Men, Masculinities Climate Change
... Simultaneously, activists – often led by women’s groups in the global South – have conducted policy advocacy on climate change to stress that the human rights of women and girls who live in poverty, or in vulnerable and unsafe conditions, are threatened by the double injustice of climate change and ...
... Simultaneously, activists – often led by women’s groups in the global South – have conducted policy advocacy on climate change to stress that the human rights of women and girls who live in poverty, or in vulnerable and unsafe conditions, are threatened by the double injustice of climate change and ...
Support for businesses
... supplies and extreme weather disasters could produce a humanitarian crisis. The knock-on effect of economic depression abroad, food scarcity and environmental refugees could also significantly impact upon our lives in the UK. Climate change will be felt directly at home, too. Here in Gloucestershire ...
... supplies and extreme weather disasters could produce a humanitarian crisis. The knock-on effect of economic depression abroad, food scarcity and environmental refugees could also significantly impact upon our lives in the UK. Climate change will be felt directly at home, too. Here in Gloucestershire ...
This GREEEN guide is not a manual on how to deal with climate
... Education systems today therefor need to provide young people with knowledge and competences to help them understand climate change and take action against it as early as possible. Schools play a key role in developing young people’s attitudes towards making more sustainable choices in their everyda ...
... Education systems today therefor need to provide young people with knowledge and competences to help them understand climate change and take action against it as early as possible. Schools play a key role in developing young people’s attitudes towards making more sustainable choices in their everyda ...
NVCA Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan Milestone 1
... “Scientific evidence shows climate change is happening now. This consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are seriously affecting Earth’s climate and that climate change is having increasing negative global impacts, effects the NVCA watershed’s environment and economy. The NVCA agrees that we need to ...
... “Scientific evidence shows climate change is happening now. This consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are seriously affecting Earth’s climate and that climate change is having increasing negative global impacts, effects the NVCA watershed’s environment and economy. The NVCA agrees that we need to ...
Do not ask for morality
... You might think the duty of justice to avoid doing harm is merely a part of the duty of beneficence, because to make the world better you must avoid doing harm. But actually the duty of justice is distinct. Sometimes you should avoid doing harm even if you do it in order to make the world better on ...
... You might think the duty of justice to avoid doing harm is merely a part of the duty of beneficence, because to make the world better you must avoid doing harm. But actually the duty of justice is distinct. Sometimes you should avoid doing harm even if you do it in order to make the world better on ...
File - The Building Blocks For Learning
... The timing of food supply is also crucial: any delay in the upwelling season, as conjectured with increasing CO2, could reduce survival of young fish if, for example, young Coho salmon arrive to the sea before upwelling produces the appropriate food, say the authors. Seabirds, seals, and other anima ...
... The timing of food supply is also crucial: any delay in the upwelling season, as conjectured with increasing CO2, could reduce survival of young fish if, for example, young Coho salmon arrive to the sea before upwelling produces the appropriate food, say the authors. Seabirds, seals, and other anima ...
An Eco-Feminist Perspective on the Climate Change Regime
... judgments.”9 A key issue is the global North using the global South as a site for offsetting developed country emissions, while deepening poverty in the South means that reducing emissions is not a priority for these states either. The result is increasing greenhouse emissions that, if not reined i ...
... judgments.”9 A key issue is the global North using the global South as a site for offsetting developed country emissions, while deepening poverty in the South means that reducing emissions is not a priority for these states either. The result is increasing greenhouse emissions that, if not reined i ...
connell_ukcip - Global Change System for Analysis, Research
... • Took UKCIP SES and derived regional quantified SES out to 2050s, using expert opinion - very difficult to justify numbers, but have a big effect on the model outputs • Hence difficult to quantify the relative importance of climate vs. socio-economic change on systems • SES used as input data only ...
... • Took UKCIP SES and derived regional quantified SES out to 2050s, using expert opinion - very difficult to justify numbers, but have a big effect on the model outputs • Hence difficult to quantify the relative importance of climate vs. socio-economic change on systems • SES used as input data only ...
Possible strategies to address socio-economic adaptation policies
... Policy measures which could be adopted to meet these carbon footprint standards include providing incentives for tea growers to move away from producing conventional tea, shifting more towards organic tea production. However, a major discouraging factor in moving to organic tea production is the dec ...
... Policy measures which could be adopted to meet these carbon footprint standards include providing incentives for tea growers to move away from producing conventional tea, shifting more towards organic tea production. However, a major discouraging factor in moving to organic tea production is the dec ...
Climate Change and Potential Impacts for the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sector in ASEAN+3
... • Particular emphasis /focus on aquaculture is still wanting; • All countries have established national organization dealing with Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; • Existing national action plans on CC adaptation/mitigation are not necessarily focused on aquaculture;/mitigation in aquacultu ...
... • Particular emphasis /focus on aquaculture is still wanting; • All countries have established national organization dealing with Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation; • Existing national action plans on CC adaptation/mitigation are not necessarily focused on aquaculture;/mitigation in aquacultu ...
(Michael Oppenheimer) (January 2014)
... Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters Executive Committee, Program in Sustainable Energy, Princeton University Board of Directors, Climate Central Advisory Board to NJDEP commissioner on establishing an SAB Coordinating Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Special Report ...
... Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters Executive Committee, Program in Sustainable Energy, Princeton University Board of Directors, Climate Central Advisory Board to NJDEP commissioner on establishing an SAB Coordinating Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Special Report ...
Framing Document - American Physical Society
... Section D.1 of the AR5 WG1 SPM discusses this shortfall (greater detail can be found in the citations to the WG1 report): The observed reduction in surface warming trend over the period 1998–2012 as compared to the period 1951–2012, is due in roughly equal measure to a reduced trend in radiative for ...
... Section D.1 of the AR5 WG1 SPM discusses this shortfall (greater detail can be found in the citations to the WG1 report): The observed reduction in surface warming trend over the period 1998–2012 as compared to the period 1951–2012, is due in roughly equal measure to a reduced trend in radiative for ...
IPCC launches complete Synthesis Report
... agreement in the scientific community, where there are differences, and where further research is needed. Thus the IPCC offers policymakers a snapshot of what the scientific community understands about climate change rather than promoting a particular view. IPCC reports are policy-relevant without b ...
... agreement in the scientific community, where there are differences, and where further research is needed. Thus the IPCC offers policymakers a snapshot of what the scientific community understands about climate change rather than promoting a particular view. IPCC reports are policy-relevant without b ...
Response to the NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE …
... We face an economic and environmental crisis: we need solutions to both; Trade unions, social movements and environmental organisations have formed an alliance to campaign for the creation of one million climate jobs, now. Our initial research shows that more than three million new climate jobs can ...
... We face an economic and environmental crisis: we need solutions to both; Trade unions, social movements and environmental organisations have formed an alliance to campaign for the creation of one million climate jobs, now. Our initial research shows that more than three million new climate jobs can ...
Options for support to
... farming systems in tropical and sub-tropical drylands, better managing the risks associated with climate variability provides an immediate opportunity to adapt to future climate change. Climate shocks such as drought, flooding or heat waves lead not only to loss of life, but also long-term loss of l ...
... farming systems in tropical and sub-tropical drylands, better managing the risks associated with climate variability provides an immediate opportunity to adapt to future climate change. Climate shocks such as drought, flooding or heat waves lead not only to loss of life, but also long-term loss of l ...
Handbook on the OECD-DAC Climate Markers
... The specific motivation for contributing to the basket fund should be made clear in the activity documentation, i.e. in the programme document and in the donor’s supporting documentation: the donor, through its contribution to the basket fund, intends to address climate change adaptation. It is not ...
... The specific motivation for contributing to the basket fund should be made clear in the activity documentation, i.e. in the programme document and in the donor’s supporting documentation: the donor, through its contribution to the basket fund, intends to address climate change adaptation. It is not ...
Patterns of Natural Selection
... activity “What Can Cold Flies Teach Us About Evolution.” Discuss the three types of natural selection on the first page with the class. Have students complete the four practice problems. 2. ( 10-15 MINUTES) Pass out one whiteboard, markers and ONE Student Page: Natural Selection in the Face of Clim ...
... activity “What Can Cold Flies Teach Us About Evolution.” Discuss the three types of natural selection on the first page with the class. Have students complete the four practice problems. 2. ( 10-15 MINUTES) Pass out one whiteboard, markers and ONE Student Page: Natural Selection in the Face of Clim ...
Current and future climate of Nauru
... Climate impacts almost all aspects of life in Nauru. Understanding the possible future climate of Nauru is important so people and the government can plan for changes. ...
... Climate impacts almost all aspects of life in Nauru. Understanding the possible future climate of Nauru is important so people and the government can plan for changes. ...
Climate change and livestock production in Ethiopia
... security and investment in both the highlands and the lowlands/pastoral farming systems (FDRE, 2001). The recent livestock population of Ethiopia estimates that the country has about 52.1 million heads of cattle, 24.2 million sheep, 22.6 million goats and 44.9 million poultry (MOA, 2013; Berihu et a ...
... security and investment in both the highlands and the lowlands/pastoral farming systems (FDRE, 2001). The recent livestock population of Ethiopia estimates that the country has about 52.1 million heads of cattle, 24.2 million sheep, 22.6 million goats and 44.9 million poultry (MOA, 2013; Berihu et a ...
2013 Canada-US Comparative Climate Opinion
... Moreover, the distribution of opinion on this question has shifted far more markedly among Canadians than Americans over the sampling period. The percent of Canadians who believe that there is evidence of warming global temperatures and attribute climate change primarily to human factors has jumped ...
... Moreover, the distribution of opinion on this question has shifted far more markedly among Canadians than Americans over the sampling period. The percent of Canadians who believe that there is evidence of warming global temperatures and attribute climate change primarily to human factors has jumped ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES GLOBAL FINANCIAL STRUCTURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE John Whalley
... are already close to critical temperature thresholds and it is believed that many countries have limited capacity to make the economy-wide adjustments to farming patterns needed. These impacts will be largest across Africa, Western and the Middle East Asia, where yields of the predominant regional c ...
... are already close to critical temperature thresholds and it is believed that many countries have limited capacity to make the economy-wide adjustments to farming patterns needed. These impacts will be largest across Africa, Western and the Middle East Asia, where yields of the predominant regional c ...
WHY ADVOCATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE?
... interchangeably with the term ‘climate change’. However, the term ‘climate change’ is preferable because it refers to the changes in the climate that result from the earth’s warming. The term ‘global warming’ can be confusing because some of the weather changes it produces can mean colder, not warme ...
... interchangeably with the term ‘climate change’. However, the term ‘climate change’ is preferable because it refers to the changes in the climate that result from the earth’s warming. The term ‘global warming’ can be confusing because some of the weather changes it produces can mean colder, not warme ...
Biodiversity, ecosystem services and adaptation - BASIC
... Many of the costs of changes in biodiversity have historically not been factored into decision-making. Many costs associated with changes in biodiversity may be slow to become apparent, may be apparent only at some distance from where biodiversity was changed, or may involve thresholds or changes in ...
... Many of the costs of changes in biodiversity have historically not been factored into decision-making. Many costs associated with changes in biodiversity may be slow to become apparent, may be apparent only at some distance from where biodiversity was changed, or may involve thresholds or changes in ...
Science aspects of the 2°C and 1.5°C global goals in the Cancun
... A number of different types of global targets have been proposed for use in international climate policy. These include global-mean warming targets, greenhouse-gas concentration equivalent goals, carbon dioxide concentration levels, and emissions in different years such as 2020 and 2050. In this sec ...
... A number of different types of global targets have been proposed for use in international climate policy. These include global-mean warming targets, greenhouse-gas concentration equivalent goals, carbon dioxide concentration levels, and emissions in different years such as 2020 and 2050. In this sec ...
Abrupt Climate Change - University of California San Diego
... geological record. Some mechanisms have been identified that could account for these changes, and model simulations of them are improving, but the models that are currently being used to assess human impacts on climate do not yet simulate the past changes with great accuracy. Although public debate ...
... geological record. Some mechanisms have been identified that could account for these changes, and model simulations of them are improving, but the models that are currently being used to assess human impacts on climate do not yet simulate the past changes with great accuracy. Although public debate ...