A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data
... In light of the pervasive scientific agreement that humanity is facing a risk from climate change (Anderegg et al., 2010; Cook et al., 2013; Doran and Zimmerman, 2009; Oreskes, 2004), the prominence of contrarian discourse in the media (Boykoff and Boykoff, 2004; Painter and Gavin, 2015) and the poss ...
... In light of the pervasive scientific agreement that humanity is facing a risk from climate change (Anderegg et al., 2010; Cook et al., 2013; Doran and Zimmerman, 2009; Oreskes, 2004), the prominence of contrarian discourse in the media (Boykoff and Boykoff, 2004; Painter and Gavin, 2015) and the poss ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan – City of Red Deer Part One
... “The Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program is a network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and acting on climate change…The PCP program aims to provide municipal and regional governments with the support they require to identify and add ...
... “The Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program is a network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and acting on climate change…The PCP program aims to provide municipal and regional governments with the support they require to identify and add ...
2. Low Carbon Cities – The National Context
... operationalisation of the Kyoto Protocol, that finally came into force in 2005. By 2001, South African researchers had also started taking a serious look at climate change and its implications. For example, the paper entitled “Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Future Perspectives for South ...
... operationalisation of the Kyoto Protocol, that finally came into force in 2005. By 2001, South African researchers had also started taking a serious look at climate change and its implications. For example, the paper entitled “Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Future Perspectives for South ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... those used in the IPCC and National Research Council studies to clarify which conclusions are robust and which remain in dispute. These methods lie at the core of science, and deliberative methods are key to developing understanding at the frontiers of science—including climate science (Longino, 199 ...
... those used in the IPCC and National Research Council studies to clarify which conclusions are robust and which remain in dispute. These methods lie at the core of science, and deliberative methods are key to developing understanding at the frontiers of science—including climate science (Longino, 199 ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... those used in the IPCC and National Research Council studies to clarify which conclusions are robust and which remain in dispute. These methods lie at the core of science, and deliberative methods are key to developing understanding at the frontiers of science—including climate science (Longino, 199 ...
... those used in the IPCC and National Research Council studies to clarify which conclusions are robust and which remain in dispute. These methods lie at the core of science, and deliberative methods are key to developing understanding at the frontiers of science—including climate science (Longino, 199 ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Production
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... References ................................................................................................................................ 24 ...
Greenhouse Effect - Stephen Schneider
... emissions could initially provide a bonus by allowing the reduction of the airborne fraction, whereas increasing CO2 emissions could increase the airborne fraction and exacerbate the greenhouse effect (22). However, this bonus might last only a decade or so, which is the time it takes for the upper ...
... emissions could initially provide a bonus by allowing the reduction of the airborne fraction, whereas increasing CO2 emissions could increase the airborne fraction and exacerbate the greenhouse effect (22). However, this bonus might last only a decade or so, which is the time it takes for the upper ...
Climate and Development Economics: Balancing Science, Politics
... determination and a choice by policy makers of what emissions reductions are best for humanity. The scientific literature makes it clear that there are thresholds of greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric concentrations, and global temperatures that should not be crossed, even if some residual uncert ...
... determination and a choice by policy makers of what emissions reductions are best for humanity. The scientific literature makes it clear that there are thresholds of greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric concentrations, and global temperatures that should not be crossed, even if some residual uncert ...
The Paris Agreement is a sham: Nicaragua`s perspective
... Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide a scientific view on the existing climate change and its possible impacts. Thousands of scientists from all over the world make contributions to the work of the IPCC2. The Earth Summit, organized by the United Nations Conference on Environment and ...
... Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide a scientific view on the existing climate change and its possible impacts. Thousands of scientists from all over the world make contributions to the work of the IPCC2. The Earth Summit, organized by the United Nations Conference on Environment and ...
Rapporteurs Report (RapporteurReport2012)
... sea level has risen since 1961 at a rate of 1.8 mm/yr. The IPCC has also concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely caused by the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. ...
... sea level has risen since 1961 at a rate of 1.8 mm/yr. The IPCC has also concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely caused by the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. ...
Climate sCienCe
... act to trap heat and keep the planet warm. Without them Earth would be frozen and lifeless. But you can have too much of a good thing. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, mainly by burning fossil fuels and turning forests into farmland. Th ...
... act to trap heat and keep the planet warm. Without them Earth would be frozen and lifeless. But you can have too much of a good thing. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have been emitting large quantities of greenhouse gases, mainly by burning fossil fuels and turning forests into farmland. Th ...
climate change adaptation in serbia: the role of information networks
... ALEKSANDRA STUPAR and VLADIMIR MIHAJLOV ...
... ALEKSANDRA STUPAR and VLADIMIR MIHAJLOV ...
Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts
... The CSIRO models indicate increases in potential evaporation of up to 8% per degree of global warming over most of Australia, and up to 12% over the eastern highlands and Tasmania with increases tending to be larger where there is a corresponding decrease in rainfall. The resulting scenario is a dec ...
... The CSIRO models indicate increases in potential evaporation of up to 8% per degree of global warming over most of Australia, and up to 12% over the eastern highlands and Tasmania with increases tending to be larger where there is a corresponding decrease in rainfall. The resulting scenario is a dec ...
curriculum vitae - u.arizona.edu
... Dissertation: A stable isotope dendroclimatology approach to reconstructing climate variability from tropical montane cloud forest trees. U NIVERSITY OF T ENNESSEE 2002 M.S., Geography ...
... Dissertation: A stable isotope dendroclimatology approach to reconstructing climate variability from tropical montane cloud forest trees. U NIVERSITY OF T ENNESSEE 2002 M.S., Geography ...
FiELDiNG CLiMATE CHANGE iN CULTURAL
... New Guinea (Ellis 2003), or drinking early morning coffee with Maryland crab fishermen (Paolisso 2003). While ethnographic interviewing and participatory research techniques are also deployed to elicit information on various issues, it is this full immersion in fieldwork that constitutes anthropolog ...
... New Guinea (Ellis 2003), or drinking early morning coffee with Maryland crab fishermen (Paolisso 2003). While ethnographic interviewing and participatory research techniques are also deployed to elicit information on various issues, it is this full immersion in fieldwork that constitutes anthropolog ...
PDF Full Publication in PDF Format
... economic and population growth are perturbed by the effects of climatic change. Population decreases are a result of changes in heat stress, cold stress, malaria, and tropical cyclones. Heat and cold stress are assumed to have an effect only on the elderly, non-reproductive population. In contrast, ...
... economic and population growth are perturbed by the effects of climatic change. Population decreases are a result of changes in heat stress, cold stress, malaria, and tropical cyclones. Heat and cold stress are assumed to have an effect only on the elderly, non-reproductive population. In contrast, ...
"A Broader View of the Role of Humans in the... Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Effective Climate Policy"
... Based on this research, for example, we found a conservative estimate of the warm bias resulting from measuring the temperature near the ground of around 0.21°C per decade (with the nighttime minimum temperature contributing a large part of this bias). Since land covers about 29% of the Earth’s surf ...
... Based on this research, for example, we found a conservative estimate of the warm bias resulting from measuring the temperature near the ground of around 0.21°C per decade (with the nighttime minimum temperature contributing a large part of this bias). Since land covers about 29% of the Earth’s surf ...
Word - Council of Europe
... biodiversity, ecosystems and water’ with references to the need to explore the possibilities “to improve policies and develop measures which address biodiversity loss and climate change in an integrated manner to fully exploit co-benefits and avoid ecosystem feedbacks that accelerate global warming" ...
... biodiversity, ecosystems and water’ with references to the need to explore the possibilities “to improve policies and develop measures which address biodiversity loss and climate change in an integrated manner to fully exploit co-benefits and avoid ecosystem feedbacks that accelerate global warming" ...
Under New Management - Forum for the Future
... Others, though, have come to the conclusion that all the different interventions by government to mitigate the impacts of climate change are highly unlikely to stabilise emissions at a so-called safe level. For them, getting on with early stage research into geoengineering is a no-brainer. This ...
... Others, though, have come to the conclusion that all the different interventions by government to mitigate the impacts of climate change are highly unlikely to stabilise emissions at a so-called safe level. For them, getting on with early stage research into geoengineering is a no-brainer. This ...
Climate Change Awareness - Minnesota Department of Health
... Available online at: http://www.apa.org/science/resources/grand-challenges.aspx Berry HL, Kelly BJ, Hanigan IC, Coates JH, McMichael AJ, Welsh JA, Kjellstrom T. 2008. Garnaut climate change review: rural mental health impacts of climate change. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ...
... Available online at: http://www.apa.org/science/resources/grand-challenges.aspx Berry HL, Kelly BJ, Hanigan IC, Coates JH, McMichael AJ, Welsh JA, Kjellstrom T. 2008. Garnaut climate change review: rural mental health impacts of climate change. National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ...
An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
... including the rights to hunt, fish, trap, utilise forest products and water, may also be threatened by a changing climate. Many First Nations may have difficulty in adapting to the impacts of climate change because of their economic circumstances and complex, and frequently constraining externally-i ...
... including the rights to hunt, fish, trap, utilise forest products and water, may also be threatened by a changing climate. Many First Nations may have difficulty in adapting to the impacts of climate change because of their economic circumstances and complex, and frequently constraining externally-i ...
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – Looking through
... These climate characteristics, combined with their particular socioeconomic situations make SIDS, among which are 12 LDCs, some of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change (UNFCCC, 2007b). Sea level rising threatens their resource bases, especially the agricultural sector where m ...
... These climate characteristics, combined with their particular socioeconomic situations make SIDS, among which are 12 LDCs, some of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change (UNFCCC, 2007b). Sea level rising threatens their resource bases, especially the agricultural sector where m ...