Does tomorrow ever come?
... attitudes is beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, we question whether facts (accepted scientific evidence) determine behavior as much as perceptions, where the mediating factors are science, as communicated to the lay public through the news media, and strong visual images, communicated through ...
... attitudes is beyond the scope of this paper. Instead, we question whether facts (accepted scientific evidence) determine behavior as much as perceptions, where the mediating factors are science, as communicated to the lay public through the news media, and strong visual images, communicated through ...
Assessing the Relative Roles of Initial and Boundary Conditions in
... Also land areas are likely to warm at a greater rate than the ocean because of the difference in thermal inertia and because, over water, much of the excess energy from the increased concentrations of greenhouse gases is taken up in greater evaporation rather than heating. There appears to be some d ...
... Also land areas are likely to warm at a greater rate than the ocean because of the difference in thermal inertia and because, over water, much of the excess energy from the increased concentrations of greenhouse gases is taken up in greater evaporation rather than heating. There appears to be some d ...
Have disaster losses increased due to anthropogenic climate change?
... indication of the potential impact of climate change on disaster losses and needs for adaptation, than the analysis of historical losses. ...
... indication of the potential impact of climate change on disaster losses and needs for adaptation, than the analysis of historical losses. ...
Uncertainty and Decision Making in Climate Change Economics
... sensitivity has remained essentially unchanged over several decades (Knutti and Hegerl 2008), and partly because other measures, such as transient climate response—the global mean temperature change that is realized at the time of CO2 doubling if CO2 concentrations are increased by 1 percent per yea ...
... sensitivity has remained essentially unchanged over several decades (Knutti and Hegerl 2008), and partly because other measures, such as transient climate response—the global mean temperature change that is realized at the time of CO2 doubling if CO2 concentrations are increased by 1 percent per yea ...
Developing an `integrated` approach to
... carbon efflux. Another key characteristic of tundra ecosystems is their low nutrient status, particularly in relation to nitrogen. Increases in the rate of nutrient cycling may result from both soil warming and grazing. This is known to alter species composition and increase productivity of both ter ...
... carbon efflux. Another key characteristic of tundra ecosystems is their low nutrient status, particularly in relation to nitrogen. Increases in the rate of nutrient cycling may result from both soil warming and grazing. This is known to alter species composition and increase productivity of both ter ...
Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists - IPMZ
... al., 2013). Groups of skeptics may be classified according to their objection to the statements listed above. Rahmstorf (2004) distinguishes trend skeptics, attribution skeptics, and impact skeptics. Skeptics who reject the necessity of immediate CO2 reduction form a fourth group of mitigation skept ...
... al., 2013). Groups of skeptics may be classified according to their objection to the statements listed above. Rahmstorf (2004) distinguishes trend skeptics, attribution skeptics, and impact skeptics. Skeptics who reject the necessity of immediate CO2 reduction form a fourth group of mitigation skept ...
Impact of climate change on the timing of strawberry phenological
... type of available data. In this study the meteorological observations have hourly data, but for RCM results only daily values (mean, minimum and maximum) are available. This limits the available approaches if the same methodology is to be applied to both datasets. The calculation is straightforward ...
... type of available data. In this study the meteorological observations have hourly data, but for RCM results only daily values (mean, minimum and maximum) are available. This limits the available approaches if the same methodology is to be applied to both datasets. The calculation is straightforward ...
The Abrahamic Religions and Climate Change - e
... mitigate the adverse effects of human-forced climate change. 2. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Jewish Renewal Movement, and Climate Change A prominent researcher, prolific writer, stimulating lecturer, and dynamic organizer of The Shalom Center, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D. has dedicated over forty years to rev ...
... mitigate the adverse effects of human-forced climate change. 2. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Jewish Renewal Movement, and Climate Change A prominent researcher, prolific writer, stimulating lecturer, and dynamic organizer of The Shalom Center, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D. has dedicated over forty years to rev ...
Climate Change Justice
... warming to 2 °C, total human emissions must not exceed one trillion tons of carbon.8 We are, then, more than halfway to that limit. Because currently total global emissions are increasing, presently, the date at which the trillionth ton will be emitted is coming ever nearer. At the time of the writi ...
... warming to 2 °C, total human emissions must not exceed one trillion tons of carbon.8 We are, then, more than halfway to that limit. Because currently total global emissions are increasing, presently, the date at which the trillionth ton will be emitted is coming ever nearer. At the time of the writi ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... problem and in principle agreed to address it. A Gallup poll in March 2016 revealed that 65% of Americans attributed rising temperatures to human activities rather than ...
... problem and in principle agreed to address it. A Gallup poll in March 2016 revealed that 65% of Americans attributed rising temperatures to human activities rather than ...
An overview of climate change impacts on European viticulture
... content, and yield. Other berry organoleptic properties such as color, flavor, and aroma components are inhibited by excessive solar radiance and severe dryness too. This results in unbalanced wines, with high alcoholic content and excessively low acidity (Jones 2004). In this context, the Mediterra ...
... content, and yield. Other berry organoleptic properties such as color, flavor, and aroma components are inhibited by excessive solar radiance and severe dryness too. This results in unbalanced wines, with high alcoholic content and excessively low acidity (Jones 2004). In this context, the Mediterra ...
european union climate funding for developing countries
... to combat tropical deforestation (REDD+) 2006-2014” analyses how this funding ...
... to combat tropical deforestation (REDD+) 2006-2014” analyses how this funding ...
Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
... 22). In pursuit of one or another political cause, they make use of what Herbert Kitschelt23 termed ‘political opportunity structures’ in his analysis of anti-nuclear movements in the 1970s. Social movements tend to manifest themselves through publicly recognized forms of protest or direct action, b ...
... 22). In pursuit of one or another political cause, they make use of what Herbert Kitschelt23 termed ‘political opportunity structures’ in his analysis of anti-nuclear movements in the 1970s. Social movements tend to manifest themselves through publicly recognized forms of protest or direct action, b ...
Adaptation to climate change in the developing world
... necessarily encompasses insights from social as well as natural sciences and from policy analysts even outside the IPCC process that, by its nature, cannot be all-encompassing. Participants at a meeting in London in October 2001, hosted by the Tyndall Centre and the International Institute for Envir ...
... necessarily encompasses insights from social as well as natural sciences and from policy analysts even outside the IPCC process that, by its nature, cannot be all-encompassing. Participants at a meeting in London in October 2001, hosted by the Tyndall Centre and the International Institute for Envir ...
european union climate funding for developing countries
... to combat tropical deforestation (REDD+) 2006-2014” analyses how this funding ...
... to combat tropical deforestation (REDD+) 2006-2014” analyses how this funding ...
Presentation Slides - Association for the Advancement of
... significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
... significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... on aggregate trends rather than associations between individuallevel weather experience, perception, and climate change belief amongst those sampled, it should not—as Brulle et al. point out—be interpreted to mean that experience and perceptions of weather do not impact on individuals’ climate chang ...
... on aggregate trends rather than associations between individuallevel weather experience, perception, and climate change belief amongst those sampled, it should not—as Brulle et al. point out—be interpreted to mean that experience and perceptions of weather do not impact on individuals’ climate chang ...
Climate change in the Sahel
... by the Permanent Inter-state Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and its partners, since its establishment in 1973, have significantly contributed to mitigating the negative impacts of these weather disturbances. However, the farming systems and ways of life of these essentially agro-p ...
... by the Permanent Inter-state Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and its partners, since its establishment in 1973, have significantly contributed to mitigating the negative impacts of these weather disturbances. However, the farming systems and ways of life of these essentially agro-p ...
How the United Nations System Supports Ambitious Action on
... of Ghana to explore policy options for increasing the use of low-carbon energy. The study used the IAEA energy planning model to analyse the country’s energy system, and it obtained data on renewable and other energy sources from a number of UN agencies. The focus of this particular study was on ren ...
... of Ghana to explore policy options for increasing the use of low-carbon energy. The study used the IAEA energy planning model to analyse the country’s energy system, and it obtained data on renewable and other energy sources from a number of UN agencies. The focus of this particular study was on ren ...
The Climate counter consensus, review - Brians
... This proposition is supported by three main lines of evidence 38 : 3.1 RECORD OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE – The atmospheric evidence supporting warming is summarised in the appropriately titled “Hockey stick” graph 39 of average global temperatures over the last 1,000 years. The graph showed tha ...
... This proposition is supported by three main lines of evidence 38 : 3.1 RECORD OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE – The atmospheric evidence supporting warming is summarised in the appropriately titled “Hockey stick” graph 39 of average global temperatures over the last 1,000 years. The graph showed tha ...
Motivated for Action and Collaboration
... mitigate the adverse effects of human-forced climate change. 2. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Jewish Renewal Movement, and Climate Change A prominent researcher, prolific writer, stimulating lecturer, and dynamic organizer of The Shalom Center, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D. has dedicated over forty years to rev ...
... mitigate the adverse effects of human-forced climate change. 2. Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Jewish Renewal Movement, and Climate Change A prominent researcher, prolific writer, stimulating lecturer, and dynamic organizer of The Shalom Center, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ph.D. has dedicated over forty years to rev ...