CI`s COP21 press kit here
... all of us depend on for fresh water and clean air. Now, Starbucks has verified 99% of their coffee as ethically sourced, making them the largest coffee retailer to reach this milestone. www.conservation.org/starbucks ...
... all of us depend on for fresh water and clean air. Now, Starbucks has verified 99% of their coffee as ethically sourced, making them the largest coffee retailer to reach this milestone. www.conservation.org/starbucks ...
ICARUS IV ABSTRACTS
... Some specific questions to be addressed are: (a) how democratic governance and social entrepreneurship were crucial for the success of adaptive strategies; and (b) in what ways did the changing ecological ...
... Some specific questions to be addressed are: (a) how democratic governance and social entrepreneurship were crucial for the success of adaptive strategies; and (b) in what ways did the changing ecological ...
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... • Managing the unmanaged where unmanaged ecosystems have adaptation facilitated by management actions (for example, moving butterfly populations or sugar maple seeds—mainly public). ...
... • Managing the unmanaged where unmanaged ecosystems have adaptation facilitated by management actions (for example, moving butterfly populations or sugar maple seeds—mainly public). ...
Private firms` adaptation to climate change within the context of
... The Idea (item E) describes the core of my research and the underlying assumptions. The idea is to use a qualitative case study approach: to see if direct observations, interviewing organisational and institutional actors, and reviewing policy documents help understanding the strategic implications ...
... The Idea (item E) describes the core of my research and the underlying assumptions. The idea is to use a qualitative case study approach: to see if direct observations, interviewing organisational and institutional actors, and reviewing policy documents help understanding the strategic implications ...
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... changing. If the scientific community is convinced of the evidence, why is there still debate? Answer: Nearly all environmental scientists agree that Earth's atmosphere and climate are changing. Most environmental scientists have concluded that human activity, particularly the emission of greenhouse ...
... changing. If the scientific community is convinced of the evidence, why is there still debate? Answer: Nearly all environmental scientists agree that Earth's atmosphere and climate are changing. Most environmental scientists have concluded that human activity, particularly the emission of greenhouse ...
Abrupt Climate Change: The Next Major Challenge
... abrupt climate change event observed in marine and ice core records is the Younger Dryas (YD), a return to near-glacial conditions that punctuated the last deglaciation. GISP2 high-resolution, continuous glaciochemical records show that both onset and termination of the YD occurred within 10-20 year ...
... abrupt climate change event observed in marine and ice core records is the Younger Dryas (YD), a return to near-glacial conditions that punctuated the last deglaciation. GISP2 high-resolution, continuous glaciochemical records show that both onset and termination of the YD occurred within 10-20 year ...
Petition of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Science and
... month.” Christy at 14. Given this impossibility of treating the “illness” supposedly identified by EPA’s Finding, the basis for making the Finding in the first place needs reconsideration. This point is buttressed by testimony last year from then-EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, when she stated tha ...
... month.” Christy at 14. Given this impossibility of treating the “illness” supposedly identified by EPA’s Finding, the basis for making the Finding in the first place needs reconsideration. This point is buttressed by testimony last year from then-EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, when she stated tha ...
Forging a More Effective Global Climate Treaty
... without necessarily paying full fare. How can this be accomplished?9 At first sight, a trigger mechanism appears to be required, whereby developing countries would be obligated to take on binding commitments only when their per capita gross domestic product (GDP) reached agreed levels. But there is ...
... without necessarily paying full fare. How can this be accomplished?9 At first sight, a trigger mechanism appears to be required, whereby developing countries would be obligated to take on binding commitments only when their per capita gross domestic product (GDP) reached agreed levels. But there is ...
01-04_iniziali:Layout 1 - Associazione Italiana di Agrometeorologia
... Ibadan in the Tropical Wet-and Dry Climate, during the period 1981-2010 is characterized by strong climatic variations. Agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and depends on 6 to 7 months of rainfall with intermittent dry spells in between rains. The study conducted in the last three decades in Ibada ...
... Ibadan in the Tropical Wet-and Dry Climate, during the period 1981-2010 is characterized by strong climatic variations. Agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and depends on 6 to 7 months of rainfall with intermittent dry spells in between rains. The study conducted in the last three decades in Ibada ...
Climate Change Effects on Sri Lankan Paddy Yield
... • Literature shows research efforts undertaken by international, academic and national institutions, and communities to understand the climate change effects on key crops to adapt proper measures and cultivation practices to suit the changing climate for securing food for the ever increasing world ...
... • Literature shows research efforts undertaken by international, academic and national institutions, and communities to understand the climate change effects on key crops to adapt proper measures and cultivation practices to suit the changing climate for securing food for the ever increasing world ...
Novel policy tools to assess the environmental impacts of air pollutants
... Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs): A sub-category of short-lived pollutants that specifically have the characteristic of warming the climate system. The main SLCPs are methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and HFCs, which are the most important contributors to the human enhancement of the ...
... Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs): A sub-category of short-lived pollutants that specifically have the characteristic of warming the climate system. The main SLCPs are methane, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and HFCs, which are the most important contributors to the human enhancement of the ...
Heinrich Event - EdShare - University of Southampton
... In terms of sea level, we find large-amplitude shifts, of similar order to those derived from deconvolved deep-sea δ18O records (Cutler et al., 2003). Typically ~ 30 m in roughly 2kyr. ...
... In terms of sea level, we find large-amplitude shifts, of similar order to those derived from deconvolved deep-sea δ18O records (Cutler et al., 2003). Typically ~ 30 m in roughly 2kyr. ...
abstracts - Swedish Institute at Athens
... Michael GIVEN (University of Glasgow), Conviviality of the land: towards a new academic ecology Doing research where human culture and the environment intersect is particularly vulnerable to the old academic ecologies of disciplinary silos and micro-specialisation. Behind them are the broader societ ...
... Michael GIVEN (University of Glasgow), Conviviality of the land: towards a new academic ecology Doing research where human culture and the environment intersect is particularly vulnerable to the old academic ecologies of disciplinary silos and micro-specialisation. Behind them are the broader societ ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Clouds block the sun and thus cause a cooling, but clouds also have a greenhouse effect and produce warming. In many regions, such as where there is deep convection, these two effects strongly compensate [e.g., Kiehl, 1994]. However, due to their disproportionate impact on shortwave (SW) and LW flux ...
... Clouds block the sun and thus cause a cooling, but clouds also have a greenhouse effect and produce warming. In many regions, such as where there is deep convection, these two effects strongly compensate [e.g., Kiehl, 1994]. However, due to their disproportionate impact on shortwave (SW) and LW flux ...
CLIMATIC CHANGE AT HIGH ELEVATION SITES: AN OVERVIEW 1
... information on scales which are generally far smaller than the typical grid-size of even the highest resolution numerical climate models. As a result, many impacts studies have been constrained by the lack of scenario data of sufficient reliability and quality at the desired scales. It is these scal ...
... information on scales which are generally far smaller than the typical grid-size of even the highest resolution numerical climate models. As a result, many impacts studies have been constrained by the lack of scenario data of sufficient reliability and quality at the desired scales. It is these scal ...
Global warming due to increasing absorbed solar radiation
... Clouds block the sun and thus cause a cooling, but clouds also have a greenhouse effect and produce warming. In many regions, such as where there is deep convection, these two effects strongly compensate [e.g., Kiehl, 1994]. However, due to their disproportionate impact on shortwave (SW) and LW flux ...
... Clouds block the sun and thus cause a cooling, but clouds also have a greenhouse effect and produce warming. In many regions, such as where there is deep convection, these two effects strongly compensate [e.g., Kiehl, 1994]. However, due to their disproportionate impact on shortwave (SW) and LW flux ...
Introduction to the Symposium: Beyond the Mean
... (Sears et al. 2011; Woods et al. 2015). Detailed measurements at multiple spatial scales suggest that microhabitats may allow small tropical organisms to escape the heat (Tewksbury et al. 2008): even during the hottest parts of the day, more than 70% of potential micro-habitats had surface temperatu ...
... (Sears et al. 2011; Woods et al. 2015). Detailed measurements at multiple spatial scales suggest that microhabitats may allow small tropical organisms to escape the heat (Tewksbury et al. 2008): even during the hottest parts of the day, more than 70% of potential micro-habitats had surface temperatu ...
Pope Benedict XVI
... impact of climate change on people living in poverty. Well-designed climate change policies can help both reduce the severity of climate change and protect the most vulnerable by: – “[A]ssist poor and adversely affected communities in adapting to and easing the effects of global climate change . . . ...
... impact of climate change on people living in poverty. Well-designed climate change policies can help both reduce the severity of climate change and protect the most vulnerable by: – “[A]ssist poor and adversely affected communities in adapting to and easing the effects of global climate change . . . ...
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... agriculture, which is particularly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Changes in temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and carbon dioxide concentrations could profoundly affect the biophysical opportunities and constraints on agriculture. Also, since agricultural systems are managed, subseque ...
... agriculture, which is particularly vulnerable to climatic conditions. Changes in temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and carbon dioxide concentrations could profoundly affect the biophysical opportunities and constraints on agriculture. Also, since agricultural systems are managed, subseque ...
Climate Change Science
... humidity). Weather changes in the short term (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly). Climate is average weather and occurs over long time frames (e.g. 30 years). A common confusion between weather and climate arises when scientists are asked how they can predict climate 50 years from now when they cannot pre ...
... humidity). Weather changes in the short term (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly). Climate is average weather and occurs over long time frames (e.g. 30 years). A common confusion between weather and climate arises when scientists are asked how they can predict climate 50 years from now when they cannot pre ...
FOR GOD`S SAKE, DO SOMETHING!
... examines Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and indigenous cosmologies. For each religion, the paper considers the evidence for an environmental ethic within its beliefs and teachings, and highlights statements from religious leaders and organisations that explicitly address climate change. The concl ...
... examines Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and indigenous cosmologies. For each religion, the paper considers the evidence for an environmental ethic within its beliefs and teachings, and highlights statements from religious leaders and organisations that explicitly address climate change. The concl ...
Climate change effects on Mount Kenya`s Glaciers
... global climate. The First Conference on Climate Change and Tourism convened by the World Tourism Organisation signals rising interest in the link between the two global phenomena, although the main research focus at this stage seems to be on the threat of a changing climate on tourist destinations. ...
... global climate. The First Conference on Climate Change and Tourism convened by the World Tourism Organisation signals rising interest in the link between the two global phenomena, although the main research focus at this stage seems to be on the threat of a changing climate on tourist destinations. ...
how will climate change affect tourism flows in europe?
... Mediterranean area will remain Europe’s most attractive areas for beach holidays. However, in some Mediterranean beach destinations, tourists may perceive the high temperatures during the summer months as uncomfortable. Climatic conditions will also improve during the shoulder season (spring and aut ...
... Mediterranean area will remain Europe’s most attractive areas for beach holidays. However, in some Mediterranean beach destinations, tourists may perceive the high temperatures during the summer months as uncomfortable. Climatic conditions will also improve during the shoulder season (spring and aut ...
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... although major differences may occur in the magnitude of change and in local patterns. I used the output of the model developed by the U.K. Meteorological Office (UKMO), and for a present climate and a doubled COz (Mitchell 1983). This model was chosen because it has a higher horizontal spatial reso ...
... although major differences may occur in the magnitude of change and in local patterns. I used the output of the model developed by the U.K. Meteorological Office (UKMO), and for a present climate and a doubled COz (Mitchell 1983). This model was chosen because it has a higher horizontal spatial reso ...