- Human Organization, Practicing Anthropology
... where social, cultural, and economic issues of the region were discussed. Since I was attending the meetings of several institutions and NGOs (discussed below), most of my time in the Everest region was spent in Khumbu instead of Pharak. While in the region, I interviewed key informants and local le ...
... where social, cultural, and economic issues of the region were discussed. Since I was attending the meetings of several institutions and NGOs (discussed below), most of my time in the Everest region was spent in Khumbu instead of Pharak. While in the region, I interviewed key informants and local le ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... yield. They can be used to assess the impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity, as well as to investigate the potential effects of different adaptation options. However, this approach does not take into account economic considerations and human capital limitations both of which affect ...
... yield. They can be used to assess the impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity, as well as to investigate the potential effects of different adaptation options. However, this approach does not take into account economic considerations and human capital limitations both of which affect ...
Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global
... Our analysis finds that among the 10,306 scientists who authored an abstract expressing a position on AGW, 98.5% endorse the consensus. ...
... Our analysis finds that among the 10,306 scientists who authored an abstract expressing a position on AGW, 98.5% endorse the consensus. ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... In Q-method, comprehensiveness and representiveness are sought through the careful selection of items (statements or images) representative of the issue in question (or ‘‘concourse’’ to use Q terminology), which is more critical than the selection of participants. To use an ecological analogy, the p ...
... In Q-method, comprehensiveness and representiveness are sought through the careful selection of items (statements or images) representative of the issue in question (or ‘‘concourse’’ to use Q terminology), which is more critical than the selection of participants. To use an ecological analogy, the p ...
Science of Climate Change
... the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and in particular from its Synthesis Report1. The paper also takes account of science published since the AR4, and offers additional perspectives beyond the findings of the IPCC. ...
... the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and in particular from its Synthesis Report1. The paper also takes account of science published since the AR4, and offers additional perspectives beyond the findings of the IPCC. ...
Final Programme
... The complexity of climate change means that appropriate approaches, methods and tools to communicate the problem and its various ramifications are urgently needed. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) clearly addresses the importance of climate change commu ...
... The complexity of climate change means that appropriate approaches, methods and tools to communicate the problem and its various ramifications are urgently needed. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) clearly addresses the importance of climate change commu ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... exploratory studies using various approaches designed to characterize public understanding of climate change: Bostrom et al., 1994; Bord et al., 1998; Berk and Fovell, 1999; O’Connor et al., 1999; Alerby, 2000; Blake, 2001; Lorenzoni, 2003; Norton and Leaman, 2004. Whilst it should not be suggested ...
... exploratory studies using various approaches designed to characterize public understanding of climate change: Bostrom et al., 1994; Bord et al., 1998; Berk and Fovell, 1999; O’Connor et al., 1999; Alerby, 2000; Blake, 2001; Lorenzoni, 2003; Norton and Leaman, 2004. Whilst it should not be suggested ...
Diapositiva 1
... In addition to weather and climate factors, social aspects such as culture and traditions are important in disease ...
... In addition to weather and climate factors, social aspects such as culture and traditions are important in disease ...
Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part I. Uncertainty
... CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia M. Smithson Australian National University, Canberra, Australia B. R. Newell University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia J. Hunter Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ...
... CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia M. Smithson Australian National University, Canberra, Australia B. R. Newell University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia J. Hunter Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ...
Climate changes and animal health and food safety
... considerably higher numbers of cases in the summer compared to the winter season. Furthermore, in recent years there have been several examples of new infectious diseases, which have emerged in animals. However, the knowledge about the causes and effects, points to a complex association with climati ...
... considerably higher numbers of cases in the summer compared to the winter season. Furthermore, in recent years there have been several examples of new infectious diseases, which have emerged in animals. However, the knowledge about the causes and effects, points to a complex association with climati ...
NSW and ACT Regional Climate Model: Project scope
... Perkins et al. (2007), Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models’ Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature and Precipitation over Australia Using Probability Density Functions, J. Climate, ...
... Perkins et al. (2007), Evaluation of the AR4 Climate Models’ Simulated Daily Maximum Temperature, Minimum Temperature and Precipitation over Australia Using Probability Density Functions, J. Climate, ...
Investigating climate change vulnerability and planning for adaptation
... Temperature-driven model results were likely influenced by the fact that the current gorilla distribution data driving them derive from a population artificially restricted to higher elevations due to loss of habitat from land use change. Primatologists considered SDM outputs driven by Net Primary P ...
... Temperature-driven model results were likely influenced by the fact that the current gorilla distribution data driving them derive from a population artificially restricted to higher elevations due to loss of habitat from land use change. Primatologists considered SDM outputs driven by Net Primary P ...
u.s.climate.US position paper
... Second, whether a State is a party to the Kyoto Protocol does not equate, as the petitioners argue, to a reduction in alleged harmful emissions. In some cases, States that have ratified Kyoto show tremendous trends of increased emissions, while some non-Party States demonstrate a more positive emiss ...
... Second, whether a State is a party to the Kyoto Protocol does not equate, as the petitioners argue, to a reduction in alleged harmful emissions. In some cases, States that have ratified Kyoto show tremendous trends of increased emissions, while some non-Party States demonstrate a more positive emiss ...
2 The scientification of climate politics
... that, according to the NMP, more far-reaching measures are only useful at a global level. Hence the Netherlands pushed for an international climate convention in which agreements are made about reduction of greenhouse gasses, reforestation and an international climate fund. There was also a plea for ...
... that, according to the NMP, more far-reaching measures are only useful at a global level. Hence the Netherlands pushed for an international climate convention in which agreements are made about reduction of greenhouse gasses, reforestation and an international climate fund. There was also a plea for ...
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an
... recent information that they have been presented on that issue. Thus, cues from political elites play an important role in these responses. Zaller’s research has shown that the higher the individuals’ level of education, the more aware they are of elite cues and the more likely it is that individual ...
... recent information that they have been presented on that issue. Thus, cues from political elites play an important role in these responses. Zaller’s research has shown that the higher the individuals’ level of education, the more aware they are of elite cues and the more likely it is that individual ...
document Lee Presentation
... •and a Synthesis Report in 2022 –Attention on cities in the AR6 including a conference and special report on cities in the AR7 ...
... •and a Synthesis Report in 2022 –Attention on cities in the AR6 including a conference and special report on cities in the AR7 ...
The Philippine Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative for Agricultur
... and fishing communities are threatened by the destructive effects of climate change Climate change is one such risk that will complicate and Box 1. Philippine compound existing development problems in the country Population Projection such as population growth (Box 1), rapid urbanization, increasing ...
... and fishing communities are threatened by the destructive effects of climate change Climate change is one such risk that will complicate and Box 1. Philippine compound existing development problems in the country Population Projection such as population growth (Box 1), rapid urbanization, increasing ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... Chait is incredulous. “In one sentence, Krauthammer claims ‘they’ blame every cold winter on climate change, but does not identify who ‘they’ is. In the next sentence, he correctly says that the climate assessment links climate change with shorter, warmer winters in the United States, negating his p ...
... Chait is incredulous. “In one sentence, Krauthammer claims ‘they’ blame every cold winter on climate change, but does not identify who ‘they’ is. In the next sentence, he correctly says that the climate assessment links climate change with shorter, warmer winters in the United States, negating his p ...
Projected increases in near‑surface air temperature over Ontario
... subject to a number of widely-known assumptions on the underlying probabilistic model, parameter stability, as well as temporal dependence which are not always satisfied (Estrada et al. 2013). By contrast, RCMs are developed using the same laws of physics as described in GCMs to account for the sub- ...
... subject to a number of widely-known assumptions on the underlying probabilistic model, parameter stability, as well as temporal dependence which are not always satisfied (Estrada et al. 2013). By contrast, RCMs are developed using the same laws of physics as described in GCMs to account for the sub- ...
NAME - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... The LPB (former PLATIN) group had the responsibility of planning the Program component related with the prediction of hydrological impacts due climate variability and change. The plan includes (including development of climate and hydrologic scenarios for the Basin in the context of climate change, ...
... The LPB (former PLATIN) group had the responsibility of planning the Program component related with the prediction of hydrological impacts due climate variability and change. The plan includes (including development of climate and hydrologic scenarios for the Basin in the context of climate change, ...
Projected climate change impacts on forest land cover and land use
... productivity (Latta et al. 2010), and changes in tree species composition (Coops and Waring 2011). In the Pacific Northwest, these potential impacts have been studied using climate change scenarios and a variety of empirical or process-based modeling approaches (Rogers et al. 2011; Shafer et al. 200 ...
... productivity (Latta et al. 2010), and changes in tree species composition (Coops and Waring 2011). In the Pacific Northwest, these potential impacts have been studied using climate change scenarios and a variety of empirical or process-based modeling approaches (Rogers et al. 2011; Shafer et al. 200 ...
Visual Salience in Climate Change Imagery is in the Eye of the
... carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere (GDP), and 4) Earth’s temperature and carbon dioxide levels in the past (Temp+CO2). Images were titled to convey the most important message central to the image design. This aligns with work suggesting that text and image in public media often do not align in mat ...
... carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere (GDP), and 4) Earth’s temperature and carbon dioxide levels in the past (Temp+CO2). Images were titled to convey the most important message central to the image design. This aligns with work suggesting that text and image in public media often do not align in mat ...
Case Study: Colombia`s National Climate Change Process
... procedure to acquire national approval for CDM projects. In June 2010, the Second National Communication was presented to the UNFCCC, and during that year Colombia started working on four strategies to fight climate change, presented in the National Development Plan 2010 – 2014: “Prosperity for All” ...
... procedure to acquire national approval for CDM projects. In June 2010, the Second National Communication was presented to the UNFCCC, and during that year Colombia started working on four strategies to fight climate change, presented in the National Development Plan 2010 – 2014: “Prosperity for All” ...