Sarewitz
... tide of rhetoric. In the heat of battle, all nuance was lost in the quest for victory, and a single, black-and-white question came to dominate the contest: Does science achieve an objective view of nature, or are all scientific facts constructed by social interactions? The latter, "constructivist" v ...
... tide of rhetoric. In the heat of battle, all nuance was lost in the quest for victory, and a single, black-and-white question came to dominate the contest: Does science achieve an objective view of nature, or are all scientific facts constructed by social interactions? The latter, "constructivist" v ...
The Point of No Return - Exploring Law on Cross
... and international actors are obliged to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under international law so as to prevent and avoid conditions that might lead to displacement (see for example 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Principle 5). Mitigation of climate change is a ...
... and international actors are obliged to respect and ensure respect for their obligations under international law so as to prevent and avoid conditions that might lead to displacement (see for example 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Principle 5). Mitigation of climate change is a ...
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn
... the planet by nuclear bomb tests, although an array of other signals, including plastic pollution, soot from power stations, concrete, and even the bones left by the global proliferation of the domestic chicken were now under consideration. [2] The current epoch, the Holocene, is the 12,000 years of ...
... the planet by nuclear bomb tests, although an array of other signals, including plastic pollution, soot from power stations, concrete, and even the bones left by the global proliferation of the domestic chicken were now under consideration. [2] The current epoch, the Holocene, is the 12,000 years of ...
Appendix 5 Fine-scale population responses to weather and climate
... persist and intensify (IPCC, 2013). The impact of climate change on biodiversity can be direct, for example a previously suitable region may become climatically unsuitable due to a rise in temperature, or can be indirect, for example the climate driven loss of pollinators can inhibit plant reproduct ...
... persist and intensify (IPCC, 2013). The impact of climate change on biodiversity can be direct, for example a previously suitable region may become climatically unsuitable due to a rise in temperature, or can be indirect, for example the climate driven loss of pollinators can inhibit plant reproduct ...
CO2, the greenhouse effect and global warming: from the
... Climate change is a major risk facing mankind. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris at the end of last year, 195 countries agreed on a plan to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, aiming to limit global temperature increase to well below 2 8C (relative to pre- ...
... Climate change is a major risk facing mankind. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris at the end of last year, 195 countries agreed on a plan to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, aiming to limit global temperature increase to well below 2 8C (relative to pre- ...
AgriculturAl reseArch in 21st century: chAllenges fAcing the food
... that have greater environmental, economic and social resilience to risk. It is clear that success in meeting these challenges will require both the application of current multidisciplinary knowledge, and the development of a range of technical and institutional innovations. The changing climate is a ...
... that have greater environmental, economic and social resilience to risk. It is clear that success in meeting these challenges will require both the application of current multidisciplinary knowledge, and the development of a range of technical and institutional innovations. The changing climate is a ...
A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data
... Institute, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, United Kingdom. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Lewandowsky). ...
... Institute, University of Bristol, 12a Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TU, United Kingdom. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Lewandowsky). ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Ohio
... diversity in approaches among existing economic studies and the complexity of climate ...
... diversity in approaches among existing economic studies and the complexity of climate ...
Executive Summary - A New Climate for Peace
... need to be linked to long-term peacebuilding efforts. The UNFCCC has been a key resource, helping countries prepare vulnerability assessments and climate change adaptation plans, as well as providing funding for the implementa- ...
... need to be linked to long-term peacebuilding efforts. The UNFCCC has been a key resource, helping countries prepare vulnerability assessments and climate change adaptation plans, as well as providing funding for the implementa- ...
Perception and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile
... Bennett (2009) revealed that exposure to mass media increases the awareness and concern about the damage associated with climate change. Semenza et al. (2008) indicated that individuals with higher incomes are more likely to know that climate is changing than individuals with lower incomes. Moreover ...
... Bennett (2009) revealed that exposure to mass media increases the awareness and concern about the damage associated with climate change. Semenza et al. (2008) indicated that individuals with higher incomes are more likely to know that climate is changing than individuals with lower incomes. Moreover ...
Understanding the Science of Climate Change Natural Resource Report NPS/NRPC/NRR—2010/210
... Climate change presents significant risks to our nation’s natural • Temperature and Greenhouse Gases and cultural resources. Although climate change was once be- • Water, Snow, and Ice lieved to be a future problem, there is now unequivocal scien• Vegetation and Wildlife tific evidence that our ...
... Climate change presents significant risks to our nation’s natural • Temperature and Greenhouse Gases and cultural resources. Although climate change was once be- • Water, Snow, and Ice lieved to be a future problem, there is now unequivocal scien• Vegetation and Wildlife tific evidence that our ...
Sensor Workbook Ver2.0 - Triple Helix
... probably see an average global temperature increase of 3 to 7°F by 2100, and greater warming after that. Even if we were to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, returning them to year 2000 levels, the Earth would still warm about 1°F over the next 100 years. This is due to the long lifetime ...
... probably see an average global temperature increase of 3 to 7°F by 2100, and greater warming after that. Even if we were to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, returning them to year 2000 levels, the Earth would still warm about 1°F over the next 100 years. This is due to the long lifetime ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... What sort of policy problem is climate change? It is our position that, as a policy problem, climate change is not well understood and that this lack of certainty has the potential to impede effective and timely policy development. This is especially so in the rapidly changing domain of climate chan ...
... What sort of policy problem is climate change? It is our position that, as a policy problem, climate change is not well understood and that this lack of certainty has the potential to impede effective and timely policy development. This is especially so in the rapidly changing domain of climate chan ...
european union climate funding for developing countries
... Contributions (INDC) will play a key role at COP21 in Paris. With these contributions, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – practically the whole world – set out how and by how much they will reduce their future greenhouse gas emissions as well as how they ...
... Contributions (INDC) will play a key role at COP21 in Paris. With these contributions, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – practically the whole world – set out how and by how much they will reduce their future greenhouse gas emissions as well as how they ...
Earth System Modeling—An Integrated Assessment Tool for Environmental Studies R. A. P
... R. A. PIELKE, Sr. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, ...
... R. A. PIELKE, Sr. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, ...
PDF
... overestimate the effects of autonomous adaptation and claim that AEZ studies tend to overestimate benefits of warming in cold high-latitude regions, thereby overstating global gains from climate change (Cline, 2007). The AEZ approach is primarily used to study climate change impacts on a global scal ...
... overestimate the effects of autonomous adaptation and claim that AEZ studies tend to overestimate benefits of warming in cold high-latitude regions, thereby overstating global gains from climate change (Cline, 2007). The AEZ approach is primarily used to study climate change impacts on a global scal ...
Empathy and Climate Change
... where you’re coming from’ and ‘Wouldn’t you hate to be her?’. Although we can never fully comprehend another person’s worldview, we can develop the skill of understanding something of their viewpoint, and may on that basis be able to predict how they will think or act in particular circumstances. Pe ...
... where you’re coming from’ and ‘Wouldn’t you hate to be her?’. Although we can never fully comprehend another person’s worldview, we can develop the skill of understanding something of their viewpoint, and may on that basis be able to predict how they will think or act in particular circumstances. Pe ...
european union climate funding for developing countries
... Contributions (INDC) will play a key role at COP21 in Paris. With these contributions, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – practically the whole world – set out how and by how much they will reduce their future greenhouse gas emissions as well as how they ...
... Contributions (INDC) will play a key role at COP21 in Paris. With these contributions, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – practically the whole world – set out how and by how much they will reduce their future greenhouse gas emissions as well as how they ...
argentina - World Bank Group
... 2000)20 covering the years 1990, 1994, 1997 and 2000. The Inventory includes information on emissions from agriculture, livestock, land use and land use change, forestry and waste, providing disaggregated information by type of emission and type of agricultural resource. Studies related to climate c ...
... 2000)20 covering the years 1990, 1994, 1997 and 2000. The Inventory includes information on emissions from agriculture, livestock, land use and land use change, forestry and waste, providing disaggregated information by type of emission and type of agricultural resource. Studies related to climate c ...
Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate
... fact that conservatives have largely opposed changes in policy that would have the potential to alleviate climate change (McCright & Dunlap, 2003, 2010), perhaps due to the fact that many deny the reality of climate change itself (McCright & Dunlap, 2011a). According to recent media reports, however ...
... fact that conservatives have largely opposed changes in policy that would have the potential to alleviate climate change (McCright & Dunlap, 2003, 2010), perhaps due to the fact that many deny the reality of climate change itself (McCright & Dunlap, 2011a). According to recent media reports, however ...
Impacts of climate change on plant food allergens: a previously
... Received: 18 February 2008 / Accepted: 18 July 2008 / Published online: 3 September 2008 # The Author(s) 2008. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
... Received: 18 February 2008 / Accepted: 18 July 2008 / Published online: 3 September 2008 # The Author(s) 2008. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
Phenology and Climate Change
... Arif Mohammad Faisal Programme Associate Energy & Climate Change Cluster UNDP Bangladesh ...
... Arif Mohammad Faisal Programme Associate Energy & Climate Change Cluster UNDP Bangladesh ...
Climate Change and the Cryosphere
... Norway in the Arctic city of Tromsø. Phasing out energy wasting light bulbs is just one of many opportunities. A report by UNEP’s Sustainable Construction and Building Initiative, for example, shows that, even by conservative estimates, buildings worldwide could cut C02 emissions by 1.8 billion tonn ...
... Norway in the Arctic city of Tromsø. Phasing out energy wasting light bulbs is just one of many opportunities. A report by UNEP’s Sustainable Construction and Building Initiative, for example, shows that, even by conservative estimates, buildings worldwide could cut C02 emissions by 1.8 billion tonn ...
THAILAND`S NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... 2.2 Climate Change Coverage in the Context of ESD Although the existence and science of climate change had been controversial and debatable, rising temperatures and the change of climate has been a subject of copious debate/discussion in the media during recent years. The existence of climate chang ...
... 2.2 Climate Change Coverage in the Context of ESD Although the existence and science of climate change had been controversial and debatable, rising temperatures and the change of climate has been a subject of copious debate/discussion in the media during recent years. The existence of climate chang ...