Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Research on Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Erosion of Selected New England Coastal Communities as part of a large climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast. Also lead author on societal responses chapter and member of the synthesis team for entire assessment. 2004-present Nationa ...
... Research on Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Erosion of Selected New England Coastal Communities as part of a large climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast. Also lead author on societal responses chapter and member of the synthesis team for entire assessment. 2004-present Nationa ...
Motivated Rejection of Science
... theory in isolation. Instead, the belief that AIDS was created by the government is likely accompanied by the conviction that the FBI killed Martin Luther King or that the Air Force is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial visitors (Goertzel, 1994; Swami, Chamorro-Premuzic, & Furnham, 2009). In suppor ...
... theory in isolation. Instead, the belief that AIDS was created by the government is likely accompanied by the conviction that the FBI killed Martin Luther King or that the Air Force is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial visitors (Goertzel, 1994; Swami, Chamorro-Premuzic, & Furnham, 2009). In suppor ...
An Overview On the Complexity of Humans Within It
... 1. The human influence is minimal and natural variations dominate climate variations on all time scales; 2. While natural variations are important, the human influence is significant and involves a diverse range of first-order climate forcings (including, but not limited to the human input of CO22); ...
... 1. The human influence is minimal and natural variations dominate climate variations on all time scales; 2. While natural variations are important, the human influence is significant and involves a diverse range of first-order climate forcings (including, but not limited to the human input of CO22); ...
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... solutions were generated with the economic models. Each change in crop yields, water availability and other assumptions gives rise to changes in economic measures (e.g., economic surplus, land use, irrigated acreage, water, and other inputs) compared with the baseline case for each economic model. T ...
... solutions were generated with the economic models. Each change in crop yields, water availability and other assumptions gives rise to changes in economic measures (e.g., economic surplus, land use, irrigated acreage, water, and other inputs) compared with the baseline case for each economic model. T ...
S 2016
... scientifically established sustainable level of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide (it passed 400 ppm in May 2013 and continues to rise). Meanwhile, existing market-based programs such as carbon cap and trade are failing to constrain the steady increase of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the ...
... scientifically established sustainable level of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide (it passed 400 ppm in May 2013 and continues to rise). Meanwhile, existing market-based programs such as carbon cap and trade are failing to constrain the steady increase of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... Although it remains difficult to pin particular disasters such as floods and droughts to climate change, it is clear that a destabilized climate system, together with other forms of environmental damage, will cause havoc more frequently, especially in already stressed and marginal environments such ...
... Although it remains difficult to pin particular disasters such as floods and droughts to climate change, it is clear that a destabilized climate system, together with other forms of environmental damage, will cause havoc more frequently, especially in already stressed and marginal environments such ...
Questioning the Global Warming Science
... flux. Two more recent studies (b & n) document how galactic cosmic rays can influence the earth’s low cloud cover and how this in turn would impact the mean temperature. Many more studies on solar/climate link have appeared in recent peerreviewed literature. When all these studies are carefully scru ...
... flux. Two more recent studies (b & n) document how galactic cosmic rays can influence the earth’s low cloud cover and how this in turn would impact the mean temperature. Many more studies on solar/climate link have appeared in recent peerreviewed literature. When all these studies are carefully scru ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on North Dakota
... Policymakers across the country are now seeking solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of i ...
... Policymakers across the country are now seeking solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of i ...
Culture and climate change: Japanese cherry blossom festivals and
... traditionally appreciated the flower; the oldest song book in the world, Manyoshu, edited around 600AD, has songs about the beauty of cherry blossoms (Ando, 2004). Millions of Japanese enjoy picnics and parties under the cherry trees during peak cherry blossom flowering (ABC News, 2009). Hundreds of f ...
... traditionally appreciated the flower; the oldest song book in the world, Manyoshu, edited around 600AD, has songs about the beauty of cherry blossoms (Ando, 2004). Millions of Japanese enjoy picnics and parties under the cherry trees during peak cherry blossom flowering (ABC News, 2009). Hundreds of f ...
The politics of climate change
... periodically questioned by those who want to scale-up and those who want to scale-down the present levels of urgency and severity in its assessment. How in these circumstances can democracies construct a prudent, long term and consistent policy agenda to manage these risks, whilst also building cons ...
... periodically questioned by those who want to scale-up and those who want to scale-down the present levels of urgency and severity in its assessment. How in these circumstances can democracies construct a prudent, long term and consistent policy agenda to manage these risks, whilst also building cons ...
The paradox of Anthony Giddens
... to carbon markets to climate change geopolitics remain superficial. When he does get somewhat specific it is typically where he offers fairly bland, capsule summaries of existing factual knowledge. For instance, there are breezy chapters about climate change science (including the sceptics’ views) a ...
... to carbon markets to climate change geopolitics remain superficial. When he does get somewhat specific it is typically where he offers fairly bland, capsule summaries of existing factual knowledge. For instance, there are breezy chapters about climate change science (including the sceptics’ views) a ...
climate change
... have moisture in the stems. Now the trees have dried out. It will be a catastrophe if we don’t get the rains on time’. Ismail is not alone. Jama, a pastoralist living in Bodadere temporary settlement describes the extraordinary nature of the drought: ‘There is nothing here. Nothing. This is an empty ...
... have moisture in the stems. Now the trees have dried out. It will be a catastrophe if we don’t get the rains on time’. Ismail is not alone. Jama, a pastoralist living in Bodadere temporary settlement describes the extraordinary nature of the drought: ‘There is nothing here. Nothing. This is an empty ...
A Climate in Crisis: How climate change is making drought and
... have moisture in the stems. Now the trees have dried out. It will be a catastrophe if we don’t get the rains on time’. Ismail is not alone. Jama, a pastoralist living in Bodadere temporary settlement describes the extraordinary nature of the drought: ‘There is nothing here. Nothing. This is an empty ...
... have moisture in the stems. Now the trees have dried out. It will be a catastrophe if we don’t get the rains on time’. Ismail is not alone. Jama, a pastoralist living in Bodadere temporary settlement describes the extraordinary nature of the drought: ‘There is nothing here. Nothing. This is an empty ...
Biodiversity, climate change, and ecosystem services
... The capacity of ecosystems to deliver essential services to society is already under stress. The additional stresses imposed by climate change in the coming years will require extraordinary adaptation. We need to track the changing status of ecosystems, deepen our understanding of the biological und ...
... The capacity of ecosystems to deliver essential services to society is already under stress. The additional stresses imposed by climate change in the coming years will require extraordinary adaptation. We need to track the changing status of ecosystems, deepen our understanding of the biological und ...
Rahmstorf, S., 2008: Anthropogenic Climate Change: Revisiting the
... nevertheless a simple and very useful measure of the strength of the CO2 effect on climate, because it is a property that characterizes a model (or the real climate system) alone, independent of any particular scenario. Today, there are various independent ways of estimating climate sensitivity, and ...
... nevertheless a simple and very useful measure of the strength of the CO2 effect on climate, because it is a property that characterizes a model (or the real climate system) alone, independent of any particular scenario. Today, there are various independent ways of estimating climate sensitivity, and ...
Climate change adaptation in Scotland Indicator
... understand the risk that generalist species may be more able to cope with climate change than specialist species. Snow bed vegetation found in Scottish mountain ranges includes species of bryophytes which are snow bed specialists dependent upon the late-lying snow which occurs in these areas. These ...
... understand the risk that generalist species may be more able to cope with climate change than specialist species. Snow bed vegetation found in Scottish mountain ranges includes species of bryophytes which are snow bed specialists dependent upon the late-lying snow which occurs in these areas. These ...
Communicating and Learning About Global Climate
... of global climate change—understanding the evidence for it, appreciating its potential impacts, and developing new technologies and policies that can help us adapt to it. A first step toward preparing ourselves to meet these challenges is to ensure that all of our young people get the best possible ...
... of global climate change—understanding the evidence for it, appreciating its potential impacts, and developing new technologies and policies that can help us adapt to it. A first step toward preparing ourselves to meet these challenges is to ensure that all of our young people get the best possible ...
what does the paris agreement mean for the uk?
... impacts of climate change are more discernible and attributable year by year. Second, costs of renewable energy are falling, in some cases rapidly. Third, 2015 saw an unprecedented rise in political will driven by an extraordinary coalition of stakeholders including faith groups, doctors and the mil ...
... impacts of climate change are more discernible and attributable year by year. Second, costs of renewable energy are falling, in some cases rapidly. Third, 2015 saw an unprecedented rise in political will driven by an extraordinary coalition of stakeholders including faith groups, doctors and the mil ...
Environmental Variability and Climate Change
... we distinguish the human from the natural impacts? And what might the changes herald for the future of human societies as population pressure grows, as fossil fuel consumption increases and as land cover is altered? Such questions are compelling, and the need for answers urgent. But the search for a ...
... we distinguish the human from the natural impacts? And what might the changes herald for the future of human societies as population pressure grows, as fossil fuel consumption increases and as land cover is altered? Such questions are compelling, and the need for answers urgent. But the search for a ...
RELEVANT, IMMEDIATE, LOCAL: GUIDE TO
... for inaction is designed to encourage these effects as it argues: - There is not a problem (there is nothing to be solved) - If there is a problem there is nothing we can do about it because a) climate change is natural; b) Australia is too small; c) other countries pollute more than Australia; d) ...
... for inaction is designed to encourage these effects as it argues: - There is not a problem (there is nothing to be solved) - If there is a problem there is nothing we can do about it because a) climate change is natural; b) Australia is too small; c) other countries pollute more than Australia; d) ...
Powerpoint - Climate Finance and Markets
... Assigned amount unit auctions Climate special drawing rights ...
... Assigned amount unit auctions Climate special drawing rights ...
Hobday and Pecl_Global Marine Hotspots
... characterize regions that can act as natural laboratories or focal points for early learning. These discrete marine ‘hotspots’, where ocean warming is fastest, were identified based on 50 years of historical sea surface temperature data. Persistence of ...
... characterize regions that can act as natural laboratories or focal points for early learning. These discrete marine ‘hotspots’, where ocean warming is fastest, were identified based on 50 years of historical sea surface temperature data. Persistence of ...
Downscaling Tools - University of Victoria
... Generates precipitation, min and max temperature and solar radiation Modelling of precipitation events is based on wet/dry series Semi-empirical distributions are used for precipitation amounts, dry/wet series and solar radiation Temperature and solar radiation are conditioned on the wet/dry status ...
... Generates precipitation, min and max temperature and solar radiation Modelling of precipitation events is based on wet/dry series Semi-empirical distributions are used for precipitation amounts, dry/wet series and solar radiation Temperature and solar radiation are conditioned on the wet/dry status ...