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... Moreover, governments intervene heavily in the agricultural sector through policies that seek to internalize externalities and support farm incomes; as well as by designing and financing infrastructures such as roads, water networks, and research and development. Hence, governments actually play a k ...
... Moreover, governments intervene heavily in the agricultural sector through policies that seek to internalize externalities and support farm incomes; as well as by designing and financing infrastructures such as roads, water networks, and research and development. Hence, governments actually play a k ...
Resistance to change: A social psychological
... One of my mentors, William J. McGuire (1925–2007), argued more than 50 years ago that people engage in “wishful thinking” by adjusting their judgments of probability or likelihood to fit with their judgments of liking or desirability. In other words, people are motivated to rationalize outcomes tha ...
... One of my mentors, William J. McGuire (1925–2007), argued more than 50 years ago that people engage in “wishful thinking” by adjusting their judgments of probability or likelihood to fit with their judgments of liking or desirability. In other words, people are motivated to rationalize outcomes tha ...
STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate
... and deployment, and promoting adaptation, particularly for developing countries. Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. The economic analysis must therefore be global, deal with long time horizons, have the economics ...
... and deployment, and promoting adaptation, particularly for developing countries. Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. The economic analysis must therefore be global, deal with long time horizons, have the economics ...
Stern Review
... and deployment, and promoting adaptation, particularly for developing countries. Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. The economic analysis must therefore be global, deal with long time horizons, have the economics ...
... and deployment, and promoting adaptation, particularly for developing countries. Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen. The economic analysis must therefore be global, deal with long time horizons, have the economics ...
Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for
... The impact of adaptive traits on forest management, conservation biology and genetics, and on climate adaptation is tremendous: for example, in forest management adaptive traits are the basis for the delineation of breeding zones and provenance regions, for ex‐ ample see [59, 60]. In conservation bi ...
... The impact of adaptive traits on forest management, conservation biology and genetics, and on climate adaptation is tremendous: for example, in forest management adaptive traits are the basis for the delineation of breeding zones and provenance regions, for ex‐ ample see [59, 60]. In conservation bi ...
here - Climate Realists
... I have spent a lifetime on scientific research. My father was a working class intellectual, eager for knowledge. He took me to all the London museums and I remember a visit to the Royal Albert Hall to see the Exhibition which celebrated the discovery of Electromagnetic Induction by Michael Faraday. ...
... I have spent a lifetime on scientific research. My father was a working class intellectual, eager for knowledge. He took me to all the London museums and I remember a visit to the Royal Albert Hall to see the Exhibition which celebrated the discovery of Electromagnetic Induction by Michael Faraday. ...
Overcoming Behavioral and Institutional Inertia
... act differently.11 People today are exposed to lots of information on the causes, dynamics, and effects of climate change. This information has clearly increased concern, but it has not led to action.12 Why? Because information can produce misleading feelings of “empowerment,” which then turns into ...
... act differently.11 People today are exposed to lots of information on the causes, dynamics, and effects of climate change. This information has clearly increased concern, but it has not led to action.12 Why? Because information can produce misleading feelings of “empowerment,” which then turns into ...
Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events
... underlying the event and by asking how external anthropogenic and natural drivers have contributed to the probability of the event occurring, quantitative statements can be made about the role of different factors in contributing to the magnitude of and the probability of occurrence of individual ev ...
... underlying the event and by asking how external anthropogenic and natural drivers have contributed to the probability of the event occurring, quantitative statements can be made about the role of different factors in contributing to the magnitude of and the probability of occurrence of individual ev ...
COP15 side event
... • Favour adaptation strategies which will yield benefits (for other, less uncertain, policy concerns) regardless of whether or not climate impacts will occur. ...
... • Favour adaptation strategies which will yield benefits (for other, less uncertain, policy concerns) regardless of whether or not climate impacts will occur. ...
Business development meeting
... becoming more prominent in time; more so than under Scenario 1. ...
... becoming more prominent in time; more so than under Scenario 1. ...
Chapter 5 - Government.se
... Although most terrestrial areas are expected to heat up more than marine areas, this effect is exacerbated in northern Europe by a feedback effect via albedo5 as a result of the effect of warming on winter snow cover and sea ice. Another typical feature of the area is uncertainty as to future change ...
... Although most terrestrial areas are expected to heat up more than marine areas, this effect is exacerbated in northern Europe by a feedback effect via albedo5 as a result of the effect of warming on winter snow cover and sea ice. Another typical feature of the area is uncertainty as to future change ...
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... and firms would adopt strategies to maximize profits under the new climate and market conditions. On the other hand, under uncertain probability of different climate scenarios and their expected consequences, and under imperfect or incomplete functioning markets, farmers and firms reactions to clima ...
... and firms would adopt strategies to maximize profits under the new climate and market conditions. On the other hand, under uncertain probability of different climate scenarios and their expected consequences, and under imperfect or incomplete functioning markets, farmers and firms reactions to clima ...
Global food security under climate change
... for an active and healthy life’’ (1). This definition comprises four key dimensions of food supplies: availability, stability, access, and utilization. The first dimension relates to the availability of sufficient food, i.e., to the overall ability of the agricultural system to meet food demand. Its ...
... for an active and healthy life’’ (1). This definition comprises four key dimensions of food supplies: availability, stability, access, and utilization. The first dimension relates to the availability of sufficient food, i.e., to the overall ability of the agricultural system to meet food demand. Its ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our past
... that can offer sustainable management policies in the face of changing climate and social change. At this scale, two sets of questions about vulnerability and adaptation can be applied to all locations on earth: – How sensitive or resilient are modern ecosystems and socio-ecological systems to incre ...
... that can offer sustainable management policies in the face of changing climate and social change. At this scale, two sets of questions about vulnerability and adaptation can be applied to all locations on earth: – How sensitive or resilient are modern ecosystems and socio-ecological systems to incre ...
Working Paper 7: Climate Change and Agriculture: Analysis of
... poverty alleviation, especially in the rural African households. African agriculture is confronted by many challenges. The primary challenge is the low investment in the sector by many African governments. Indeed, in the recent decades, government investment in the sector has significantly decreased ...
... poverty alleviation, especially in the rural African households. African agriculture is confronted by many challenges. The primary challenge is the low investment in the sector by many African governments. Indeed, in the recent decades, government investment in the sector has significantly decreased ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Water Availability
... additional water from three levels of increased summer rainfall simulated to occur during actual sequences of recent dry and wet years. Results showed that about half of the added water percolated into groundwater storage, which would have major benefits because many urban and rural water-supply sys ...
... additional water from three levels of increased summer rainfall simulated to occur during actual sequences of recent dry and wet years. Results showed that about half of the added water percolated into groundwater storage, which would have major benefits because many urban and rural water-supply sys ...
Potential Threats from Climate Change to Human
... wellbeing. Not all people are equally equipped to face these challenges. Rural populations, notably the ones highly dependent on land-based resources for their livelihoods, are likely to be the most negatively affected by changes in ecosystems caused by climate change. In this paper, the emphasis is ...
... wellbeing. Not all people are equally equipped to face these challenges. Rural populations, notably the ones highly dependent on land-based resources for their livelihoods, are likely to be the most negatively affected by changes in ecosystems caused by climate change. In this paper, the emphasis is ...
selvaraju
... approach focuses on a coordinated response for addressing climate risks with committed engagement of farmers, herders, fishers, agricultural support services, institutions and enabling policy to build sustainable livelihoods resilient to climate risks (Figure 1). In this paper, CRM is defined as a s ...
... approach focuses on a coordinated response for addressing climate risks with committed engagement of farmers, herders, fishers, agricultural support services, institutions and enabling policy to build sustainable livelihoods resilient to climate risks (Figure 1). In this paper, CRM is defined as a s ...
adaptation to climate change: international policy options
... to natural climate variability by altering settlement and agricultural patterns and other facets of their economies and lifestyles. Human-induced climate change lends a complex new dimension to this age-old challenge. Viewed over the long span of human history and pre-history, adaptation to climate ...
... to natural climate variability by altering settlement and agricultural patterns and other facets of their economies and lifestyles. Human-induced climate change lends a complex new dimension to this age-old challenge. Viewed over the long span of human history and pre-history, adaptation to climate ...
The Positive Feedback Loop between the Impacts of Climate
... (GAEZ) [14]. An overview of the main studies that have considered impacts of climate change on global crop yields is presented in Table 1 [9,10,12,13,15–17]. Although some crops and regions will apparently benefit from climate change, the studies reviewed converge on agreement that the overall globa ...
... (GAEZ) [14]. An overview of the main studies that have considered impacts of climate change on global crop yields is presented in Table 1 [9,10,12,13,15–17]. Although some crops and regions will apparently benefit from climate change, the studies reviewed converge on agreement that the overall globa ...
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... Moxnes and Van der Heijden (2003) is an early example for the standard result of leadership in public good experiments, which is described here since it was framed as a game on climate change. Since then, a number of authors have shed more light on why and how this result arises. Some of these resul ...
... Moxnes and Van der Heijden (2003) is an early example for the standard result of leadership in public good experiments, which is described here since it was framed as a game on climate change. Since then, a number of authors have shed more light on why and how this result arises. Some of these resul ...
The relationship between affective connections to animals and
... et al. 2012) was to investigate visitors’ cognitive, attitudinal, and self-reported behavioral predispositions toward climate change; their attitudes and viewpoints regarding wildlife and nature; and their self-reported engagement in proenvironmental behaviors. Overall results of the study indicate ...
... et al. 2012) was to investigate visitors’ cognitive, attitudinal, and self-reported behavioral predispositions toward climate change; their attitudes and viewpoints regarding wildlife and nature; and their self-reported engagement in proenvironmental behaviors. Overall results of the study indicate ...
amicus brief
... Author of Chapter 30 (The Oceans) in the Fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be released in 2014. Amicus Pushker Kharecha is a climate scientist with NASA GISS and the Columbia University Earth Institute whose main focus is conducting scientific research ...
... Author of Chapter 30 (The Oceans) in the Fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be released in 2014. Amicus Pushker Kharecha is a climate scientist with NASA GISS and the Columbia University Earth Institute whose main focus is conducting scientific research ...
Combined speeds of climate and land
... magnitude higher than land-use speeds. However, this pattern varied by region (Table 1). Climate speeds were particularly high relative to land-use speeds in the central plains and southern Florida. In contrast, forested regions of the north-central US, New England and the Appalachians, and arid are ...
... magnitude higher than land-use speeds. However, this pattern varied by region (Table 1). Climate speeds were particularly high relative to land-use speeds in the central plains and southern Florida. In contrast, forested regions of the north-central US, New England and the Appalachians, and arid are ...
NASA faked the moon landing—therefore
... old), values for the consensus items were outside the range of the rating scale, or responses were incomplete. This left 1,145 complete records for analysis. Items were reverse-scored when necessary, such that larger scores pointed to greater endorsement of the underlying construct. Raw correlation ...
... old), values for the consensus items were outside the range of the rating scale, or responses were incomplete. This left 1,145 complete records for analysis. Items were reverse-scored when necessary, such that larger scores pointed to greater endorsement of the underlying construct. Raw correlation ...