- Sierra Club
... the book is that we find ourselves in this moment where there are no non-radical options left before us. Change or be changed, right? And what we mean by that is that climate change, if we don’t change course, if we don’t change our political and economic system, is going to change everything about ...
... the book is that we find ourselves in this moment where there are no non-radical options left before us. Change or be changed, right? And what we mean by that is that climate change, if we don’t change course, if we don’t change our political and economic system, is going to change everything about ...
UNEP and Climate Change
... Climate Change (UNFCCC). This message was most recently conveyed by the Secretary-General through his High-Level event on climate change. UNEP is a part of this collective effort. The magnitude of the threat posed by climate change will require all United Nations bodies to respond to the challenge i ...
... Climate Change (UNFCCC). This message was most recently conveyed by the Secretary-General through his High-Level event on climate change. UNEP is a part of this collective effort. The magnitude of the threat posed by climate change will require all United Nations bodies to respond to the challenge i ...
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... It is a cruel irony indeed that a people who have lived for so long in harmony with nature, imprinting the lightest of carbon footprints on the earth, have now become the world’s ‘climate change canary’, suffering and living in abject poverty due to the damaging effects of greenhouse gases emitted b ...
... It is a cruel irony indeed that a people who have lived for so long in harmony with nature, imprinting the lightest of carbon footprints on the earth, have now become the world’s ‘climate change canary’, suffering and living in abject poverty due to the damaging effects of greenhouse gases emitted b ...
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... change will add further stresses on food production and food security in the future. This paper takes a broad view of the complex impacts of climate change on food security, with the aim of identifying robust conclusions based on research evidence to date. It also attempts to frame the existing evid ...
... change will add further stresses on food production and food security in the future. This paper takes a broad view of the complex impacts of climate change on food security, with the aim of identifying robust conclusions based on research evidence to date. It also attempts to frame the existing evid ...
The Rules of the Game
... change and environmental issues, we recommend the three sources above as your first port of call. Several very recent attitude surveys on climate change have also heavily influenced our principles and, where possible, we have added examples from real campaigns and direct learning from experience in ...
... change and environmental issues, we recommend the three sources above as your first port of call. Several very recent attitude surveys on climate change have also heavily influenced our principles and, where possible, we have added examples from real campaigns and direct learning from experience in ...
Climate change and journalistic norms: A case - UNC
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
CHAPTER 3: Climate for Change? Civil Society and the Politics of Global Warming
... Most sceptical groups are based or originate in the United States, but anti-environmentalist or ‘wise use’ organisations can be found in other countries – especially where there is a strong environmental movement. Overall, three kinds of anti-environmentalist civil society can be identified. First, ...
... Most sceptical groups are based or originate in the United States, but anti-environmentalist or ‘wise use’ organisations can be found in other countries – especially where there is a strong environmental movement. Overall, three kinds of anti-environmentalist civil society can be identified. First, ...
Adaptability and Change - UCD Energy Research Group
... negative – i.e. to increase the defensive capabilities of the building by throwing more energy use and systems at it. The result would be increased energy use, increased emissions and thus increased rate of climate change…not a sustainable sequence of events. ...
... negative – i.e. to increase the defensive capabilities of the building by throwing more energy use and systems at it. The result would be increased energy use, increased emissions and thus increased rate of climate change…not a sustainable sequence of events. ...
Climatic Change --Manuscript Draft--
... both the present day and future were therefore calculated by subtracting the “non-fire PM2.5” concentrations from the “all-source” PM2.5 concentrations. Using this method, a small portion (~2%) of wildfire-specific PM2.5 concentrations were negative and were set to zero. Wildfirespecific PM2.5 was z ...
... both the present day and future were therefore calculated by subtracting the “non-fire PM2.5” concentrations from the “all-source” PM2.5 concentrations. Using this method, a small portion (~2%) of wildfire-specific PM2.5 concentrations were negative and were set to zero. Wildfirespecific PM2.5 was z ...
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... U.S. agricultural productivity growth using a stochastic production frontier method. We examine the patterns of productivity changes and weather variations across regions and over time. Climate variables are measured using temperature humidity index (THI) load and Oury index at both their means and ...
... U.S. agricultural productivity growth using a stochastic production frontier method. We examine the patterns of productivity changes and weather variations across regions and over time. Climate variables are measured using temperature humidity index (THI) load and Oury index at both their means and ...
successful adaptation implementation
... Cities around the world are preparing for a changing climate. There is no shortage of ideas concerning how cities might reduce the production of greenhouse gases or adapt to a warming planet. There are, though, significant challenges associated with making such ideas actionable. What does it take to ...
... Cities around the world are preparing for a changing climate. There is no shortage of ideas concerning how cities might reduce the production of greenhouse gases or adapt to a warming planet. There are, though, significant challenges associated with making such ideas actionable. What does it take to ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... markedly in developed versus developing countries. Recent research highlights some of the differences in perspectives pertinent to communication on the global stage [4]. • The vast majority of people in developed countries—90% in North America and Europe—are at least aware of climate change (but no ...
... markedly in developed versus developing countries. Recent research highlights some of the differences in perspectives pertinent to communication on the global stage [4]. • The vast majority of people in developed countries—90% in North America and Europe—are at least aware of climate change (but no ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... advent of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in oil and gas development). While quantitative research on the correlation between population and climate change has been sparse, efforts going back to the early 1990s have validated that world population growth is an important contributor to emissions ...
... advent of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in oil and gas development). While quantitative research on the correlation between population and climate change has been sparse, efforts going back to the early 1990s have validated that world population growth is an important contributor to emissions ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Outlook for Knowledge,Tools and Action
... million in 1996 to over a billion according to FAO’s most recent estimate in 2009 (FAO, 2009a). Most of the world’s hungry are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These regions have large rural populations, widespread poverty and extensive areas of low agricultural productivity due to steadily deg ...
... million in 1996 to over a billion according to FAO’s most recent estimate in 2009 (FAO, 2009a). Most of the world’s hungry are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. These regions have large rural populations, widespread poverty and extensive areas of low agricultural productivity due to steadily deg ...
The design of a legacy indicator tool for measuring climate change
... Keywords: Cultural heritage, Management, Climate change, Stone, Weathering, Monitoring, Sustainability, Indicator Background Although the scientific consensus is that our global climate is changing, there is no certainty about either the scale of that change or its impacts [1]. Undoubtedly, as the ...
... Keywords: Cultural heritage, Management, Climate change, Stone, Weathering, Monitoring, Sustainability, Indicator Background Although the scientific consensus is that our global climate is changing, there is no certainty about either the scale of that change or its impacts [1]. Undoubtedly, as the ...
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION FORM (PIF)
... reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and Good Governance by providing systems that protect and benefit the poor. ...
... reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and Good Governance by providing systems that protect and benefit the poor. ...
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... of dealing with damage caused by climate change. A post-2102 global climate agreement will need to pay special attention to adaptation and its potential role in modifying climate vulnerabilities in different countries and to the distribution of adaptation costs (Ott et al., 2008). Climate vulnerabil ...
... of dealing with damage caused by climate change. A post-2102 global climate agreement will need to pay special attention to adaptation and its potential role in modifying climate vulnerabilities in different countries and to the distribution of adaptation costs (Ott et al., 2008). Climate vulnerabil ...
Ecological consequences of global climate change for freshwater
... Freshwater ecosystems are considered to be among the ecosystems most vulnerable to global climate change.1 Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences fo ...
... Freshwater ecosystems are considered to be among the ecosystems most vulnerable to global climate change.1 Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences fo ...
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... farm vulnerability is heterogeneous across space, crops and, months. Location varying inputs are responsible for substantial percentage of crop yield. The study found ambiguous evidence about the ability of irrigation usage to reduce crop vulnerability to precipitation variation, but suggests that p ...
... farm vulnerability is heterogeneous across space, crops and, months. Location varying inputs are responsible for substantial percentage of crop yield. The study found ambiguous evidence about the ability of irrigation usage to reduce crop vulnerability to precipitation variation, but suggests that p ...
The 3D Printing Revolution, Climate Change and
... destabilized in the wake of a major storm. But in a place like Pakistan, which is wracked with extreme poverty, ethnic conflict, terrorism, government fragility, water-stress and the proliferation of loose nuclear materials, the capacity to adapt to and recover from climate-related disasters like fl ...
... destabilized in the wake of a major storm. But in a place like Pakistan, which is wracked with extreme poverty, ethnic conflict, terrorism, government fragility, water-stress and the proliferation of loose nuclear materials, the capacity to adapt to and recover from climate-related disasters like fl ...
Civil war, climate change and development: A scenario
... The model has a few, simple components. Climate change may have a negative impact on the economy, slowing down its growth. Climate change may increase the probability of civil war. Civil war has a negative impact on economic growth. In turn, economic growth reduces the vulnerability to the impacts o ...
... The model has a few, simple components. Climate change may have a negative impact on the economy, slowing down its growth. Climate change may increase the probability of civil war. Civil war has a negative impact on economic growth. In turn, economic growth reduces the vulnerability to the impacts o ...
perspectives on climate change - Canadian Institute of Planners
... Of the planners responding, 83% in 2011 and 82% in 2012 feel that humans “impact the advancement of climate change”. It should be noted that 25% (2012) and 30% (2011) of the respondents chose not to respond to this question. The discussions in the focus groups support the survey finding that planner ...
... Of the planners responding, 83% in 2011 and 82% in 2012 feel that humans “impact the advancement of climate change”. It should be noted that 25% (2012) and 30% (2011) of the respondents chose not to respond to this question. The discussions in the focus groups support the survey finding that planner ...
NIPCC SPM Published - Australian Environment Foundation
... by Dr. S. Fred Singer and the Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP). The purpose was to produce an independent evaluation of the available scientific evidence on the subject of carbon dioxide-induced global warming in anticipation of the release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). ...
... by Dr. S. Fred Singer and the Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP). The purpose was to produce an independent evaluation of the available scientific evidence on the subject of carbon dioxide-induced global warming in anticipation of the release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). ...
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE)
... produce a multiple realization of the synthetic daily weather sequence. The model interpret the statistical relationship between large scale (predictor) and local climate (predictand) using multiple regression techniques. These relationships were developed using an observed weather data and previous ...
... produce a multiple realization of the synthetic daily weather sequence. The model interpret the statistical relationship between large scale (predictor) and local climate (predictand) using multiple regression techniques. These relationships were developed using an observed weather data and previous ...