Academic Freedom in Canada, the Stephen Harper Government
... the academic community. The American Association for the Advancement of Science demanded that no scientist be subjected to fraud investigations simply for providing scientific results that may be controversial or inconvenient and charged that investigations such as those Cuccinelli initiated against ...
... the academic community. The American Association for the Advancement of Science demanded that no scientist be subjected to fraud investigations simply for providing scientific results that may be controversial or inconvenient and charged that investigations such as those Cuccinelli initiated against ...
Reading Group Guide - Bloomsbury Publishing
... 20. How do you feel after reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s Field Notes From a Catastrophe? Do you feel alarmed? Filled with despair? Did you find cause for optimism and reason for hope? Do you feel paralyzed by the magnitude of the crisis and the correspondingly small impact you can have on it? Do you fe ...
... 20. How do you feel after reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s Field Notes From a Catastrophe? Do you feel alarmed? Filled with despair? Did you find cause for optimism and reason for hope? Do you feel paralyzed by the magnitude of the crisis and the correspondingly small impact you can have on it? Do you fe ...
Integrated Assessment - Jeroen van der Sluijs
... model led to the belief that integrated modeling would be the optimal way to interface science with policy, regarding environmental issues. Consequently it is not surprising that IAMs were developed all over the world. For the climate issue more than 50 IAMs coexist (Van der Sluijs, 1997). Looking b ...
... model led to the belief that integrated modeling would be the optimal way to interface science with policy, regarding environmental issues. Consequently it is not surprising that IAMs were developed all over the world. For the climate issue more than 50 IAMs coexist (Van der Sluijs, 1997). Looking b ...
Paleoclimatology- Window to the Future? David J. Nicosia Warning Coordination Meteorologist
... Paleo-climatic applications to today’s climate change problem. ...
... Paleo-climatic applications to today’s climate change problem. ...
Our climate out of order?
... that we humans have any effect on the climate. The debate sometimes descends into trench warfare, where nuances are not tolerated. Hence the need to better differentiate between natural and anthropogenic climate change arises. This has now been accomplished through comparison of geological studies o ...
... that we humans have any effect on the climate. The debate sometimes descends into trench warfare, where nuances are not tolerated. Hence the need to better differentiate between natural and anthropogenic climate change arises. This has now been accomplished through comparison of geological studies o ...
KKF a 3/03 - Tidsskrift.dk
... 2009b). The ability to “Understand, Assess, and Predict” global climate change supercedes the goal of reducing climate change. The importance of this system of systems is exaggerated elsewhere on the site. For example, one of the “Substantial Socio-Economic Payoffs” is that “more effective air quali ...
... 2009b). The ability to “Understand, Assess, and Predict” global climate change supercedes the goal of reducing climate change. The importance of this system of systems is exaggerated elsewhere on the site. For example, one of the “Substantial Socio-Economic Payoffs” is that “more effective air quali ...
Uncertainty and Discounting
... stating that “The main rationale for declining long‐term discount rates results from uncertainty about the future. “ Source: HM Treasury (2003), The Green Book – Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government, HM Treasury, London. ...
... stating that “The main rationale for declining long‐term discount rates results from uncertainty about the future. “ Source: HM Treasury (2003), The Green Book – Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government, HM Treasury, London. ...
Volume 5, Number 4 - AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section
... Is there a politicization of atmospheric science? Yes, I would say so, with a familiar specific example being the greenhouse warming problem. As climate science began to have stronger and more immediate policy implications, and as a more earnest policy debate began about whether to attempt to contro ...
... Is there a politicization of atmospheric science? Yes, I would say so, with a familiar specific example being the greenhouse warming problem. As climate science began to have stronger and more immediate policy implications, and as a more earnest policy debate began about whether to attempt to contro ...
Systems Thinking and Modeling Climate Change
... You can’t study climate change these days without looking specifically at anthropogenic causes of change. Climate Literacy, The Essential Principles of Climate Science (U. S. Global Change Research Program 2009) states: “The overwhelming consensus of scientific studies on climate indicates that m ...
... You can’t study climate change these days without looking specifically at anthropogenic causes of change. Climate Literacy, The Essential Principles of Climate Science (U. S. Global Change Research Program 2009) states: “The overwhelming consensus of scientific studies on climate indicates that m ...
2017 Resolution #2 - Rotary Model UN Program
... years - scientific reports released over the past two years, such as that of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), have concluded that the measurable warming of the planet, because of human activity, has already begun; that 2011 - ...
... years - scientific reports released over the past two years, such as that of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), have concluded that the measurable warming of the planet, because of human activity, has already begun; that 2011 - ...
Political Climate Modeling - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
... their institutional affiliation, play a direct role in the formulation and implementation of policy. We combine several approaches to risk research to develop a deeper understanding of the cognitive processes underlying perceptions of climate change and how these interact with sociodemographic and p ...
... their institutional affiliation, play a direct role in the formulation and implementation of policy. We combine several approaches to risk research to develop a deeper understanding of the cognitive processes underlying perceptions of climate change and how these interact with sociodemographic and p ...
Slide 1 - University of Washington
... Payne, J. T., A. W. Wood, A. F. Hamlet, R. N. Palmer, and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2004. Mitigating the effects of climate change on the water resources of the Columbia River basin. Climatic Change 62:233-256. NW Power and Conservation Council, 2007, Effects of Climate Change on the Hydroelectric System, ...
... Payne, J. T., A. W. Wood, A. F. Hamlet, R. N. Palmer, and D. P. Lettenmaier. 2004. Mitigating the effects of climate change on the water resources of the Columbia River basin. Climatic Change 62:233-256. NW Power and Conservation Council, 2007, Effects of Climate Change on the Hydroelectric System, ...
CV - Department of Earth Sciences
... • Post Doctoral Research Assistant: to Bethany Bradley (Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton University), December 2008-July 2009. – Used ArcGIS to digitize spatial maps of 12 invasive plants west of the Mississippi River – Contacted all county council official ...
... • Post Doctoral Research Assistant: to Bethany Bradley (Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs, Princeton University), December 2008-July 2009. – Used ArcGIS to digitize spatial maps of 12 invasive plants west of the Mississippi River – Contacted all county council official ...
esg: the paris accord on climate change
... The value of investments and the income from them can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested, and can be affected by changes in interest rates, in exchange rates, general market conditions, political, social and economic developments and other variable f ...
... The value of investments and the income from them can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amounts originally invested, and can be affected by changes in interest rates, in exchange rates, general market conditions, political, social and economic developments and other variable f ...
CEQ presentation - Public Lands Partnership
... – Mitigation to lower emissions – Using a reference point for quantitative disclosure • 25,000 metric tons of CO2-e on annual basis – Rationale for level of assessment of GHG and climate change – Consider alternatives that are more resilient to the effects of climate change – Use existing info, tool ...
... – Mitigation to lower emissions – Using a reference point for quantitative disclosure • 25,000 metric tons of CO2-e on annual basis – Rationale for level of assessment of GHG and climate change – Consider alternatives that are more resilient to the effects of climate change – Use existing info, tool ...
CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNICATION AT VTV Presenters: Hoang
... Normal and cultural ways to talk about climate? Events on climate change? How to measure the effectiveness of Climate Change Communication in Vietnam? Could presenters do something in person to arise awareness of climate change? International co-operation about climate change ...
... Normal and cultural ways to talk about climate? Events on climate change? How to measure the effectiveness of Climate Change Communication in Vietnam? Could presenters do something in person to arise awareness of climate change? International co-operation about climate change ...
Case Study: Africa - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
... Case Study: Africa | Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Guide | 73 ...
... Case Study: Africa | Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Guide | 73 ...
The Politics of Fear on a Warming Planet
... not know what the major dangers were likely to be, and only 20% believe human causes including pollution are the main factors causing climate change. One recent review of the literature concluded, pessimistically, that “People have virtually no idea of the potential global climate change policies ...
... not know what the major dangers were likely to be, and only 20% believe human causes including pollution are the main factors causing climate change. One recent review of the literature concluded, pessimistically, that “People have virtually no idea of the potential global climate change policies ...
Battle for the Climate Friday, 10.4.2015 5pm â 6pm
... the climate justice movement? In this workshop, we want to juxtapose our own ideas for a socio-ecological transformation with those market-based or techno-utopian solutions pushed from above, to which there are supposedly no alternatives. We also want to make the point that the COP21 in Paris should ...
... the climate justice movement? In this workshop, we want to juxtapose our own ideas for a socio-ecological transformation with those market-based or techno-utopian solutions pushed from above, to which there are supposedly no alternatives. We also want to make the point that the COP21 in Paris should ...
Climate Change
... Greater migration as a result of water stress or increased food insecurity means that diseases will be transported to other regions, where they may or may not be able to survive, potentially exposing host communities to new diseases. "Policies at various levels and their implementation, however, do ...
... Greater migration as a result of water stress or increased food insecurity means that diseases will be transported to other regions, where they may or may not be able to survive, potentially exposing host communities to new diseases. "Policies at various levels and their implementation, however, do ...
47. Global Warming Background
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol require the United States to reduce the net emissions of carbon dioxide and other important greenhouse gases to 7 percent below 1990 levels, on average, for the five-year period beginning in 2008. The ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol require the United States to reduce the net emissions of carbon dioxide and other important greenhouse gases to 7 percent below 1990 levels, on average, for the five-year period beginning in 2008. The ...
Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation
... – Estimated 1000-1400 excess heat-related deaths of which 400-600 may have been due to elevated ozone and PM10 concentrations (Fisher et al. ...
... – Estimated 1000-1400 excess heat-related deaths of which 400-600 may have been due to elevated ozone and PM10 concentrations (Fisher et al. ...
Climate Threats: A More Inclusive Assessment Is Needed By
... http://www2.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/policy/studies-analysis/climate-change-riskmanagement/ ...
... http://www2.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/policy/studies-analysis/climate-change-riskmanagement/ ...
Anno-bib How do plants and animals adapt to
... animals shrink in size because of climate change such as toads, and may lead to other animals having to shrink in size in order to adapt to their environment. They also provide fossil evidence from 56 million years ago that species from a long time ago such as beetles, ants, and cicadas have shrunk ...
... animals shrink in size because of climate change such as toads, and may lead to other animals having to shrink in size in order to adapt to their environment. They also provide fossil evidence from 56 million years ago that species from a long time ago such as beetles, ants, and cicadas have shrunk ...