Journalistic Narratives of Success and Failure at
... stated that “coverage of global warming had an immediate but short-term influence on public concern” (Sampei & Aoyagi-Usui, 2009). While newspaper coverage can influence public concern, others have found that coverage sometimes has the opposite effect in the long run (Hulme, 2007). Hulme criticises ...
... stated that “coverage of global warming had an immediate but short-term influence on public concern” (Sampei & Aoyagi-Usui, 2009). While newspaper coverage can influence public concern, others have found that coverage sometimes has the opposite effect in the long run (Hulme, 2007). Hulme criticises ...
Apocalypse Nicked! - Geoengineering Governance Research
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
Monitoring - Australian Institute of Alpine Studies
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified a number of potential impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems in Australia. The alpine regions of Australia are considered by the IPCC to be highly vulnerable to climate change. The Australian Greenhouse Office is developing a ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified a number of potential impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems in Australia. The alpine regions of Australia are considered by the IPCC to be highly vulnerable to climate change. The Australian Greenhouse Office is developing a ...
Global scale climate–crop yield relationships and the impacts of
... To evaluate the relationship between the time series for yield and climate, we used a common approach [10, 11] based on the first-difference time series for yield and climate (i.e. the difference in values from one year to the next). The use of first differences minimizes the influence of slowly cha ...
... To evaluate the relationship between the time series for yield and climate, we used a common approach [10, 11] based on the first-difference time series for yield and climate (i.e. the difference in values from one year to the next). The use of first differences minimizes the influence of slowly cha ...
Aysha Fleming, Frank Vanclay
... Farmers are likely to need to put changes in place before decisions about government regulations and international agreements are finalised and therefore before adequate support systems and chains of information are put in place. Indeed, some farmers may feel they are already facing climate changes ...
... Farmers are likely to need to put changes in place before decisions about government regulations and international agreements are finalised and therefore before adequate support systems and chains of information are put in place. Indeed, some farmers may feel they are already facing climate changes ...
Chaparral - California Climate Commons
... increased strongly over the last several decades (Westerling et al. 2006). Fire severity in the Sierra Nevada also rose from 17% to 34% high-‐severity (i.e. stand replacing) fire, especially in middle ele ...
... increased strongly over the last several decades (Westerling et al. 2006). Fire severity in the Sierra Nevada also rose from 17% to 34% high-‐severity (i.e. stand replacing) fire, especially in middle ele ...
Mobility choices and climate change
... • “Social norms” what are they? • Economic incentives: – “carbon” tax (additional to current fuel duties) – “quotas”: Personal Carbon Allowances (“carbon trading”) – “bonus-malus”: a bonus for emitting less than a given threshold, a malus for emitting more (i.e. feebate) ...
... • “Social norms” what are they? • Economic incentives: – “carbon” tax (additional to current fuel duties) – “quotas”: Personal Carbon Allowances (“carbon trading”) – “bonus-malus”: a bonus for emitting less than a given threshold, a malus for emitting more (i.e. feebate) ...
The 4 ‘I’s of Adaptation
... governments and NGOs had made limited progress in integrating disaster risk reduction into development, relief and recovery policy and practice.5 The underlying causes of vulnerability need to be addressed and resilience to economic and climatic shocks strengthened to prevent food crises, reduce the ...
... governments and NGOs had made limited progress in integrating disaster risk reduction into development, relief and recovery policy and practice.5 The underlying causes of vulnerability need to be addressed and resilience to economic and climatic shocks strengthened to prevent food crises, reduce the ...
CONTENTS
... reduction, for example. The minimalist approach to this option is simply to change the title to show that tackling climate change is closely related to these issues. This would be useful to give a political message of the importance of climate change but without adding further targets on climate cha ...
... reduction, for example. The minimalist approach to this option is simply to change the title to show that tackling climate change is closely related to these issues. This would be useful to give a political message of the importance of climate change but without adding further targets on climate cha ...
Science and policy characteristics of the Paris Agreement
... The gradual adoption of specific warming limits by political bodies can be linked to the evolution of the underlying scientific basis. Although not comprehensive, progress in the understanding of climate impacts and their relation to GMT increase might be best illustrated by the temporal evolution o ...
... The gradual adoption of specific warming limits by political bodies can be linked to the evolution of the underlying scientific basis. Although not comprehensive, progress in the understanding of climate impacts and their relation to GMT increase might be best illustrated by the temporal evolution o ...
as a PDF
... its atmospheric and mixed-layer subsystems (measured by carbon content ca (t) and cs (t), respectively) such that chemical equilibrium is reached between CO2 , its dissociation products, borate, and water. While the carbon flux q2 (Figure 1) from the composite layer into the second oceanic layer is ...
... its atmospheric and mixed-layer subsystems (measured by carbon content ca (t) and cs (t), respectively) such that chemical equilibrium is reached between CO2 , its dissociation products, borate, and water. While the carbon flux q2 (Figure 1) from the composite layer into the second oceanic layer is ...
AUSAID – UNDP PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE 1
... necessary institutional mechanism for its implementation, involvement of decision makers and other stakeholders at various levels in tackling climate change is also crucial. In acknowledgement of this, the state governments have been mandated to prepare State Level Action Plans on Climate Change (SA ...
... necessary institutional mechanism for its implementation, involvement of decision makers and other stakeholders at various levels in tackling climate change is also crucial. In acknowledgement of this, the state governments have been mandated to prepare State Level Action Plans on Climate Change (SA ...
The Economics of Climate Change in East Asia
... climate change could amount to 5.3% of GDP by 2100. • Adaptation can reduce the damage due to climate change but it is not sufficient to reduce the expected cost of climate change to a low level. • Reliance upon zero cost reductions will not prevent emissions from increasing substantially from 2020 ...
... climate change could amount to 5.3% of GDP by 2100. • Adaptation can reduce the damage due to climate change but it is not sufficient to reduce the expected cost of climate change to a low level. • Reliance upon zero cost reductions will not prevent emissions from increasing substantially from 2020 ...
Impacts of climate variability and future climate change on harmful
... implicated in recent climate change, and are projected to substantially impact the climate on a global scale in the future. For marine and freshwater systems, increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are expected to increase surface temperatures, lower pH, and cause changes to vertical mixing, ...
... implicated in recent climate change, and are projected to substantially impact the climate on a global scale in the future. For marine and freshwater systems, increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are expected to increase surface temperatures, lower pH, and cause changes to vertical mixing, ...
Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring
... lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and started with the open question ‘What is climate change for you?’ This initial question was followed by questions that build on each other such as ‘What are the impacts of climate change?’, ‘What are the causes of climate change?’, ‘Which measures could be taken t ...
... lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and started with the open question ‘What is climate change for you?’ This initial question was followed by questions that build on each other such as ‘What are the impacts of climate change?’, ‘What are the causes of climate change?’, ‘Which measures could be taken t ...
What shapes perceptions of climate change?
... is not easily and accurately identified by the lay public, using their normal tools of observation and inference. Climate is a statistical phenomenon, a term that describes average weather conditions or their typical range for a region. Climate change in the meteorological sense refers to systematic ...
... is not easily and accurately identified by the lay public, using their normal tools of observation and inference. Climate is a statistical phenomenon, a term that describes average weather conditions or their typical range for a region. Climate change in the meteorological sense refers to systematic ...
Carbon-Pipelines-Affirmative---Supplement---NDI-2012
... common standard for levels of impurities in the C02 fluid should be established. The other main impurity that must be considered in EOR projects is H2S. This, since H2S is dangerous to life at concentrations as low as 300 ppm. In existing C02 pipelines, the H2S concentration has been limited to less ...
... common standard for levels of impurities in the C02 fluid should be established. The other main impurity that must be considered in EOR projects is H2S. This, since H2S is dangerous to life at concentrations as low as 300 ppm. In existing C02 pipelines, the H2S concentration has been limited to less ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
Publication - World Vision International
... the period from June to September. Sharing from the local showed that there have been significant changes in frequency, magnitude and intensity of natural disaster hazards during current years, resulting bad effects to the living environment as well as livelihood of the local people in Hai Phong. Ob ...
... the period from June to September. Sharing from the local showed that there have been significant changes in frequency, magnitude and intensity of natural disaster hazards during current years, resulting bad effects to the living environment as well as livelihood of the local people in Hai Phong. Ob ...
L I V E L I H O O D
... •Local institutions know communities and should have the main responsibility for identifying the poor and vulnerable and supporting them in building safe rural and urban settlements. These institutions should ensure that climate information reaches the poorest and most vulnerable through appropriat ...
... •Local institutions know communities and should have the main responsibility for identifying the poor and vulnerable and supporting them in building safe rural and urban settlements. These institutions should ensure that climate information reaches the poorest and most vulnerable through appropriat ...
Curriculum Vitae: Lisa Goddard
... elective classes available for them to design the climate and society degree that fits their interests and talents. I developed and lead the core class on Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change. ...
... elective classes available for them to design the climate and society degree that fits their interests and talents. I developed and lead the core class on Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate Change. ...
K3 Climate Change Review - Hawke`s Bay Regional Council
... from experts in all regions of the world and all relevant disciplines, and through a two-stage review process by experts and governments. This means the IPCC provides the most complete and authoritative assessments of climate change that are available. The most recent IPCC assessment, Climate Change ...
... from experts in all regions of the world and all relevant disciplines, and through a two-stage review process by experts and governments. This means the IPCC provides the most complete and authoritative assessments of climate change that are available. The most recent IPCC assessment, Climate Change ...
Options for support to
... conditions, yet we know little about how well they will stand up to progressive climate change, particularly as they come under increasing pressure from other global drivers and entirely novel climates are encountered in many places (Williams et al., 2007). Many broad-scale analyses identify regions ...
... conditions, yet we know little about how well they will stand up to progressive climate change, particularly as they come under increasing pressure from other global drivers and entirely novel climates are encountered in many places (Williams et al., 2007). Many broad-scale analyses identify regions ...