one way or another, everything changes
... possible, for better but mostly for worse. As I discussed in my last book, The Shock Doctrine, over the past four decades corporate interests have systematically exploited these various forms of crisis to ram through policies that enrich a small elite—by lifting regulations, cutting social spending, ...
... possible, for better but mostly for worse. As I discussed in my last book, The Shock Doctrine, over the past four decades corporate interests have systematically exploited these various forms of crisis to ram through policies that enrich a small elite—by lifting regulations, cutting social spending, ...
May, 2008 - India Environment Portal
... they favor an interest rate higher than Stern’s. As I have explained, the correct discount rate depends on ethical considerations. So how can economists justify a discount rate without taking an ethical position? They do so by taking their higher discount rate from the money market, where people exc ...
... they favor an interest rate higher than Stern’s. As I have explained, the correct discount rate depends on ethical considerations. So how can economists justify a discount rate without taking an ethical position? They do so by taking their higher discount rate from the money market, where people exc ...
Climate change: helping nature survive the human response
... Climate change poses profound, direct, and well-documented threats to biodiversity. A significant fraction of Earth’s species is at risk of extinction due to changing precipitation and temperature regimes, rising and acidifying oceans, and other factors. There is also growing awareness of the divers ...
... Climate change poses profound, direct, and well-documented threats to biodiversity. A significant fraction of Earth’s species is at risk of extinction due to changing precipitation and temperature regimes, rising and acidifying oceans, and other factors. There is also growing awareness of the divers ...
New Zealand`s Defective Law on Climate Change
... specific costs now. The benefits on the other hand will be reaped by future generations. The issue of fairness to future generations arises in many areas of international environmental law is and particularly prominent in climate change.9 Consent is required in the international legal system. It is ...
... specific costs now. The benefits on the other hand will be reaped by future generations. The issue of fairness to future generations arises in many areas of international environmental law is and particularly prominent in climate change.9 Consent is required in the international legal system. It is ...
Pope Benedict XVI
... action to achieve a moral good.” • “The virtue of prudence is paramount in addressing climate change.” ...
... action to achieve a moral good.” • “The virtue of prudence is paramount in addressing climate change.” ...
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... Since it came into force on the 16th November 1994, more than ten years after its signature in Montego Bay (Jamaica), the International Community has shown a growing concern for many issues related to the uses of Seas and Oceans and the protection of the Marine Environment. The topics of major conce ...
... Since it came into force on the 16th November 1994, more than ten years after its signature in Montego Bay (Jamaica), the International Community has shown a growing concern for many issues related to the uses of Seas and Oceans and the protection of the Marine Environment. The topics of major conce ...
Measuring the economic impact of climate change on
... revenues and other variables of the model. Data on seven crops from 300 districts across the nine provinces of the country for the year 1993 were obtained from various sources. The seven crops included are maize, wheat, sorghum, sugarcane, soybean, groundnut and sunflower. Data on area planted, prod ...
... revenues and other variables of the model. Data on seven crops from 300 districts across the nine provinces of the country for the year 1993 were obtained from various sources. The seven crops included are maize, wheat, sorghum, sugarcane, soybean, groundnut and sunflower. Data on area planted, prod ...
Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene
... study of past cultural adaptations to persistent climate change may provide valuable perspective on possible responses of modern societies to future climate change. In the spring of 1785, the geologist James Hutton presented a lecture to the Royal Society of Edinburgh that changed scientific inquiry ...
... study of past cultural adaptations to persistent climate change may provide valuable perspective on possible responses of modern societies to future climate change. In the spring of 1785, the geologist James Hutton presented a lecture to the Royal Society of Edinburgh that changed scientific inquiry ...
CI`s COP21 press kit here
... Contacts: Lauren Hodapp | [email protected] | 610-299-4524 Kevin Connor | [email protected] | 410-868-1396 rebuilding mangroves and improving agricultural practices—represent more than 30% of the solution to climate change yet receive less than 3% of the funding. CI is taking advantag ...
... Contacts: Lauren Hodapp | [email protected] | 610-299-4524 Kevin Connor | [email protected] | 410-868-1396 rebuilding mangroves and improving agricultural practices—represent more than 30% of the solution to climate change yet receive less than 3% of the funding. CI is taking advantag ...
Climate Change in the Sydney Metropolitan Catchments
... The problem we now face is that human actions—particularly burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), agriculture and land clearing—are increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Since 1750, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen 35%, and the current ...
... The problem we now face is that human actions—particularly burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), agriculture and land clearing—are increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Since 1750, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen 35%, and the current ...
Blanket peat biome endangered by climate change
... under climate change have been contradictory3–7 . Here we use a simple, well-founded global bioclimatic model8 , with climate-change projections from seven climate models, to indicate this biome’s fate. We show marked shrinkage of its present bioclimatic space with only a few, restricted areas of pe ...
... under climate change have been contradictory3–7 . Here we use a simple, well-founded global bioclimatic model8 , with climate-change projections from seven climate models, to indicate this biome’s fate. We show marked shrinkage of its present bioclimatic space with only a few, restricted areas of pe ...
FOR GOD`S SAKE, DO SOMETHING!
... Koran than in the Bible that non-human creatures have a direct relation with God. Human beings must respect and pay what is due (haqq) to animals, and even rivers: ‘the rights of creatures were given by God and not by us’.18 Because humans are part of nature, the doctrine of ‘selfinjury’ (zulm) impl ...
... Koran than in the Bible that non-human creatures have a direct relation with God. Human beings must respect and pay what is due (haqq) to animals, and even rivers: ‘the rights of creatures were given by God and not by us’.18 Because humans are part of nature, the doctrine of ‘selfinjury’ (zulm) impl ...
Earth System Modeling—An Integrated Assessment Tool for Environmental Studies R. A. P
... involves much more than accurate knowledge of the level of carbon dioxide (or any other subset of climate forcing) in the future and its influence on the atmospheric radiative budget. This perspective has received confirmation even from proponents of the IPCC perspective. Trenberth (1999) stated tha ...
... involves much more than accurate knowledge of the level of carbon dioxide (or any other subset of climate forcing) in the future and its influence on the atmospheric radiative budget. This perspective has received confirmation even from proponents of the IPCC perspective. Trenberth (1999) stated tha ...
The Climate Change Challenge
... global expansion of the Energy Transition Law, arguing that it allows for increased transparency and offers a unique look into the relationship between finance and climate change.10 In fact, a surge of low-carbon policies has emerged between COP 21 and COP 22, even in North America. The Governor of ...
... global expansion of the Energy Transition Law, arguing that it allows for increased transparency and offers a unique look into the relationship between finance and climate change.10 In fact, a surge of low-carbon policies has emerged between COP 21 and COP 22, even in North America. The Governor of ...
Adapting_to_Climate_Change_ - MDG-F
... exposure to elevated temperatures, but also crop yield sensitivity to the elevated temperatures, impacts on crop, and the adaptive capacity of farmers to adapt to the effects of that sensitivity, e.g., by planting more heat-resistant cultivars or by ceasing to plant their current crop altogether. Al ...
... exposure to elevated temperatures, but also crop yield sensitivity to the elevated temperatures, impacts on crop, and the adaptive capacity of farmers to adapt to the effects of that sensitivity, e.g., by planting more heat-resistant cultivars or by ceasing to plant their current crop altogether. Al ...
outreach materials for climate day partners
... Leading environmentalist and author, Paul Hawken will give the keynote address on his inspirational work with Project Drawdown. Working with more than 200 scientists around the world, Project Drawdown has identified 100 solutions which when deployed at scale can slow and eventually, reverse climate ...
... Leading environmentalist and author, Paul Hawken will give the keynote address on his inspirational work with Project Drawdown. Working with more than 200 scientists around the world, Project Drawdown has identified 100 solutions which when deployed at scale can slow and eventually, reverse climate ...
Dawson et al. 2011
... Complementary methodologies are available that tell us much more about natural responses to climate change (Fig. 1). These indicate that biodiversity losses may not be as large as predicted from niche models, although the rate of change and land use (habitat loss or destruction, harvesting) remain b ...
... Complementary methodologies are available that tell us much more about natural responses to climate change (Fig. 1). These indicate that biodiversity losses may not be as large as predicted from niche models, although the rate of change and land use (habitat loss or destruction, harvesting) remain b ...
Efficiency, Distribution and the Soft Law Future of the Climate Regime
... pursued. The Kyoto experience demonstrates how binding rules can create perverse incentives from the perspective of reducing the risk of climate change. This is true in two main respects. First, Annex 1 governments are obligated to seek reductions in a relatively short timeframe—namely, before the e ...
... pursued. The Kyoto experience demonstrates how binding rules can create perverse incentives from the perspective of reducing the risk of climate change. This is true in two main respects. First, Annex 1 governments are obligated to seek reductions in a relatively short timeframe—namely, before the e ...
