Report on WCRP developments/response post Review
... place new demands on the science to be relevant WCRP should shift its implementation paradigm from one that builds from the parts offered its core projects and other activities to one that has clear and focused high-level objectives and clearly articulated deliverables These should be delivered ...
... place new demands on the science to be relevant WCRP should shift its implementation paradigm from one that builds from the parts offered its core projects and other activities to one that has clear and focused high-level objectives and clearly articulated deliverables These should be delivered ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... “We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences” (Al Gore, speech at National Sierra Club Convention, September 9, 2005). Advocates raising awareness on global climate change almost universally warn of dire consequences for future generations should ...
... “We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences” (Al Gore, speech at National Sierra Club Convention, September 9, 2005). Advocates raising awareness on global climate change almost universally warn of dire consequences for future generations should ...
Ua `afa le Aso Stormy weather today: traditional ecological
... also extended to different phases of ENSO. Beucher found that in normal events, when the SPI is near zero, the SPCZ lies northwest and southeast along the trough where maximum rainfall anomalies are observed. During El Niño events, when the SPI is lower than −0.47, the SPCZ moves east of the 180◦ W ...
... also extended to different phases of ENSO. Beucher found that in normal events, when the SPI is near zero, the SPCZ lies northwest and southeast along the trough where maximum rainfall anomalies are observed. During El Niño events, when the SPI is lower than −0.47, the SPCZ moves east of the 180◦ W ...
Farmer beliefs and concerns about climate change and attitudes
... taxes, and market-based cap and trade (CAST 2011). Because each of these options requires substantial government intervention to implement, we use a general measure of support for government action to address the anthropogenic causes of climate change. Farmers were provided with the statement, “Gove ...
... taxes, and market-based cap and trade (CAST 2011). Because each of these options requires substantial government intervention to implement, we use a general measure of support for government action to address the anthropogenic causes of climate change. Farmers were provided with the statement, “Gove ...
Human Induced Climate Change: The IPCC Fourth Assessment
... Comparison of the projections made with climate models for the period since 1990 with observations over the period 1990-2005 has strengthened scientific in confidence in near-term projections for the next few decades. In particular, for the next two decades, the AR4 projects a warming of about 0.2° ...
... Comparison of the projections made with climate models for the period since 1990 with observations over the period 1990-2005 has strengthened scientific in confidence in near-term projections for the next few decades. In particular, for the next two decades, the AR4 projects a warming of about 0.2° ...
The Holocene
... with climatic and ecological records from northeastern North America (Kurek et al., 2004; Lutz et al., 2007; Shuman et al., 2002). Ellison et al. (2006) suggest the presence of two distinct cooling events centered at 8.5 and 8.1 kyr BP, respectively, in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean (Ellison et ...
... with climatic and ecological records from northeastern North America (Kurek et al., 2004; Lutz et al., 2007; Shuman et al., 2002). Ellison et al. (2006) suggest the presence of two distinct cooling events centered at 8.5 and 8.1 kyr BP, respectively, in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean (Ellison et ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... First of all, interest in “folk” climate models inevitably created a contrast between traditional and scientific knowledge, leading many to ask how certain kinds of knowledge (i.e., Western scientific discourses) become privileged. An interest in culturally specific knowledge and ethnoscience led na ...
... First of all, interest in “folk” climate models inevitably created a contrast between traditional and scientific knowledge, leading many to ask how certain kinds of knowledge (i.e., Western scientific discourses) become privileged. An interest in culturally specific knowledge and ethnoscience led na ...
Curriculum Vitae: Lisa Goddard
... Goddard, L., A. Kumar, A. G. Barnston and M. P. Hoerling. 2006. Diagnosis of anomalous winter temperatures over the eastern United States during the 2002/03 El Niño. J. Climate, 19: 5624-5636. Goddard, L. and M. Dilley, 2006. Reply to Comments on “El Niño: Catastrophe or Opportunity”. J. Climate, 19 ...
... Goddard, L., A. Kumar, A. G. Barnston and M. P. Hoerling. 2006. Diagnosis of anomalous winter temperatures over the eastern United States during the 2002/03 El Niño. J. Climate, 19: 5624-5636. Goddard, L. and M. Dilley, 2006. Reply to Comments on “El Niño: Catastrophe or Opportunity”. J. Climate, 19 ...
Science studies, climate change and the prospects for constructivist
... towards scientific truth and its emphasis on the socially contingent manner in which the objects of science are constructed and knowledge about them is socially validated. Different scholars account for this contingency in different ways, and there is an extensive debate within science studies about ...
... towards scientific truth and its emphasis on the socially contingent manner in which the objects of science are constructed and knowledge about them is socially validated. Different scholars account for this contingency in different ways, and there is an extensive debate within science studies about ...
Drivers and impacts of seasonal weather in the
... had substantial economic and social impacts in the UK. There has been public and media interest in the role of climate variability and climate change in these events, with concern as to how often such conditions should be expected in the future. To help inform this debate, this synopsis paper analys ...
... had substantial economic and social impacts in the UK. There has been public and media interest in the role of climate variability and climate change in these events, with concern as to how often such conditions should be expected in the future. To help inform this debate, this synopsis paper analys ...
Paris Agreement in practice: what next for Africa and developing
... value chains and economic systems that have been large contributors to the situation. ...
... value chains and economic systems that have been large contributors to the situation. ...
- Urban Gateway
... Climate Change Adaptation Climate change effects and risks must be mainstreamed into development planning and investment. Most adaptation actions are not new to Viet Nam and are about doing more and better of what would be done without CC. However, several climate change effects are new to specific ...
... Climate Change Adaptation Climate change effects and risks must be mainstreamed into development planning and investment. Most adaptation actions are not new to Viet Nam and are about doing more and better of what would be done without CC. However, several climate change effects are new to specific ...
Teacher`s Notes . Unit 1 Level 2 - Understandi ng Climate Chan ge
... More Droughts and Floods to Come THREE of the nation's leading climate scientists have linked the past two years of record wet weather to climate change in their strongest findings yet on the impact of global warming on the nation's climate. Professors Will Steffen, Matthew England and David Karoly ...
... More Droughts and Floods to Come THREE of the nation's leading climate scientists have linked the past two years of record wet weather to climate change in their strongest findings yet on the impact of global warming on the nation's climate. Professors Will Steffen, Matthew England and David Karoly ...
Financing adaptation
... supply, tourism and recreation, human health, etc. Albeit, all these sectors are potentially impacted–decisions, whether to adapt or not, are taken at different levels, ranging from individual farmers to national planning services. For most, climate change is not an immediate concern. Enforcement in ...
... supply, tourism and recreation, human health, etc. Albeit, all these sectors are potentially impacted–decisions, whether to adapt or not, are taken at different levels, ranging from individual farmers to national planning services. For most, climate change is not an immediate concern. Enforcement in ...
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... their exponentially growing population. These problems not only undermine quality of life and livelihoods but seriously threaten the survival of both urban and rural societies. Environmental issues like global warming and climate change are now high on the global agenda and have serious implications ...
... their exponentially growing population. These problems not only undermine quality of life and livelihoods but seriously threaten the survival of both urban and rural societies. Environmental issues like global warming and climate change are now high on the global agenda and have serious implications ...
A Just Climate: Our Responsibility To Act
... Australia seeks to address the developmental cost of climate change as evidenced throughout our programs and supported by widely accepted scientific and economic reports. Ongoing research and observation – including anecdotal evidence from Caritas Australia’s projects - clearly point to the devastat ...
... Australia seeks to address the developmental cost of climate change as evidenced throughout our programs and supported by widely accepted scientific and economic reports. Ongoing research and observation – including anecdotal evidence from Caritas Australia’s projects - clearly point to the devastat ...
Food Security of Northern Indigenous Peoples in a Time of
... (team or individual). As an area of inquiry it is still, relative to other intellectual areas, underresourced and open to new approaches and theory. More climate change questions are unresolved then those few we now have a firm and conclusive scientific understanding of. Questions remain unresolved ...
... (team or individual). As an area of inquiry it is still, relative to other intellectual areas, underresourced and open to new approaches and theory. More climate change questions are unresolved then those few we now have a firm and conclusive scientific understanding of. Questions remain unresolved ...
Communicating Science: A Primer with Applications
... precision and technicality necessary in the lab, but as Alan Alda was able to draw out in his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, most scientists do have a sense of humor about their work and what they’ve discovered. It is this excitement that needs to work its way into how those discoveries are ...
... precision and technicality necessary in the lab, but as Alan Alda was able to draw out in his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, most scientists do have a sense of humor about their work and what they’ve discovered. It is this excitement that needs to work its way into how those discoveries are ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... opportunities, better infrastructure and social services, hence people consider it is convenient to live there since it is cost effective compared to other remote areas of the city. By 2009 statistics total 45.9 thousand residents (or 11.4 thousand households) are living here. 70.4% of households li ...
... opportunities, better infrastructure and social services, hence people consider it is convenient to live there since it is cost effective compared to other remote areas of the city. By 2009 statistics total 45.9 thousand residents (or 11.4 thousand households) are living here. 70.4% of households li ...
The Structure of Economic Modeling of the Potential Impacts
... relationship between humans and the planet, including where and how they could live.3 However, there is a disconnect between the scale of the risks, i.e., the potential consequences from human action, as described by scientists, and what many of the formal scientific models, (climate and particularl ...
... relationship between humans and the planet, including where and how they could live.3 However, there is a disconnect between the scale of the risks, i.e., the potential consequences from human action, as described by scientists, and what many of the formal scientific models, (climate and particularl ...
natural ecosystems chapter 8
... Most climate-based projections of species’ distributions are based on their current climatic niches (e.g., Rehfeldt et al. 2006; Parra and Monahan 2008; Franklin et al. 2009), which are assumed to be unchanging over time and uniform in space. These projections may overestimate the size of species’ r ...
... Most climate-based projections of species’ distributions are based on their current climatic niches (e.g., Rehfeldt et al. 2006; Parra and Monahan 2008; Franklin et al. 2009), which are assumed to be unchanging over time and uniform in space. These projections may overestimate the size of species’ r ...
3592_espaldon_Knowledge_Systems_paper
... Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation Monsalud et al (2003) reported that indigenous practices for crops and livestock to lessen the effects of El Niño are still widely used in some provinces such as Bulacan, Pampanga, Catanduanes, and Camarines Sur. Indigenous technologies s ...
... Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation Monsalud et al (2003) reported that indigenous practices for crops and livestock to lessen the effects of El Niño are still widely used in some provinces such as Bulacan, Pampanga, Catanduanes, and Camarines Sur. Indigenous technologies s ...
Chapter 2: AFRICAN CLIMATE CHANGE: PAST AND FUTURE
... The climate system is driven by the sun’s energy and regulated by natural processes and cycles in the Earth system. These include the carbon cycle and greenhouse effect, orbital cycles, ocean currents that distribute warmer and colder water around the globe, and atmosphere-ocean interactions that mo ...
... The climate system is driven by the sun’s energy and regulated by natural processes and cycles in the Earth system. These include the carbon cycle and greenhouse effect, orbital cycles, ocean currents that distribute warmer and colder water around the globe, and atmosphere-ocean interactions that mo ...
Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem
... science communication. But much like the measurement problem of quantum physics, the measurement problem of the science of science communication involves how observation perturbs this dualism: the intrusion of cultural status competition into education, democratic politics, and other domains in whic ...
... science communication. But much like the measurement problem of quantum physics, the measurement problem of the science of science communication involves how observation perturbs this dualism: the intrusion of cultural status competition into education, democratic politics, and other domains in whic ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... survey in which they provided demographic details and accepted the terms and conditions of membership. These individuals were then emailed a hyperlink, which they clicked to confirm acceptance. Owing to missing or “don’t know” responses on key summary measures of pro-environmental values (Section 2. ...
... survey in which they provided demographic details and accepted the terms and conditions of membership. These individuals were then emailed a hyperlink, which they clicked to confirm acceptance. Owing to missing or “don’t know” responses on key summary measures of pro-environmental values (Section 2. ...