From convergence to contention: United States mass media representations of
... distinct norms and values, and these that buttress journalistic practices (Bennett 2002). These mobilisations are complex, and often subtle as well as contradictory. In fact, discontinuities can arise in media coverage of anthropogenic climate change through the very professional journalistic norms ...
... distinct norms and values, and these that buttress journalistic practices (Bennett 2002). These mobilisations are complex, and often subtle as well as contradictory. In fact, discontinuities can arise in media coverage of anthropogenic climate change through the very professional journalistic norms ...
Hotte, Martin - Transportation Association of Canada
... The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol is a major issue in Quebec’s public policy. The transportation sector’s important role puts it front and centre in this challenge. There are many issues around the climate change phenomenon and they affect everyone. They will involve major changes in how we l ...
... The implementation of the Kyoto Protocol is a major issue in Quebec’s public policy. The transportation sector’s important role puts it front and centre in this challenge. There are many issues around the climate change phenomenon and they affect everyone. They will involve major changes in how we l ...
Climate Change in Mongolia
... Japan. This dataset is composed of two types of model output: global climate model outputs and regional climate model outputs. The global climate model outputs (hereinafter referred to as “GCM data” ) are the results of calculations using an atmospheric model covering the entire world with an image ...
... Japan. This dataset is composed of two types of model output: global climate model outputs and regional climate model outputs. The global climate model outputs (hereinafter referred to as “GCM data” ) are the results of calculations using an atmospheric model covering the entire world with an image ...
4.1 Climate Change Effects
... climate change. The potential for coastal erosion and flooding to be considerably accentuated by climate change effects (MFE, 2001) further emphasizes the importance of restoring and maintaining wide natural dune buffers along the seaward margin of coastal development - with a good cover of appropri ...
... climate change. The potential for coastal erosion and flooding to be considerably accentuated by climate change effects (MFE, 2001) further emphasizes the importance of restoring and maintaining wide natural dune buffers along the seaward margin of coastal development - with a good cover of appropri ...
Climate change - ACT Government
... use the inquiry process to gather information from a variety of sources to identify additional options ELA 20 acts for an environmentally sustainable future examine issues of sustainability of the natural, built or social environment, extending from local to global perspectives (e.g. investigate ...
... use the inquiry process to gather information from a variety of sources to identify additional options ELA 20 acts for an environmentally sustainable future examine issues of sustainability of the natural, built or social environment, extending from local to global perspectives (e.g. investigate ...
- ROAR - University of East London
... environment and development. The Brundtland Commission Report Our Common Future (United Nations, 1987) defined the concept of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future.” Other scholars define sustainable development as the ...
... environment and development. The Brundtland Commission Report Our Common Future (United Nations, 1987) defined the concept of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future.” Other scholars define sustainable development as the ...
Community-Based Adaptation to a Changing Climate
... temperatures, less predictable weather patterns, and rising sea levels. While impacts vary by location, these and other impacts threaten the reliable delivery of many community services. This resource discusses how climate change is affecting community services, presents sample adaptation strategies ...
... temperatures, less predictable weather patterns, and rising sea levels. While impacts vary by location, these and other impacts threaten the reliable delivery of many community services. This resource discusses how climate change is affecting community services, presents sample adaptation strategies ...
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes: Climate Change Strategic
... team, the CSKT is acting to effectively integrate TEK throughout future climate change planning. Finally, interviews conducted with tribal elders gave valuable insight into how climate change has already impacted the ecology of the CSKT homelands. Local Climate Impacts In order to better understand ...
... team, the CSKT is acting to effectively integrate TEK throughout future climate change planning. Finally, interviews conducted with tribal elders gave valuable insight into how climate change has already impacted the ecology of the CSKT homelands. Local Climate Impacts In order to better understand ...
ABBE Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Green Deal Advice Annex D
... • Changes in the Sun’s activity and Earth’s orbit have altered the Earths’ past climate but none of them can account for the warming that has occurred since about 1900. ...
... • Changes in the Sun’s activity and Earth’s orbit have altered the Earths’ past climate but none of them can account for the warming that has occurred since about 1900. ...
Hot, It`s Not - Tufts University
... Why should a $30 tax cost hundreds of times as much as a $1 tax? If this is not a mistake, it is badly in need of explanation. The notes to this passage contain no hint as to sources, offering just one short sentence: “This is about $390 million per year.” (174) That note could mean that in some unn ...
... Why should a $30 tax cost hundreds of times as much as a $1 tax? If this is not a mistake, it is badly in need of explanation. The notes to this passage contain no hint as to sources, offering just one short sentence: “This is about $390 million per year.” (174) That note could mean that in some unn ...
Civic Education About Climate Change
... achieve a level of public understanding where Americans can accurately assess specific scientific details or concepts relevant to climate change. This knowledge is assumed to then correlate with increased concern for the problem, leading to greater public acceptance of scientific expertise, and a de ...
... achieve a level of public understanding where Americans can accurately assess specific scientific details or concepts relevant to climate change. This knowledge is assumed to then correlate with increased concern for the problem, leading to greater public acceptance of scientific expertise, and a de ...
Entire Proposal - New Page - Suffolk County Community College
... environment. This course will provide students with the scientific background to understand the role of natural and human-forced climate change so that they are better prepared to become involved in the discussion. Students will learn how past climates are determined and why humans are causing most ...
... environment. This course will provide students with the scientific background to understand the role of natural and human-forced climate change so that they are better prepared to become involved in the discussion. Students will learn how past climates are determined and why humans are causing most ...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Migration and
... been displaced by climate change, and that tens of millions – even hundreds of millions – more will have to flee by 2050 (Myers and Kent, 1995). The most extreme claim was made by the British development charity, Christian Aid, which spoke of one billion displaced people (Christian Aid, 2007). Envir ...
... been displaced by climate change, and that tens of millions – even hundreds of millions – more will have to flee by 2050 (Myers and Kent, 1995). The most extreme claim was made by the British development charity, Christian Aid, which spoke of one billion displaced people (Christian Aid, 2007). Envir ...
GEF factsheets english
... to become even more severe in coming years. This will have environmental, social and economic consequences. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, which represent the milestones of the global policy response to climate change, are based on two pill ...
... to become even more severe in coming years. This will have environmental, social and economic consequences. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, which represent the milestones of the global policy response to climate change, are based on two pill ...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Migration
... been displaced by climate change, and that tens of millions – even hundreds of millions – more will have to flee by 2050 (Myers and Kent, 1995). The most extreme claim was made by the British development charity, Christian Aid, which spoke of one billion displaced people (Christian Aid, 2007). Envir ...
... been displaced by climate change, and that tens of millions – even hundreds of millions – more will have to flee by 2050 (Myers and Kent, 1995). The most extreme claim was made by the British development charity, Christian Aid, which spoke of one billion displaced people (Christian Aid, 2007). Envir ...
- OpenKnowledge@NAU
... uncertain about the cause of climate change. Among abstracts expressing a position on ACC/AGW, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing climate change. Cook et al. (2013) also invited authors to rate their own work. Compared to abstract ratings, a smaller percentage of self-rate ...
... uncertain about the cause of climate change. Among abstracts expressing a position on ACC/AGW, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are causing climate change. Cook et al. (2013) also invited authors to rate their own work. Compared to abstract ratings, a smaller percentage of self-rate ...
(2006) Adapting To Climate Change in Developing Countries
... encouraged development organisations, such as the World Bank10, to develop climate risk assessment tools to ensure that development activities are both ‘climate friendly’ (have limited impact on the climate) and ‘climate proof’ (minimally affected by climate change). Competing pressures in developin ...
... encouraged development organisations, such as the World Bank10, to develop climate risk assessment tools to ensure that development activities are both ‘climate friendly’ (have limited impact on the climate) and ‘climate proof’ (minimally affected by climate change). Competing pressures in developin ...
Climate change management in drainage systems – changes
... calculated by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), using global climate models as boundary condition. DMI works with a resolution of approx. 12.5 km x 12.5 km in a network covering Denmark. Officially three climate scenarios (A2, B2, EU2C) calculated by the Climate Center at DMI are used in De ...
... calculated by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), using global climate models as boundary condition. DMI works with a resolution of approx. 12.5 km x 12.5 km in a network covering Denmark. Officially three climate scenarios (A2, B2, EU2C) calculated by the Climate Center at DMI are used in De ...
The world beyond two degrees: where do we stand?
... The international climate negotiations in Durban showed that there has been progress in several areas, but not on the ambitious level of emission reductions by 2020. The conference decided to include all the major emitters such as USA, India and China in the legally binding emission reduction target ...
... The international climate negotiations in Durban showed that there has been progress in several areas, but not on the ambitious level of emission reductions by 2020. The conference decided to include all the major emitters such as USA, India and China in the legally binding emission reduction target ...
Global Change Science and Pedagogy
... issue of global climate change, the course introduces the field of Earth system science as well as scientific methods and analytical techniques useful in science teaching and research. In this course, we look at global change over different time scales, and examine forces of global change and case s ...
... issue of global climate change, the course introduces the field of Earth system science as well as scientific methods and analytical techniques useful in science teaching and research. In this course, we look at global change over different time scales, and examine forces of global change and case s ...
Scientific Consensus Statement on the Executive Summary
... Changes in precipitation regimes are generally acknowledged to be very uncertain in comparison with the temperature changes described above. Existing models are unable to make consistent projections of precipitation on regional scales. Recent IPCC global climate model scenarios have suggested the li ...
... Changes in precipitation regimes are generally acknowledged to be very uncertain in comparison with the temperature changes described above. Existing models are unable to make consistent projections of precipitation on regional scales. Recent IPCC global climate model scenarios have suggested the li ...
State of Oregon: At Home
... Changes in precipitation regimes are generally acknowledged to be very uncertain in comparison with the temperature changes described above. Existing models are unable to make consistent projections of precipitation on regional scales. Recent IPCC global climate model scenarios have suggested the li ...
... Changes in precipitation regimes are generally acknowledged to be very uncertain in comparison with the temperature changes described above. Existing models are unable to make consistent projections of precipitation on regional scales. Recent IPCC global climate model scenarios have suggested the li ...