Where We Are Now - Edinburgh Research Explorer
... its own merits but as the means by which that “universal emulator”, utilitarianism, might best secure its ultimate end.15 Within that context, however, and although one might quibble about the inclusion or exclusion of particular papers, the selection can be taken as a more or less representative sn ...
... its own merits but as the means by which that “universal emulator”, utilitarianism, might best secure its ultimate end.15 Within that context, however, and although one might quibble about the inclusion or exclusion of particular papers, the selection can be taken as a more or less representative sn ...
Adaptation policy and practice in densely populated glacier
... climate change is soon expected to feature dominantly in the mainstream policy discourse of the concerned countries. There is already recognition of the threat by the national governments, as evident from several initiatives and policy measures adopted in the region. As part of their reporting oblig ...
... climate change is soon expected to feature dominantly in the mainstream policy discourse of the concerned countries. There is already recognition of the threat by the national governments, as evident from several initiatives and policy measures adopted in the region. As part of their reporting oblig ...
The global-scale impacts of climate change on water resources and
... represented by suites of plausible scenarios. Many studies have used the IPCC’s SRES scenarios (IPCC 2000) to characterise future emissions and socio-economic characteristics. The emissions trajectories in these scenarios were determined by the assumed socio-economic conditions; the A2 socio-economi ...
... represented by suites of plausible scenarios. Many studies have used the IPCC’s SRES scenarios (IPCC 2000) to characterise future emissions and socio-economic characteristics. The emissions trajectories in these scenarios were determined by the assumed socio-economic conditions; the A2 socio-economi ...
High impact, low probability (revised for Climatic Change)
... uncertain issue is what to assume about the functional form, β. Across the range of previous studies, the damage function has tended to be quadratic (which has the convenient analytical property of giving a linear marginal benefit function, but not much more justification than that) or less steep. P ...
... uncertain issue is what to assume about the functional form, β. Across the range of previous studies, the damage function has tended to be quadratic (which has the convenient analytical property of giving a linear marginal benefit function, but not much more justification than that) or less steep. P ...
eSoGE News - School of Geography and the Environment
... suggest the expected rate of warming in Professor Myles Allen response to rising greenhouse gas levels, or ‘Transient Climate Response,’ is likely to lie within the range of current climate models, but not at the high end of this range. ‘The eventual long-term warming after stabilization remains rat ...
... suggest the expected rate of warming in Professor Myles Allen response to rising greenhouse gas levels, or ‘Transient Climate Response,’ is likely to lie within the range of current climate models, but not at the high end of this range. ‘The eventual long-term warming after stabilization remains rat ...
NEWSLETTER - UU Ministry for Earth
... Congregational Study Action Issue (CSAI) that will be crafted into an SOC in four years. The topics include: A National Conversation On Race; Climate Change and Environmental Justice (see article on page 10); The Corruption of Our Democracy; and Ending Gun Violence in America. In building sustainabl ...
... Congregational Study Action Issue (CSAI) that will be crafted into an SOC in four years. The topics include: A National Conversation On Race; Climate Change and Environmental Justice (see article on page 10); The Corruption of Our Democracy; and Ending Gun Violence in America. In building sustainabl ...
Poverty and climate change: Natural disasters, agricultural
... crops (wheat, rice and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, with higher emissions pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an effect that suggests plants can improve photosynthesis and productivity with higher ...
... crops (wheat, rice and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, with higher emissions pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an effect that suggests plants can improve photosynthesis and productivity with higher ...
- Human Organization, Practicing Anthropology
... perspectives to assessing local impacts. Glacial retreat and potential GLOFs have been the focus of investigation for several climate change studies of the region. Exploratory studies of changes in biological resources are in their infancy, and studies of the human dimensions of climate change remai ...
... perspectives to assessing local impacts. Glacial retreat and potential GLOFs have been the focus of investigation for several climate change studies of the region. Exploratory studies of changes in biological resources are in their infancy, and studies of the human dimensions of climate change remai ...
Communicating Climate Change through ICT
... identified an increasing trend in the amount of scholarly papers addressing the issue of how to communicate the scientific basis of climate change, as well as its implications and relevant action strategies, in ways that encourage learning and engagement among various audiences [2–5]. During the las ...
... identified an increasing trend in the amount of scholarly papers addressing the issue of how to communicate the scientific basis of climate change, as well as its implications and relevant action strategies, in ways that encourage learning and engagement among various audiences [2–5]. During the las ...
Analysis of perception and adaptation to climate change in the Nile
... which assist to adapt to climate change. Adaptation to climate change is costly (Mendelson, 2004), and this cost could be revealed through the need for intensive labour use. Thus, if farmers do not have sufficient family labour or the financial means to higher labour, they can not adapt. Shortage o ...
... which assist to adapt to climate change. Adaptation to climate change is costly (Mendelson, 2004), and this cost could be revealed through the need for intensive labour use. Thus, if farmers do not have sufficient family labour or the financial means to higher labour, they can not adapt. Shortage o ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change - European Commission
... On climate change, the Communication stresses the need for both mitigation – the necessity of substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions – and adaptation – calling for strategic measures and a task force to help biodiversity adapt to unavoidable climate change by inter alia strengthening th ...
... On climate change, the Communication stresses the need for both mitigation – the necessity of substantial cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions – and adaptation – calling for strategic measures and a task force to help biodiversity adapt to unavoidable climate change by inter alia strengthening th ...
concept paper 22 april DD
... dykes to prevent coastal inundation from sea-level rise, new dams to improve water supplies, or new drainage systems (including technologies such as storm-water retention systems) to reduce flooding. Yet in contrast to these high-cost, hightechnology strategies, there is a growing interest in low-co ...
... dykes to prevent coastal inundation from sea-level rise, new dams to improve water supplies, or new drainage systems (including technologies such as storm-water retention systems) to reduce flooding. Yet in contrast to these high-cost, hightechnology strategies, there is a growing interest in low-co ...
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Adaptation to climate [change] impacts
... All Parties shall “Take climate change considerations into account, to the extent feasible, in their relevant social, economic and environmental policies and actions, and employ appropriate methods, for example impact assessments, formulated and determined nationally, with a view to minimizing adver ...
... All Parties shall “Take climate change considerations into account, to the extent feasible, in their relevant social, economic and environmental policies and actions, and employ appropriate methods, for example impact assessments, formulated and determined nationally, with a view to minimizing adver ...
Assessing the impacts of global warming on meteorological hazards
... spatial resolution. Therefore, we currently take priority in high-resolution over sample size by ...
... spatial resolution. Therefore, we currently take priority in high-resolution over sample size by ...
Cultural legitimacy and regulatory transitions for climate change: A
... interdependent relationships with buyers, suppliers, and financial backers…and patterns of culture, norms and ideology’.9 Another example from technological transitions may be garnered from innovations in coal burning systems in the West. For a long time, smoke was accepted as unavoidable nuisance o ...
... interdependent relationships with buyers, suppliers, and financial backers…and patterns of culture, norms and ideology’.9 Another example from technological transitions may be garnered from innovations in coal burning systems in the West. For a long time, smoke was accepted as unavoidable nuisance o ...
L31-Impacts - Boston University
... flood plains, those whose economies are closely linked with climate-sensitive resources, and those in areas prone to extreme weather events, especially where rapid urbanization is occurring. Poor communities can be especially vulnerable, in particular those concentrated in high-risk areas. They tend ...
... flood plains, those whose economies are closely linked with climate-sensitive resources, and those in areas prone to extreme weather events, especially where rapid urbanization is occurring. Poor communities can be especially vulnerable, in particular those concentrated in high-risk areas. They tend ...
Climate Change and National Security
... and declining food production. Even the United States will face negative impacts from ...
... and declining food production. Even the United States will face negative impacts from ...
Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability
... Farming households in developing countries like the Philippines are most vulnerable to climate change and variability because of their climate/weather-sensitive livelihood and lack of resources to finance adaptation measures. Climate change/variability impacts can still be disproportionate across h ...
... Farming households in developing countries like the Philippines are most vulnerable to climate change and variability because of their climate/weather-sensitive livelihood and lack of resources to finance adaptation measures. Climate change/variability impacts can still be disproportionate across h ...
Climate change justice and the global policy mix
... posits an inter-connected set of ‘basic rights’ including a ‘basic right to climate stability’, a right to a ‘minimum per capita level of emissions’, and a ‘right to develop’ in defending such a view (Vanderheiden 2008b: 64). Putting these climate change entitlements together, he argues, entails tha ...
... posits an inter-connected set of ‘basic rights’ including a ‘basic right to climate stability’, a right to a ‘minimum per capita level of emissions’, and a ‘right to develop’ in defending such a view (Vanderheiden 2008b: 64). Putting these climate change entitlements together, he argues, entails tha ...
Verma, N. M. 2014. Dynamism of building people
... In past twenty years, UN frame work on convention on Climate Change, international experts, scientists, technocrats, academicians, International organizations, National Governments have achieved a number of milestones including landmark protocol to cut back emissions globally. There have been also s ...
... In past twenty years, UN frame work on convention on Climate Change, international experts, scientists, technocrats, academicians, International organizations, National Governments have achieved a number of milestones including landmark protocol to cut back emissions globally. There have been also s ...
climate change adaptation in serbia: the role of information networks
... urbanisation (IPCC, 2007a). Identified as the ultimate risk multiplier both for societies and ecosystems (IPCC, 2012; Roaf et al. 2005), the process of climate change has generated global fear (Hulme, 2008), which is further amplified by extreme weather events, natural disasters and the anticipated ...
... urbanisation (IPCC, 2007a). Identified as the ultimate risk multiplier both for societies and ecosystems (IPCC, 2012; Roaf et al. 2005), the process of climate change has generated global fear (Hulme, 2008), which is further amplified by extreme weather events, natural disasters and the anticipated ...
03_MATCH_paper2_May17 - Modelling and assessment of
... The increase in CO2 concentration can be explained by the following factors: • Anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuels and industrial processes • Anthropogenic emissions/removals from land use change and forestry • Natural removals by the biosphere • Natural removals by the ocean ...
... The increase in CO2 concentration can be explained by the following factors: • Anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuels and industrial processes • Anthropogenic emissions/removals from land use change and forestry • Natural removals by the biosphere • Natural removals by the ocean ...
Global Warming
... heat in the earth's atmosphere in the same way that glass traps heat in a greenhouse. Although there are six major groups of gases that contribute to Global Climate Change, the most common is Carbon Dioxide (CO2). ...
... heat in the earth's atmosphere in the same way that glass traps heat in a greenhouse. Although there are six major groups of gases that contribute to Global Climate Change, the most common is Carbon Dioxide (CO2). ...