Climate Change and College Students
... result in attitude change. However, research has demonstrated that carefully crafted persuasive text can promote both conceptual change and attitude change (Alexander et al. 1997; Chambliss 1995; Hynd 2003; Kardash and Scholes 1995). According to Murphy (2001) a persuasive text should be structured ...
... result in attitude change. However, research has demonstrated that carefully crafted persuasive text can promote both conceptual change and attitude change (Alexander et al. 1997; Chambliss 1995; Hynd 2003; Kardash and Scholes 1995). According to Murphy (2001) a persuasive text should be structured ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... mitigation (and adaptation) efforts. The Rio principle of “common but differentiated responsibility (CBDR)” was adopted to resolve the burden issue in general. However, it is difficult to say that the issue has yet been satisfactorily resolved. As a result, climate discussion continues to focus on i ...
... mitigation (and adaptation) efforts. The Rio principle of “common but differentiated responsibility (CBDR)” was adopted to resolve the burden issue in general. However, it is difficult to say that the issue has yet been satisfactorily resolved. As a result, climate discussion continues to focus on i ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... in 2008, as one of the centres of excellence established under the BERC programme. As the name suggests, it is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspe ...
... in 2008, as one of the centres of excellence established under the BERC programme. As the name suggests, it is devoted to studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspe ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... be responsible for up to 75% of global emissions of carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources. Although, as discussed below, these figures are highly contested (28–29), the urban concentration of GHG emissions is perhaps not surprising—given the increasing proportion of the world’s population that li ...
... be responsible for up to 75% of global emissions of carbon dioxide from anthropogenic sources. Although, as discussed below, these figures are highly contested (28–29), the urban concentration of GHG emissions is perhaps not surprising—given the increasing proportion of the world’s population that li ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... wider than covered in the MWP study, in particular with respect to land use, water quality and infrastructure. Sydney Water has conducted a climate change risk assessment of its operations (SWC, 2008), as have other utilities. Although many operational areas of the SCA have implicitly considered the ...
... wider than covered in the MWP study, in particular with respect to land use, water quality and infrastructure. Sydney Water has conducted a climate change risk assessment of its operations (SWC, 2008), as have other utilities. Although many operational areas of the SCA have implicitly considered the ...
Climate Change and Conflict in the Southern Philippines
... climate change, or social, in which the capacity for individuals and societies to meet the physical challenges of climate change is low. The dissemination of climate impacts varies geographically; both in terms of the natural challenges faced and the capacity of the various populations to deal with ...
... climate change, or social, in which the capacity for individuals and societies to meet the physical challenges of climate change is low. The dissemination of climate impacts varies geographically; both in terms of the natural challenges faced and the capacity of the various populations to deal with ...
G8 Climate Governance, 1975-2008
... Climate change has increasingly become an important global issue in recent years. However, climate change had appeared on the Group of Eight (G8) agenda as early as 1979, when G8 leaders came to a consensus on the need to halt growth of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere right away (G8 1979). This ...
... Climate change has increasingly become an important global issue in recent years. However, climate change had appeared on the Group of Eight (G8) agenda as early as 1979, when G8 leaders came to a consensus on the need to halt growth of CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere right away (G8 1979). This ...
Preliminary Analysis of Climate Change in the Cariboo
... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC, 2007) has presented clear evidence that the world’s climate is warming and projects future increases in global mean annual temperature of 1.1°C to 6.4°C during the 21st century, depending on levels of greenhouse gas emissions and on ...
... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC, 2007) has presented clear evidence that the world’s climate is warming and projects future increases in global mean annual temperature of 1.1°C to 6.4°C during the 21st century, depending on levels of greenhouse gas emissions and on ...
We Stand as One: Children, Young People and Climate Change
... the school that moved After a landslide tragically killed 1,100 people in 2006 in the Philippines town of Guinsangon in Southern Leyte, the Philippines Government ordered a study which found the Santa Paz National High School and its 379 students were directly in the path of a potential future lands ...
... the school that moved After a landslide tragically killed 1,100 people in 2006 in the Philippines town of Guinsangon in Southern Leyte, the Philippines Government ordered a study which found the Santa Paz National High School and its 379 students were directly in the path of a potential future lands ...
Impact of extreme weather on critical infrastructure Deliverable D2.1
... The EU FP7 project INTACT aims to support governments and managers of critical infrastructure to reduce the risks caused by extreme weather by providing information, methods, tools and examples of good practices. The identification of the Extreme Weather Indicators (EWIs) represents the first goal o ...
... The EU FP7 project INTACT aims to support governments and managers of critical infrastructure to reduce the risks caused by extreme weather by providing information, methods, tools and examples of good practices. The identification of the Extreme Weather Indicators (EWIs) represents the first goal o ...
a guide for tribal leaders on us climate change programs
... The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) works on developing environmental policies and initiatives, and the CEQ’s chair serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President. The CEQ is engaged in several initiatives related to climate change adaptation, including co ...
... The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) works on developing environmental policies and initiatives, and the CEQ’s chair serves as the principal environmental policy adviser to the President. The CEQ is engaged in several initiatives related to climate change adaptation, including co ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... pioneered by Kering and used to quantify the company’s environmental impact in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, water use and pollution, and waste and land use change. It enables the company to identify risks and vulnerabilities (including around climate change) across its ...
... pioneered by Kering and used to quantify the company’s environmental impact in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, water use and pollution, and waste and land use change. It enables the company to identify risks and vulnerabilities (including around climate change) across its ...
Protecting People Displaced by Weather
... floods).1 Slower-onset events linked to climate change, such as drought, changing rainfall patterns, and coastal erosion likely propelled many more people to migrate, although exactly how many we do not know. Problematically, the character of human movement linked to climaterelated events does not a ...
... floods).1 Slower-onset events linked to climate change, such as drought, changing rainfall patterns, and coastal erosion likely propelled many more people to migrate, although exactly how many we do not know. Problematically, the character of human movement linked to climaterelated events does not a ...
reportedly biased - Galileo Movement
... Media coverage of the climate change issue highlights the complete failure of organisations such as ACIJ, ACMA, APC, and MEAA to act as supposed unbiased watchdog organisations and establish a standard of journalistic integrity and professionalism to which the wider journalistic community can aspir ...
... Media coverage of the climate change issue highlights the complete failure of organisations such as ACIJ, ACMA, APC, and MEAA to act as supposed unbiased watchdog organisations and establish a standard of journalistic integrity and professionalism to which the wider journalistic community can aspir ...
Climate Change Affirmative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... China and the United States, the two largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the world, together accounted for 35% of global GHG emissions in 2012. While there are major socioeconomic and political differences between the two countries, it is widely acknowledged that action by China and the United ...
... China and the United States, the two largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the world, together accounted for 35% of global GHG emissions in 2012. While there are major socioeconomic and political differences between the two countries, it is widely acknowledged that action by China and the United ...
Our People, Our Planet, Our Power
... leadership by people of color mean for the broader environmental movement? What policy solutions put communities of color at the center, rather than the margins, of climate resilience? This report and the community-based research behind it begins to answer these questions. To begin with, movement bu ...
... leadership by people of color mean for the broader environmental movement? What policy solutions put communities of color at the center, rather than the margins, of climate resilience? This report and the community-based research behind it begins to answer these questions. To begin with, movement bu ...
1) Bad Ideas - CBC Ombudsman - Radio
... journal? Does CBC care whether or not Epstein (B.A. Philosophy) is not a scientist? Could IDEAS really not find anyone more qualified to speak on these matters? (Znaimer can invite anybody he likes to his circus. IDEAS is under no obligation to broadcast his talks.) CBC listeners depend on CBC's jud ...
... journal? Does CBC care whether or not Epstein (B.A. Philosophy) is not a scientist? Could IDEAS really not find anyone more qualified to speak on these matters? (Znaimer can invite anybody he likes to his circus. IDEAS is under no obligation to broadcast his talks.) CBC listeners depend on CBC's jud ...
Communicating the Impacts of Potential Future Climate Change on
... are downscaled to finer temporal and spatial scales using statistical or dynamical downscaling models. However, watershed-scale climate data generated by climate models still do not provide precipitation data in a format useful for community engineers and planners to prepare, mitigate, and adapt to ...
... are downscaled to finer temporal and spatial scales using statistical or dynamical downscaling models. However, watershed-scale climate data generated by climate models still do not provide precipitation data in a format useful for community engineers and planners to prepare, mitigate, and adapt to ...
- Friends of the Earth International
... woodlands, increase of flooding, disturbing the wetland soil, burning of coal are some ac�vi�es directly contribu�ng to climate change. This publica�on begins to analyze ADB’s climate impacts in general through the selected projects in the above countries. These projects have been approved since the ...
... woodlands, increase of flooding, disturbing the wetland soil, burning of coal are some ac�vi�es directly contribu�ng to climate change. This publica�on begins to analyze ADB’s climate impacts in general through the selected projects in the above countries. These projects have been approved since the ...
Climate Justice: Equity and Justice informing a new
... us, understands the causes, recognizes what steps need to be taken to change course, and yet persists in delaying action on the scale required. The results undermine human development, compromise human rights, and result in injustice. The livelihoods of roughly 450 million of the world’s poorest pe ...
... us, understands the causes, recognizes what steps need to be taken to change course, and yet persists in delaying action on the scale required. The results undermine human development, compromise human rights, and result in injustice. The livelihoods of roughly 450 million of the world’s poorest pe ...
Feeling the Heat - Development and Peace
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban
... great influence on its international image and credibility. After Copenhagen, the EU shifted its attention (back) to its traditional allies within international climate negotiations, the least-developed country (LDC) group and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). These countries have come to ...
... great influence on its international image and credibility. After Copenhagen, the EU shifted its attention (back) to its traditional allies within international climate negotiations, the least-developed country (LDC) group and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). These countries have come to ...
Climate Resilient Development - EDA
... Today uncertainties associated with climate variability poses great risks to the economic development all over the world. India has reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry for its livelihood. Any adverse ...
... Today uncertainties associated with climate variability poses great risks to the economic development all over the world. India has reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry for its livelihood. Any adverse ...
SUB-COMPONENT STUDY: PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE
... (INAMHI 2010), it is located at 2789 m. Other stations publicly report data only for a small portion of the time they are documented as being in operation; many also have significant gaps in the records. Chiriboga (M116 – 30 km from M339) was established in the 1960s according to Anuarios but does n ...
... (INAMHI 2010), it is located at 2789 m. Other stations publicly report data only for a small portion of the time they are documented as being in operation; many also have significant gaps in the records. Chiriboga (M116 – 30 km from M339) was established in the 1960s according to Anuarios but does n ...