The Climate of History: Four Theses
... began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the same period in which social scientists and humanists began to discuss globalization.3 However, these discussions have so far run parallel to each other. While globalization, once recognized, was of immediate interest to humanists and social scientists, gl ...
... began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the same period in which social scientists and humanists began to discuss globalization.3 However, these discussions have so far run parallel to each other. While globalization, once recognized, was of immediate interest to humanists and social scientists, gl ...
tc7_17_climate_change_waterbirds_0
... 100 years. This has increased the frequency and intensity of drought and floods in the land-masses around the Pacific, especially in the Southern Hemisphere sub-tropics. Warming has driven sea-level rise through thermal expansion of seawater and widespread loss of land ice. Based on tide gauge recor ...
... 100 years. This has increased the frequency and intensity of drought and floods in the land-masses around the Pacific, especially in the Southern Hemisphere sub-tropics. Warming has driven sea-level rise through thermal expansion of seawater and widespread loss of land ice. Based on tide gauge recor ...
IFAD - unfccc
... Through its past projects on irrigation, drought preparedness, contingency plans, renewable energies, etc. as well as GEF projects, IFAD has gained experience on climate change. IFAD’s engagement on climate change is based mainly on developing activities that nurture linkages between Sustainable Lan ...
... Through its past projects on irrigation, drought preparedness, contingency plans, renewable energies, etc. as well as GEF projects, IFAD has gained experience on climate change. IFAD’s engagement on climate change is based mainly on developing activities that nurture linkages between Sustainable Lan ...
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... are consistent in the sense that they balance. The countries are linked through trade, world market prices and financial flows. The system is solved in annual increments, simultaneously for all countries. It is assumed that supply does not adjust instantaneously to new economic conditions. Only supp ...
... are consistent in the sense that they balance. The countries are linked through trade, world market prices and financial flows. The system is solved in annual increments, simultaneously for all countries. It is assumed that supply does not adjust instantaneously to new economic conditions. Only supp ...
FFESCsynthesisAppendixIkwedit
... The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) declared in 2008 that SFM planning and monitoring in Canada must account for climate change. Forty-six indicators were evaluated. 12 were considered independent of climate change, 23 were climate sensitive but no change was recommended, for 11 changes ...
... The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) declared in 2008 that SFM planning and monitoring in Canada must account for climate change. Forty-six indicators were evaluated. 12 were considered independent of climate change, 23 were climate sensitive but no change was recommended, for 11 changes ...
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... concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AR5 WGI September 2013 ...
... concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AR5 WGI September 2013 ...
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... upgrade transportation infrastructure, reduce transportation costs and reduce the carbon intensity of the transportation sector. LCDS work programmes will also start to look at low carbon transportation options. The Clay Roads Project aims to improve road surfaces to reduce the amount of fuel requir ...
... upgrade transportation infrastructure, reduce transportation costs and reduce the carbon intensity of the transportation sector. LCDS work programmes will also start to look at low carbon transportation options. The Clay Roads Project aims to improve road surfaces to reduce the amount of fuel requir ...
From mitigation to creativity: the agency of museums and science
... Despite the emphases on education as the provision of information, survey respondents had little confidence in the dominant institutional information sources on climate change. Eighty-one per cent lacked confidence in information from corporations because they are driven by a ‘profit motive’ and a f ...
... Despite the emphases on education as the provision of information, survey respondents had little confidence in the dominant institutional information sources on climate change. Eighty-one per cent lacked confidence in information from corporations because they are driven by a ‘profit motive’ and a f ...
Constraints on radiative forcing and future climate change from
... input parameters and in the model itself are taken into account, and past observations of oceanic and atmospheric warming are used to constrain the range of realistic model responses. We obtain a probability density function for the present-day total radiative forcing, giving 1.4 to 2.4 Wm22 for the ...
... input parameters and in the model itself are taken into account, and past observations of oceanic and atmospheric warming are used to constrain the range of realistic model responses. We obtain a probability density function for the present-day total radiative forcing, giving 1.4 to 2.4 Wm22 for the ...
14 January 2013
... Pew Research Center A new Pew Research Center survey shows that about 67 percent of Americans believe temperatures are rising, marking a slow but persistent rebound from the 2009 freefall in public opinion around climate change. The growing acceptance was reflected across all age groups and politica ...
... Pew Research Center A new Pew Research Center survey shows that about 67 percent of Americans believe temperatures are rising, marking a slow but persistent rebound from the 2009 freefall in public opinion around climate change. The growing acceptance was reflected across all age groups and politica ...
View Dec, 2013, issue of the Pacific Region climate change science
... Environment is devoted to an assessment of climate
change effects on ecosystems, and the consequences for people. Major topics of the issue:
Biodiversity: Ecologists have predicted that species will move out of their historic ranges as climate
changes and t ...
... Environment
Integrating Climate Information and Adaptation in Project
... b. Climate change adaptation should be considered in upstream planning and policymaking in order to set a clear context for interventions at the project level. Climate change impacts should be taken into account in the development of strategies and investment plans by governments, local authorities, ...
... b. Climate change adaptation should be considered in upstream planning and policymaking in order to set a clear context for interventions at the project level. Climate change impacts should be taken into account in the development of strategies and investment plans by governments, local authorities, ...
Paris: Beyond the Climate Dead End through Pledge and Review?
... Almost all countries will suffer from climate change— some much more than others—but with the exception of a very few large entities, the future actions of each political unit will contribute only a negligible amount to its own suffering. So the incentives to ignore the climate externalities of one’ ...
... Almost all countries will suffer from climate change— some much more than others—but with the exception of a very few large entities, the future actions of each political unit will contribute only a negligible amount to its own suffering. So the incentives to ignore the climate externalities of one’ ...
Tools for measuring climate change impacts on urban drainage systems
... models, infrastructure, real estate, demographic data, soil layers, future city plans, political economy, social factors, repair costs for different damages and areas, etc. The economic cost for affected areas can be identified, e.g. via a Cost–Benefit approach. A cost analysis can be made by a so-c ...
... models, infrastructure, real estate, demographic data, soil layers, future city plans, political economy, social factors, repair costs for different damages and areas, etc. The economic cost for affected areas can be identified, e.g. via a Cost–Benefit approach. A cost analysis can be made by a so-c ...
Million Species
... ronmental problems worldwide. With more than 800 titles in print and some 40 new releases each year, we are the nation's leading publisher on environmental issues. We identify innovative thinkers and emerging trends in the environmental field . We work with world renowned experts and authors to dev ...
... ronmental problems worldwide. With more than 800 titles in print and some 40 new releases each year, we are the nation's leading publisher on environmental issues. We identify innovative thinkers and emerging trends in the environmental field . We work with world renowned experts and authors to dev ...
Crossing the Chasm - Power-Under: Trauma and Nonviolent Social
... it is no more than two or three more years.9 There is no reason to believe that massive conversion to renewables, even if it were achievable politically (the prospects of which seem nil), could play a useful role. On top of this slew of indicators that climate change is cascading out of control, the ...
... it is no more than two or three more years.9 There is no reason to believe that massive conversion to renewables, even if it were achievable politically (the prospects of which seem nil), could play a useful role. On top of this slew of indicators that climate change is cascading out of control, the ...
relevant, immediate, local: guide to communicating climate change
... GUIDE TO COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA ...
... GUIDE TO COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN AUSTRALIA ...
Climate change and sustainable water resources: placing the threat
... were possibly more important ingredients than human sewage in those floodwaters. There is a potentially important interaction here with climate change, if flood frequencies increase. Pollution will remain an important barrier to global sustainability for the foreseeable future. Even in the most adva ...
... were possibly more important ingredients than human sewage in those floodwaters. There is a potentially important interaction here with climate change, if flood frequencies increase. Pollution will remain an important barrier to global sustainability for the foreseeable future. Even in the most adva ...
PPT
... A Multi-State GHG Registry Collaboration • As state GHG registries emerge companies are confused about where and how to report leading to: • decreased participation • lack of standardization in accounting standards and procedures • competition between voluntary programs ...
... A Multi-State GHG Registry Collaboration • As state GHG registries emerge companies are confused about where and how to report leading to: • decreased participation • lack of standardization in accounting standards and procedures • competition between voluntary programs ...
responding to changes in nature
... We started by assessing the risks that climate change poses to each of our main functions (e.g. flood risk management, industry regulation etc.) and developing plans to address these. This approach is illustrated below, focusing on three of our key areas of work – flooding and coastal erosion, water ...
... We started by assessing the risks that climate change poses to each of our main functions (e.g. flood risk management, industry regulation etc.) and developing plans to address these. This approach is illustrated below, focusing on three of our key areas of work – flooding and coastal erosion, water ...
summer university on it in agriculture and rural development – 2006
... frequency and in the amount of the precipitation in almost all phenological stages for all of the used climate scenarios) even more. We calculated the R95, the percent of days in a given year, when the daily precipitation amount on a wet day is out of the 95th percentile calculated for the period 19 ...
... frequency and in the amount of the precipitation in almost all phenological stages for all of the used climate scenarios) even more. We calculated the R95, the percent of days in a given year, when the daily precipitation amount on a wet day is out of the 95th percentile calculated for the period 19 ...