Climate change - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
... the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts (Source: 12). Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Prot ...
... the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts (Source: 12). Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Prot ...
Clare Palmer, “Does Nature Matter? The Place of the Nonhuman in
... ago (though their populations remain constant), an alteration attributed to changes in climate.11 Climate change may also result in the loss of some species; the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report notes that “There is medium confidence that approximately 20–30% of species assessed so far are likely to be ...
... ago (though their populations remain constant), an alteration attributed to changes in climate.11 Climate change may also result in the loss of some species; the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report notes that “There is medium confidence that approximately 20–30% of species assessed so far are likely to be ...
a 2017 national survey of broadcast meteorologists
... of these weathercasters said their viewer feedback is predominantly positive, while another quarter (26%) said that their viewer feedback is mixed “about 50/50.” About one in ten (12%) said their viewer feedback was predominantly negative, but many (28%) said they get very few viewer reactions eithe ...
... of these weathercasters said their viewer feedback is predominantly positive, while another quarter (26%) said that their viewer feedback is mixed “about 50/50.” About one in ten (12%) said their viewer feedback was predominantly negative, but many (28%) said they get very few viewer reactions eithe ...
US Climate Engagement - Skoll Global Threats Fund
... We have chosen to focus on climate engagement because we see it as central to building the political will required for action. Today, most Americans believe climate change is real and at least partly human-caused. Yet few Americans are engaged around climate change—cognitively, emotionally, or behav ...
... We have chosen to focus on climate engagement because we see it as central to building the political will required for action. Today, most Americans believe climate change is real and at least partly human-caused. Yet few Americans are engaged around climate change—cognitively, emotionally, or behav ...
A district level assessment of vulnerability of
... adopted the indicator method to construct vulnerability of agriculture to climate change and variability at the district level. Because of its transparency, this method was followed in many studies that assessed vulnerability. Deressa et al.21 ranked the seven Ethiopian states based on vulnerability ...
... adopted the indicator method to construct vulnerability of agriculture to climate change and variability at the district level. Because of its transparency, this method was followed in many studies that assessed vulnerability. Deressa et al.21 ranked the seven Ethiopian states based on vulnerability ...
The Rules of the Game
... also heavily influenced our principles and, where possible, we have added examples from real campaigns and direct learning from experience in the field. How to use this document The Rules of the Game is presented in a ‘workmanlike’ rather than ‘academic’ format so that the principles can be used imm ...
... also heavily influenced our principles and, where possible, we have added examples from real campaigns and direct learning from experience in the field. How to use this document The Rules of the Game is presented in a ‘workmanlike’ rather than ‘academic’ format so that the principles can be used imm ...
policy framework antigua and barbuda
... lives. Between 1995 and 1999, Antigua and Barbuda experienced five major storm events. In addition, drought is a common phenomenon for both islands. The implications of climate variability and change (whether natural or anthropogenic) for human communities, businesses and natural resources have not ...
... lives. Between 1995 and 1999, Antigua and Barbuda experienced five major storm events. In addition, drought is a common phenomenon for both islands. The implications of climate variability and change (whether natural or anthropogenic) for human communities, businesses and natural resources have not ...
Arviat Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... weather. These changes are impacting the Inuit way of life, making it challenging to travel safely on the land, and requiring changes to traditional hunting practices. Adaptation is required, to plan for the short and long term needs of the community and to support healthy and sustained community gr ...
... weather. These changes are impacting the Inuit way of life, making it challenging to travel safely on the land, and requiring changes to traditional hunting practices. Adaptation is required, to plan for the short and long term needs of the community and to support healthy and sustained community gr ...
Indigenous knowledge about climate change
... labour and tractor, sale of irrigation water, charcoal making and other non-farm activities. Availability of credit eases the cash constraints and allows farmers to buy high value inputs like fertilizers. But only 55 % of the sampled farmers were able to access institutional credit in the study area ...
... labour and tractor, sale of irrigation water, charcoal making and other non-farm activities. Availability of credit eases the cash constraints and allows farmers to buy high value inputs like fertilizers. But only 55 % of the sampled farmers were able to access institutional credit in the study area ...
Climate change. - Institut für Kommunikations
... Non-project members are allowed to draw on this codebook for their own research purposes, provided that they make appropriate reference to this source. This applies to the usage of the general structure of the coding, as well as to individual variables and ...
... Non-project members are allowed to draw on this codebook for their own research purposes, provided that they make appropriate reference to this source. This applies to the usage of the general structure of the coding, as well as to individual variables and ...
Financing an efficient adaptation programme to climate change: A
... *Corresponding author : [email protected] ...
... *Corresponding author : [email protected] ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... For Aristotle, hubris is the deliberate infliction of shame on someone else. It is a form of dishonouring that someone feeling superior does to someone else. Contrary to popular belief, this attitude is not necessarily linked to any offence against divine powers (Fisher, 1998). Even though there are ...
... For Aristotle, hubris is the deliberate infliction of shame on someone else. It is a form of dishonouring that someone feeling superior does to someone else. Contrary to popular belief, this attitude is not necessarily linked to any offence against divine powers (Fisher, 1998). Even though there are ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... For Aristotle, hubris is the deliberate infliction of shame on someone else. It is a form of dishonouring that someone feeling superior does to someone else. Contrary to popular belief, this attitude is not necessarily linked to any offence against divine powers (Fisher, 1998). Even though there are ...
... For Aristotle, hubris is the deliberate infliction of shame on someone else. It is a form of dishonouring that someone feeling superior does to someone else. Contrary to popular belief, this attitude is not necessarily linked to any offence against divine powers (Fisher, 1998). Even though there are ...
Cities and Climate Change Initiative - UN
... compared to developed countries. Climate change impacts can undermine a country’s efforts to achieve the goals of sustainable development and will worsen poverty in developing and least developed. At the same time certain aspects of urbanisation provide an opportunity to relieve the pressure on ecos ...
... compared to developed countries. Climate change impacts can undermine a country’s efforts to achieve the goals of sustainable development and will worsen poverty in developing and least developed. At the same time certain aspects of urbanisation provide an opportunity to relieve the pressure on ecos ...
Three Ways to Understand State Actors in International Negotiations
... Theorizing about international negotiations has been dominated by statecentered approaches.7 However, over the last three decades new lines of inquiry have emerged, as a growing number of scholars relaxed the assumption of the state as a unitary actor as they seek to account for domestic politics. O ...
... Theorizing about international negotiations has been dominated by statecentered approaches.7 However, over the last three decades new lines of inquiry have emerged, as a growing number of scholars relaxed the assumption of the state as a unitary actor as they seek to account for domestic politics. O ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... chapter (Mavroidis and de Melo 2015), environmental policies have changed little from the GATT to the WTO. Section 2 reviews how the three main instruments to address climate change mitigation objectives (labelling, taxes, and subsidies) fare under the current WTO regime. Section 3 discusses needed ...
... chapter (Mavroidis and de Melo 2015), environmental policies have changed little from the GATT to the WTO. Section 2 reviews how the three main instruments to address climate change mitigation objectives (labelling, taxes, and subsidies) fare under the current WTO regime. Section 3 discusses needed ...
UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the WTO – Brewing Conflicts or
... effects of climate change will have major effects on the global economy. 7 As one scholar described the situation, “[e]ven a 3˚C rise in global average temperature would devastate the global environment, place human survival in grave danger, and risk the collapse of the world economy.” 8 The global ...
... effects of climate change will have major effects on the global economy. 7 As one scholar described the situation, “[e]ven a 3˚C rise in global average temperature would devastate the global environment, place human survival in grave danger, and risk the collapse of the world economy.” 8 The global ...
magnitude and frequency
... This Report Card provides an appraisal of the evidence for potential changes in flood magnitude and frequency based on climate model results. The majority of climate model experiments point to increased flood hazard for the UK linked to more extreme precipitation events and greater winter rainfall t ...
... This Report Card provides an appraisal of the evidence for potential changes in flood magnitude and frequency based on climate model results. The majority of climate model experiments point to increased flood hazard for the UK linked to more extreme precipitation events and greater winter rainfall t ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
... Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lea ...
... Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lea ...
The Tragedy of the Risk
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
... beliefs to those that predominate within their respective cultural groups prevents those groups from converging on beliefs that make all of their members materially better off. This conflict between individual and collective rationality is not inevitable. It occurs only because of contingent, mutabl ...
Climate change and human health: Spatial modeling of water
... Verdin et al., 2005; Williams & Funk, 2011), rather than wetter as reported in the IPCC 4th assessment (Christensen et al., 2007). While studies of observed changes cannot provide attribution (a causal link between observed trends and anthropogenic emissions), they can provide important information ...
... Verdin et al., 2005; Williams & Funk, 2011), rather than wetter as reported in the IPCC 4th assessment (Christensen et al., 2007). While studies of observed changes cannot provide attribution (a causal link between observed trends and anthropogenic emissions), they can provide important information ...