Report on Greenpeace NZ Campaign to Raise
... influential role in shaping global policies and a major NGO player in the fight over climate change is Greenpeace, which is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions essential to our futur ...
... influential role in shaping global policies and a major NGO player in the fight over climate change is Greenpeace, which is an independent campaigning organisation that uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions essential to our futur ...
Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate – ANZEC
... debate to be as challenging as any exploration venture. There were so many illusionary and false ideas surrounding the topic and leading only to dead ends. I often had to retrace my steps and unravel the illusions before travelling down the next path – hence the title, ‘Mirrors and Mazes’. The idea ...
... debate to be as challenging as any exploration venture. There were so many illusionary and false ideas surrounding the topic and leading only to dead ends. I often had to retrace my steps and unravel the illusions before travelling down the next path – hence the title, ‘Mirrors and Mazes’. The idea ...
Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for
... 62]. For the genetic management of endangered populations, adaptive traits play a key role in developing translocation and genetic rescue schemes [63-65]. The high differentia‐ tion of adaptive traits and their strong correlation to environmental variables give them a paramount importance for develo ...
... 62]. For the genetic management of endangered populations, adaptive traits play a key role in developing translocation and genetic rescue schemes [63-65]. The high differentia‐ tion of adaptive traits and their strong correlation to environmental variables give them a paramount importance for develo ...
Reducing Human Vulnerability
... difficult. Well-managed landscapes can modulate flood waters. Intact coastal wetlands can buffer against storm damage. But management of natural resources will face a rapidly changing climate with more extreme events and with ecosystems under increasing threats from stresses other than climate (such ...
... difficult. Well-managed landscapes can modulate flood waters. Intact coastal wetlands can buffer against storm damage. But management of natural resources will face a rapidly changing climate with more extreme events and with ecosystems under increasing threats from stresses other than climate (such ...
Implications for the Success of Adaptation and Coping Strategies
... In the months following, after the waters receded, the government and the aid community began to ponder how to prevent such a disaster from recurring. It had been the worst flood in 50 years, but there was concern that climate change could have contributed to it, meaning that the time until the next ...
... In the months following, after the waters receded, the government and the aid community began to ponder how to prevent such a disaster from recurring. It had been the worst flood in 50 years, but there was concern that climate change could have contributed to it, meaning that the time until the next ...
Climate Change Riparian Restoration
... and terrestrial ecosystems, and create thermal refugia for wildlife: all characteristics that can contribute to ecological adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a plac ...
... and terrestrial ecosystems, and create thermal refugia for wildlife: all characteristics that can contribute to ecological adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a plac ...
Advancing adaptation through climate information services
... The relationship between mitigation and adaptation should not be seen as a trade-off: We know with the highest degree of scientific certainty that if we do not seriously reduce global emissions soon, climate change will be too strong to adapt to; but we know also that, at this stage, the climate wil ...
... The relationship between mitigation and adaptation should not be seen as a trade-off: We know with the highest degree of scientific certainty that if we do not seriously reduce global emissions soon, climate change will be too strong to adapt to; but we know also that, at this stage, the climate wil ...
Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important than Ever:
... and terrestrial ecosystems, and create thermal refugia for wildlife: all characteristics that can contribute to ecological adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a plac ...
... and terrestrial ecosystems, and create thermal refugia for wildlife: all characteristics that can contribute to ecological adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a plac ...
Historical Overview of Climate Change Science
... to the scrutiny of their peers, which includes disclosing the methods that they use, so their results can be checked through replication by other scientists. The insights and research results of individual scientists, even scientists of unquestioned genius, are thus confirmed or rejected in the peer ...
... to the scrutiny of their peers, which includes disclosing the methods that they use, so their results can be checked through replication by other scientists. The insights and research results of individual scientists, even scientists of unquestioned genius, are thus confirmed or rejected in the peer ...
Abstract Book The Human Side of Climate Change Bergen 16
... Reflecting on the ‘unusual’: Climate change narratives in decision-making about the future The experience of an extreme event can serve to open up spaces for reflection upon the nature of the event, the underpinning causes, the immediate responses and effects on longer-term decision making. Extreme ...
... Reflecting on the ‘unusual’: Climate change narratives in decision-making about the future The experience of an extreme event can serve to open up spaces for reflection upon the nature of the event, the underpinning causes, the immediate responses and effects on longer-term decision making. Extreme ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Outlook for Knowledge,Tools and Action
... 2006). Increasing demand for food is an outcome both of larger populations and higher per capita consumption among communities with growing incomes, particularly in Asia. Supply-side drivers include efficiency gains associated with vertical integration in industrial food supply chains (Reardon et al ...
... 2006). Increasing demand for food is an outcome both of larger populations and higher per capita consumption among communities with growing incomes, particularly in Asia. Supply-side drivers include efficiency gains associated with vertical integration in industrial food supply chains (Reardon et al ...
Last Updated 4/7/2017 Book Chapters Andresen, J., G
... Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, Andresen, J., E. Takle, S. Patton, D. Niyogi, and L. Biehl. 2015. “Farm-Scale Integrated Assessment to Identify Profit-Maximizing Adaptations to Climate Change in the Corn Belt.” ASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium, Chicago, IL. Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, P. Preckel, and O. ...
... Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, Andresen, J., E. Takle, S. Patton, D. Niyogi, and L. Biehl. 2015. “Farm-Scale Integrated Assessment to Identify Profit-Maximizing Adaptations to Climate Change in the Corn Belt.” ASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium, Chicago, IL. Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, P. Preckel, and O. ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
Frontlines of Climate Change
... While in the temperate parts of Europe the graver impacts of climate change will be slow to arrive, in Canada they are already knocking on your door. The Arctic is warming much more rapidly than lower latitudes, with serious consequences for the culture and subsistence of your native peoples; for bi ...
... While in the temperate parts of Europe the graver impacts of climate change will be slow to arrive, in Canada they are already knocking on your door. The Arctic is warming much more rapidly than lower latitudes, with serious consequences for the culture and subsistence of your native peoples; for bi ...
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
... and surface water temperatures, more volatile weather characterized by extreme precipitation events, decreases in duration and extremity of winter temperatures, and increases in duration of summer temperatures. Changes in climate and weather patterns are accelerating, with an expected increase in me ...
... and surface water temperatures, more volatile weather characterized by extreme precipitation events, decreases in duration and extremity of winter temperatures, and increases in duration of summer temperatures. Changes in climate and weather patterns are accelerating, with an expected increase in me ...
Mathematics of Climate Change - Library
... The climate models used to make the IPCC projections are very complex systems of nonlinear equations solved on large computers. The IPCC relied on 24 different climate models in its report. Many of them have been developed under the auspices of national meteorological offices. Though some models ar ...
... The climate models used to make the IPCC projections are very complex systems of nonlinear equations solved on large computers. The IPCC relied on 24 different climate models in its report. Many of them have been developed under the auspices of national meteorological offices. Though some models ar ...
Resource Guide to NGO Climate Adaptation Resources and Tools
... to discuss climate change issues with other individuals and organizations who are dealing with similar issues. They also act as repositories for examples of climate adaptation in action. The resources suggested throughout this document can be combined with information from state climatologists, stat ...
... to discuss climate change issues with other individuals and organizations who are dealing with similar issues. They also act as repositories for examples of climate adaptation in action. The resources suggested throughout this document can be combined with information from state climatologists, stat ...
Partisan Group Identity and Belief in Human
... (Lupia & McCubbins, 1998). In the case of climate change, those with clear positions likely obtain them from elite cues – where elite Republicans oppose the view that climate change is largely human-caused, while elite Democrats support it (Bolsen, Druckman, & Cook, 2015, p. 286).2 Those who are kn ...
... (Lupia & McCubbins, 1998). In the case of climate change, those with clear positions likely obtain them from elite cues – where elite Republicans oppose the view that climate change is largely human-caused, while elite Democrats support it (Bolsen, Druckman, & Cook, 2015, p. 286).2 Those who are kn ...
Predicting species responses to climate change: demography and
... To explore correspondence of the valley oaks bioclimate model and the distribution of sapling recruitment, we overlaid layers of the model-projected expanding, persisting and contracting areas of the range (scale: 4 km2; Kueppers et al., 2005) and the current valley oak adult distribution (scale: 1 ...
... To explore correspondence of the valley oaks bioclimate model and the distribution of sapling recruitment, we overlaid layers of the model-projected expanding, persisting and contracting areas of the range (scale: 4 km2; Kueppers et al., 2005) and the current valley oak adult distribution (scale: 1 ...
Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the
... for granted. However, the production of governance objects is neither natural nor inevitable and has important effects on how global problems are understood and governed. To account for the production of governance objects, IR needs a theory of “problem construction.”5 I build on recent discursive t ...
... for granted. However, the production of governance objects is neither natural nor inevitable and has important effects on how global problems are understood and governed. To account for the production of governance objects, IR needs a theory of “problem construction.”5 I build on recent discursive t ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... impacts and vulnerability of human and natural systems. Even when we understand specific climate processes very well, persistent and potentially profound uncertainties about impacts can produce fuzzy thresholds of dangerous interference across key vulnerabilities that cannot all be calibrated in ...
... impacts and vulnerability of human and natural systems. Even when we understand specific climate processes very well, persistent and potentially profound uncertainties about impacts can produce fuzzy thresholds of dangerous interference across key vulnerabilities that cannot all be calibrated in ...
Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Coastal Zone Management
... which depend on a healthy coastal environment. Policies to reduce greenhouse gases could lead to the development of alternative renewable energy sources some of which could be generated along the coast from tides, waves or wind. Much of the nation’s coastal resources have already been destroyed, dam ...
... which depend on a healthy coastal environment. Policies to reduce greenhouse gases could lead to the development of alternative renewable energy sources some of which could be generated along the coast from tides, waves or wind. Much of the nation’s coastal resources have already been destroyed, dam ...
Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Water Resources Variability
... and Kaluarachchi, 2009; Abdo et al., 2009). Many of these studies indicated water resource variability associated with climate change. In this study, we investigated the possible effects of climate change on water resources in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia by analyzing outputs from GCM models. To get an ...
... and Kaluarachchi, 2009; Abdo et al., 2009). Many of these studies indicated water resource variability associated with climate change. In this study, we investigated the possible effects of climate change on water resources in Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia by analyzing outputs from GCM models. To get an ...