem with accurately assessing climate change is that historical records of most meteorological variables go back, at best, only 160 years or so (to about 1850). • The length of this record is just too small to describe the range of natural climate variability over thousand- and million-yea ...
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... The UKCIP02 scenarios show a number of changes to the future climate in the West Midlands. • The average annual temperature in Birmingham between 1961 and 1990 was 9.4°C. This is expected to increase by between 0.5°C and 1.5°C by the 2020s and 1.0°C and 2.5°C by the 2050s. • Most of the warming is ...
... The UKCIP02 scenarios show a number of changes to the future climate in the West Midlands. • The average annual temperature in Birmingham between 1961 and 1990 was 9.4°C. This is expected to increase by between 0.5°C and 1.5°C by the 2020s and 1.0°C and 2.5°C by the 2050s. • Most of the warming is ...
Science of Climate Change
... and CH4 now far exceed levels that occurred naturally over the last 650,000 years; and that the increases in CO2 concentrations were due primarily to emissions from fossil fuel use, with deforestation and other land use activities contributing significantly. The IPCC found that GHG emissions had ris ...
... and CH4 now far exceed levels that occurred naturally over the last 650,000 years; and that the increases in CO2 concentrations were due primarily to emissions from fossil fuel use, with deforestation and other land use activities contributing significantly. The IPCC found that GHG emissions had ris ...
Climate System Observations and Prediction Experiment (COPE)
... The Climate of the Twentieth Century Project (C20C; J. Kinter) Discussion on Seasonal Prediction in a Changing Climate (Plenary Discussion) Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
... The Climate of the Twentieth Century Project (C20C; J. Kinter) Discussion on Seasonal Prediction in a Changing Climate (Plenary Discussion) Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
Science Communication - Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
... McCluskey (2008) showed that environmental reporters provided more positive coverage of environmental nongovernmental organizations than their colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporte ...
... McCluskey (2008) showed that environmental reporters provided more positive coverage of environmental nongovernmental organizations than their colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporte ...
it`s not the heat, it`s the tepidity
... the true danger point, much later than that. It follows that we can’t base our confidence in global disaster on any consequences of the fact that things are warmer now than they were a century ago, such as sea level rise or the string of “warmest year on record” announcements, as those are part and ...
... the true danger point, much later than that. It follows that we can’t base our confidence in global disaster on any consequences of the fact that things are warmer now than they were a century ago, such as sea level rise or the string of “warmest year on record” announcements, as those are part and ...
Adapting agriculture to climate change
... The context of adaptation policy for agriculture Conflicting policy or policy discontinuity between levels of government and jurisdictions creates challenges for farming. Associated with this, the scale of decision-making may not match the scale of the problem: climate change is a national problem b ...
... The context of adaptation policy for agriculture Conflicting policy or policy discontinuity between levels of government and jurisdictions creates challenges for farming. Associated with this, the scale of decision-making may not match the scale of the problem: climate change is a national problem b ...
2. Data and Methodology
... different for each season, the change rate of annual mean temperatures was better simulated with ...
... different for each season, the change rate of annual mean temperatures was better simulated with ...
Climate Change, Water and the Policy
... been reiterated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its comprehensive state-of-the-art review of climate change literature across the globe (IPCC 2007). Figure 3 presents results from the IPCC analysis of climate simulations from fifteen leading GCMs comparing changes of annua ...
... been reiterated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its comprehensive state-of-the-art review of climate change literature across the globe (IPCC 2007). Figure 3 presents results from the IPCC analysis of climate simulations from fifteen leading GCMs comparing changes of annua ...
The American Environmental Values Survey: American Views on the
... Hines, J.M., Hungerford, H.R., & Tomera, A.N. .(1987). Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible environmental behaviour: A metaanalysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 18, 1-8. Howard, G.S. (1997) Ecological psychology: Creating a more earth-friendly human nature. South Bend, IN: Unive ...
... Hines, J.M., Hungerford, H.R., & Tomera, A.N. .(1987). Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible environmental behaviour: A metaanalysis. Journal of Environmental Education, 18, 1-8. Howard, G.S. (1997) Ecological psychology: Creating a more earth-friendly human nature. South Bend, IN: Unive ...
Risk communication: climate change as a human
... malaria and dengue fever. The effects of climate change on water security, food security and air quality are recognized as having the greatest effect on human health, especially in the developing world.3,4 In the knowledge that climate change is very likely anthropogenic,5 mainly due to increased gr ...
... malaria and dengue fever. The effects of climate change on water security, food security and air quality are recognized as having the greatest effect on human health, especially in the developing world.3,4 In the knowledge that climate change is very likely anthropogenic,5 mainly due to increased gr ...
Transcript
... where he broke his thigh bone and dislocated his kneecap and while he was recovering he spent his time studying captains’ log books. And the data that he found there set the path for his next fourteen years’ worth of work, so much so that on the 23rd of August in 1853 he called together a meeting of ...
... where he broke his thigh bone and dislocated his kneecap and while he was recovering he spent his time studying captains’ log books. And the data that he found there set the path for his next fourteen years’ worth of work, so much so that on the 23rd of August in 1853 he called together a meeting of ...
Climate Change Content and Green Initiatives in Canadian Schools
... The facts of climate change are no longer in dispute. The United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that there is a very high likelihood that climate change is caused by human activity. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for its work with Al Gore (IPCC, 2007). ...
... The facts of climate change are no longer in dispute. The United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that there is a very high likelihood that climate change is caused by human activity. The IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for its work with Al Gore (IPCC, 2007). ...
Mistreatment of the economic impacts of extreme events
... Stern Review chose to ignore the consensus view in favor of selectively citing a single study. Furthermore, the Stern Review uses the Muir-Wood et al. (2006) as the sole basis for projecting future global losses from extreme events (see Table 5.2, p. 138). This means that the Stern Review’s conclusi ...
... Stern Review chose to ignore the consensus view in favor of selectively citing a single study. Furthermore, the Stern Review uses the Muir-Wood et al. (2006) as the sole basis for projecting future global losses from extreme events (see Table 5.2, p. 138). This means that the Stern Review’s conclusi ...
Submission by Japan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate
... Promote measures that have synergies (co-benefits) with adaptation and have multiple policy objectives, including ecosystem based adaptation. (iv) Research, development, and diffusion of adaptation technologies Regarding technologies contribute to adaptation, promote research, development and diffu ...
... Promote measures that have synergies (co-benefits) with adaptation and have multiple policy objectives, including ecosystem based adaptation. (iv) Research, development, and diffusion of adaptation technologies Regarding technologies contribute to adaptation, promote research, development and diffu ...
A Two-Step Flow of Influence? Opinion-Leader
... communities but rather served as the connective communication tissue that alerted their peers to what mattered among political events, social issues, and consumer choices. As we will discuss in this article, solving the public opinion challenge on climate change means defining or framing the complex ...
... communities but rather served as the connective communication tissue that alerted their peers to what mattered among political events, social issues, and consumer choices. As we will discuss in this article, solving the public opinion challenge on climate change means defining or framing the complex ...