The Obama Administration`s Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCC
... Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a suite of regulations that implement the Clean Air Act for this purpose.4 As this essay will explain, these regulations are significant in both domestic and international registers. Under the United Nations Framework ...
... Under the Obama Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a suite of regulations that implement the Clean Air Act for this purpose.4 As this essay will explain, these regulations are significant in both domestic and international registers. Under the United Nations Framework ...
View Attached File - Independent Scientific Audit of Marine Parks
... Coleman MA, Chambers J, Knott N, Malcolm H, Harasti D, Jordan A and Kelaher BP (2011) Connectivity within and among a network of temperate marine reserves. PLoS One 6(5): e20168. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020168 A, IF=4.35, Top 13% Biology. Internal MPA project. Coleman MA, Roughan M, McDonald H, Co ...
... Coleman MA, Chambers J, Knott N, Malcolm H, Harasti D, Jordan A and Kelaher BP (2011) Connectivity within and among a network of temperate marine reserves. PLoS One 6(5): e20168. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020168 A, IF=4.35, Top 13% Biology. Internal MPA project. Coleman MA, Roughan M, McDonald H, Co ...
Not a Problem, Someone Else`s Problem, My Problem or Our
... willingness to mitigate – both personally and through policy support. “Fear appeals” can trigger people to disengage, especially when impacts seem remote and outside of personal control. In contrast, people appear to respond more constructively and positively to feelings of worry, interest and hope. ...
... willingness to mitigate – both personally and through policy support. “Fear appeals” can trigger people to disengage, especially when impacts seem remote and outside of personal control. In contrast, people appear to respond more constructively and positively to feelings of worry, interest and hope. ...
Global/Regional/Local-Scale Climate Change - A Reality Check
... of Climate Climate Change: Change: Expanding Expanding the the Concept Concept and and Addressing Addressing Uncertainties, Uncertainties, Committee Committee on on Radiative Radiative Forcing Forcing Effects Effects on on Climate, Climate, Climate Climate Research Research Committee, Committee, 224 ...
... of Climate Climate Change: Change: Expanding Expanding the the Concept Concept and and Addressing Addressing Uncertainties, Uncertainties, Committee Committee on on Radiative Radiative Forcing Forcing Effects Effects on on Climate, Climate, Climate Climate Research Research Committee, Committee, 224 ...
Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... water and energy – by contaminating potential freshwater supplies with saltwater. Such problems are amplified during extreme dry periods with little runoff. Uncertainties in the scale, timing, and location of climate change impacts can make decision-making difficult, but response strategies, especia ...
... water and energy – by contaminating potential freshwater supplies with saltwater. Such problems are amplified during extreme dry periods with little runoff. Uncertainties in the scale, timing, and location of climate change impacts can make decision-making difficult, but response strategies, especia ...
Document
... the industry but situational depending on location and local environment. Previous research (outlined above) would suggest that this construct, situational risk will ultimately influence their willingness to respond to the cognitive cues that they receive. This paper draws on a quantitative assessme ...
... the industry but situational depending on location and local environment. Previous research (outlined above) would suggest that this construct, situational risk will ultimately influence their willingness to respond to the cognitive cues that they receive. This paper draws on a quantitative assessme ...
High impact, low probability (revised for Climatic Change)
... with which arbitrarily large costs (e.g. 90% of consumption) occur, both under a scenario of business-as-usual emissions, and assuming emissions are controlled. Moreover, I explore the properties of welfare estimates as climate damage approaches the equivalent of 100% of consumption. This is a key e ...
... with which arbitrarily large costs (e.g. 90% of consumption) occur, both under a scenario of business-as-usual emissions, and assuming emissions are controlled. Moreover, I explore the properties of welfare estimates as climate damage approaches the equivalent of 100% of consumption. This is a key e ...
Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... economic, communicative and juridical steering mechanisms. A governance arrangement is defined as the ensemble of rules, processes and instruments that structure interactions between actors for a specific domain or issue (Arts & Leroy, 2006). This concept will be used for both analysing existing and ...
... economic, communicative and juridical steering mechanisms. A governance arrangement is defined as the ensemble of rules, processes and instruments that structure interactions between actors for a specific domain or issue (Arts & Leroy, 2006). This concept will be used for both analysing existing and ...
Implications for the Success of Adaptation and Coping Strategies
... while a few success stories exist, in general “this mitigation measure has proven to be less successful, costly, and economically, politically, and socially insensitive” (ADPC, 2005, 100). It is also not the only type of policy to help people adapt to the threat of climate change, and climate variab ...
... while a few success stories exist, in general “this mitigation measure has proven to be less successful, costly, and economically, politically, and socially insensitive” (ADPC, 2005, 100). It is also not the only type of policy to help people adapt to the threat of climate change, and climate variab ...
Organisation strategy for Sweden`s cooperation with the Green
... Efforts to limit climate and environmental impacts and promote sustainable use of natural resources are a prerequisite for sustainable development and poverty reduction. Climate change risks deepening social and economic disparities, which in turn may lead to more and deeper conflicts. International ...
... Efforts to limit climate and environmental impacts and promote sustainable use of natural resources are a prerequisite for sustainable development and poverty reduction. Climate change risks deepening social and economic disparities, which in turn may lead to more and deeper conflicts. International ...
Assessment of climate change impact on water Linköping University Post Print
... regional climate models (RCMs). The main strengths of RCM downscaling are that it keeps the physical consistency between variables and takes into account feedback mechanisms in the system as the forcing from the GCM changes with time. This paper presents integrations of the Rossby Centre Regional Cl ...
... regional climate models (RCMs). The main strengths of RCM downscaling are that it keeps the physical consistency between variables and takes into account feedback mechanisms in the system as the forcing from the GCM changes with time. This paper presents integrations of the Rossby Centre Regional Cl ...
Long-Term Ecological Records and Their Relevance to Climate
... which predicts that, on the basis of mid-range climatic warming scenarios for 2050, up to 37% of plant species globally will be committed to extinction owing to lack of suitable climate space. Another well-cited scenario is the prediction from a general dynamic vegetation model run for the tropical ...
... which predicts that, on the basis of mid-range climatic warming scenarios for 2050, up to 37% of plant species globally will be committed to extinction owing to lack of suitable climate space. Another well-cited scenario is the prediction from a general dynamic vegetation model run for the tropical ...
English
... Climate extremes – increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as drought, flooding, heat and cold waves, and intense storms – are a particularly troubling aspect of greater climate variability. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan ...
... Climate extremes – increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as drought, flooding, heat and cold waves, and intense storms – are a particularly troubling aspect of greater climate variability. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan ...
Climate Change: Guidance for Tree Species Selection
... – Feasibility – this is a critical component of all reforestation decisions and is amplified when Climate Change suggests moving some species into areas where they were not previously found – Reliability – again critical – what threats are there now and potentially in the future – this is addressed ...
... – Feasibility – this is a critical component of all reforestation decisions and is amplified when Climate Change suggests moving some species into areas where they were not previously found – Reliability – again critical – what threats are there now and potentially in the future – this is addressed ...
The importance of the Montreal protocol in protecting climate
... Effect on ozone layer • Mid-latitude: EESC back to 1980levels around 2050 • Polar region: EESC back to 1980levels around 2065: – Older age of air in polar vortex ...
... Effect on ozone layer • Mid-latitude: EESC back to 1980levels around 2050 • Polar region: EESC back to 1980levels around 2065: – Older age of air in polar vortex ...
www.ssoar.info How earth science has become a social science
... central Arizona, studied by hydrologist Leonard Konikow, a groundwater model that had been calibrated on the basis of 41 years of historical data – an amount of data that most hydrologists would consider good – failed almost as soon as it was implemented. Why did the model fail? Prior to the model c ...
... central Arizona, studied by hydrologist Leonard Konikow, a groundwater model that had been calibrated on the basis of 41 years of historical data – an amount of data that most hydrologists would consider good – failed almost as soon as it was implemented. Why did the model fail? Prior to the model c ...
THE CROPWAT ANALYSIS OF THREE DISTRICTS IN EGYPT
... The increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere has led many scientists to predict that the earth’s temperature will increase by several degrees over the next century (IPCC 1992; NAS 1992; Wigley & Raper 1992; Mitchell et al. 1995), with some saying that the effect of the increase in ...
... The increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere has led many scientists to predict that the earth’s temperature will increase by several degrees over the next century (IPCC 1992; NAS 1992; Wigley & Raper 1992; Mitchell et al. 1995), with some saying that the effect of the increase in ...
MS Climate 1AC Jiao-Taori Tournament
... a theory to be accepted, Whewell argued, it must be based on more than one induction—or a single generalization drawn from specific facts. It must have multiple inductions that converge on one another, independently but in conjunction. “Accordingly the cases in which inductions from classes of facts ...
... a theory to be accepted, Whewell argued, it must be based on more than one induction—or a single generalization drawn from specific facts. It must have multiple inductions that converge on one another, independently but in conjunction. “Accordingly the cases in which inductions from classes of facts ...
ESA - WCRP
... To realize the full potential of the long-term global Earth Observation archives that ESA together with its Member states have established over the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFC ...
... To realize the full potential of the long-term global Earth Observation archives that ESA together with its Member states have established over the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFC ...
PDF File - Patrick Gonzalez
... Abstract Emissions from motor vehicles, power plants, deforestation, and other human sources are warming the Earth and damaging ecosystems and human well-being. Field observations from around the world have detected significant changes in terrestrial ecosystems and attributed them to climate change ...
... Abstract Emissions from motor vehicles, power plants, deforestation, and other human sources are warming the Earth and damaging ecosystems and human well-being. Field observations from around the world have detected significant changes in terrestrial ecosystems and attributed them to climate change ...
Climate change and extreme weather events
... Vinnikov et al. show that the Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent has decreased during the past 46 years. The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) model and the Hadley Centre model, both forced with greenhouse gases and tropospheric sulfate aerosols, simulate the observed trend in sea ice ex ...
... Vinnikov et al. show that the Northern Hemisphere sea ice extent has decreased during the past 46 years. The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) model and the Hadley Centre model, both forced with greenhouse gases and tropospheric sulfate aerosols, simulate the observed trend in sea ice ex ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on extreme events and disasters in 2012 (IPCC SREX). In this report, IPCC assessed the impact of climate change on extreme events and the consequences of these events for the society and the environment as well as the imp ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report on extreme events and disasters in 2012 (IPCC SREX). In this report, IPCC assessed the impact of climate change on extreme events and the consequences of these events for the society and the environment as well as the imp ...
Climate Change North | Signs of Change: Studying Tree Rings
... winters here: How in the 50’s it would get to -50°C and -60°C, and you could push your car to one side with your finger because the road was so slick with the cold, or how people would have to thaw their car engines by directing heat from a fire through a stove pipe shoved under the car. Even since ...
... winters here: How in the 50’s it would get to -50°C and -60°C, and you could push your car to one side with your finger because the road was so slick with the cold, or how people would have to thaw their car engines by directing heat from a fire through a stove pipe shoved under the car. Even since ...
Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic
... World Climate Research Programme). These General Circulation Model (GCM) data most confidently characterize climate changes at relatively coarse spatial and temporal scales (i.e. averaged over large regions and time through sub-continental monthly and seasonal averages). They are considerably less v ...
... World Climate Research Programme). These General Circulation Model (GCM) data most confidently characterize climate changes at relatively coarse spatial and temporal scales (i.e. averaged over large regions and time through sub-continental monthly and seasonal averages). They are considerably less v ...
How to motivate people about climate change
... Here we report on the results from three separate experiments including participants from the National Audubon Society’s membership as well as members of the general public. With the data from these studies we examine four main questions. First, does placing emphasis on the collective versus persona ...
... Here we report on the results from three separate experiments including participants from the National Audubon Society’s membership as well as members of the general public. With the data from these studies we examine four main questions. First, does placing emphasis on the collective versus persona ...