Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... time, stretching social and natural relations of cause, effect and responsibility, and transcending ‘the spatial, social and temporal limits of industrial risks of the past’ (Gandy 1999, 60–1). While developed countries are responsible for the vast amount of emissions of greenhouse gases to date, th ...
... time, stretching social and natural relations of cause, effect and responsibility, and transcending ‘the spatial, social and temporal limits of industrial risks of the past’ (Gandy 1999, 60–1). While developed countries are responsible for the vast amount of emissions of greenhouse gases to date, th ...
Paper 4: Climate Change and Biodiversity in High
... The planetary architecture, the pattern of continents and ocean basins, also has an important influence on the transport of heat from low to high latitudes in each hemisphere, and accounts for much of the difference between the climate of North America and South America at equivalent latitudes. The ...
... The planetary architecture, the pattern of continents and ocean basins, also has an important influence on the transport of heat from low to high latitudes in each hemisphere, and accounts for much of the difference between the climate of North America and South America at equivalent latitudes. The ...
Future Climate: Projected Average
... Southwest and is closely related to Chapter 7, which is concerned with the implications of climate change on shorter period phenomena, especially extreme events. The projections derive from the outcomes of several global climate models, and associated “downscaled” regional climate simulations, using ...
... Southwest and is closely related to Chapter 7, which is concerned with the implications of climate change on shorter period phenomena, especially extreme events. The projections derive from the outcomes of several global climate models, and associated “downscaled” regional climate simulations, using ...
Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Potential for Yeniçağa Gölü (Bolu
... on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). It is not only a threat to the biodiversity of the world but it is expected to cause other global threats such as hunger, poverty, conflicts between states, displacements etc. Agricultural yields are expected to drop in most tropical and sub-tropical regions – and in ...
... on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). It is not only a threat to the biodiversity of the world but it is expected to cause other global threats such as hunger, poverty, conflicts between states, displacements etc. Agricultural yields are expected to drop in most tropical and sub-tropical regions – and in ...
ESA - WCRP
... the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...
... the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...
Chapter 9 Climate Research and Climate Politics in Germany
... to be prepared for problems which may threaten their legitimacy and also actively explore new issues for what appear to be promising candidates for new areas of political activity. This prospecting for and acquisition of new political agendas is an important part of politics. Second, politics also ...
... to be prepared for problems which may threaten their legitimacy and also actively explore new issues for what appear to be promising candidates for new areas of political activity. This prospecting for and acquisition of new political agendas is an important part of politics. Second, politics also ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The Adaptation Action Plan (see Table 1) is the main outcome of the Climate Change Adaptation project. This framework presents the key issues identified by the community that may result from climate change. Impacts may be perceived as positive and/or negative. For example, the increased presence of ...
... The Adaptation Action Plan (see Table 1) is the main outcome of the Climate Change Adaptation project. This framework presents the key issues identified by the community that may result from climate change. Impacts may be perceived as positive and/or negative. For example, the increased presence of ...
The COP19Guide to Corporate Lobbying
... whilst jeopardising real, effective and fair climate action. The real alternatives are clear: we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground, ensure a just transition towards a post-fossil fuel society, based on community-owned decentralised renewable energy, social justice, equity and an end to the exp ...
... whilst jeopardising real, effective and fair climate action. The real alternatives are clear: we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground, ensure a just transition towards a post-fossil fuel society, based on community-owned decentralised renewable energy, social justice, equity and an end to the exp ...
Climate change and mammals: evolutionary
... 33-year study due to earlier emergence from the previous hibernation (Inouye et al. 2000), earlier weaning and a longer active season (Ozgul et al. 2010). The changes, although relatively gradual, have been accompanied by rapid increases in population size since 2000 but the link to climate change r ...
... 33-year study due to earlier emergence from the previous hibernation (Inouye et al. 2000), earlier weaning and a longer active season (Ozgul et al. 2010). The changes, although relatively gradual, have been accompanied by rapid increases in population size since 2000 but the link to climate change r ...
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... citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth’s fu ...
... citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth’s fu ...
The Great Global Warming Swindle
... 2. The key piece of evidence used by scientists to prove the warming effect of greenhouse gases is that in the past, on timescales of hundreds of millennia, global temperatures have followed carbon dioxide concentrations, i.e. when temperatures are high, carbon dioxide levels are high. But this is n ...
... 2. The key piece of evidence used by scientists to prove the warming effect of greenhouse gases is that in the past, on timescales of hundreds of millennia, global temperatures have followed carbon dioxide concentrations, i.e. when temperatures are high, carbon dioxide levels are high. But this is n ...
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... Agriculture is one of the most sensitive sectors to climate variations since production largely relies on climatic conditions (Adams et al, 1998, Gornall et al., 2010). Understanding the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to future climate change scenarios is crucial fo ...
... Agriculture is one of the most sensitive sectors to climate variations since production largely relies on climatic conditions (Adams et al, 1998, Gornall et al., 2010). Understanding the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to future climate change scenarios is crucial fo ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... The last few years have seen a growing scientific consensus about human influence on climate and the significant risks posed by climate change for humans and non-human life (IPCC, 2007). Indeed, there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists direc ...
... The last few years have seen a growing scientific consensus about human influence on climate and the significant risks posed by climate change for humans and non-human life (IPCC, 2007). Indeed, there is a striking degree of scientific agreement in this respect, particularly amongst scientists direc ...
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... Introduction Since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) in 2007,1 the debate about climate change has shifted. That the earth has entered a period of significant climate change is no longer disputed. Nearly all climate scientists – and even a hig ...
... Introduction Since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) in 2007,1 the debate about climate change has shifted. That the earth has entered a period of significant climate change is no longer disputed. Nearly all climate scientists – and even a hig ...
Report on Greenpeace NZ Campaign to Raise
... While some New Zealanders are climate change deniers and argue that any such change is due to natural causes, there is plenty of evidence that climate change is happening. But how concerned might New Zealanders be today that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet are melting and over some centuries might ...
... While some New Zealanders are climate change deniers and argue that any such change is due to natural causes, there is plenty of evidence that climate change is happening. But how concerned might New Zealanders be today that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet are melting and over some centuries might ...
copenhagen, climate change `refugees` and the need for a global
... of concluding negotiations on a new climate change agreement to enter into force when Kyoto’s first commitment period, which runs from 2008 to 2012, comes to an end. The result of the Copenhagen conference was a non‐binding agreement which, while it contains emissions reduction pledges by all maj ...
... of concluding negotiations on a new climate change agreement to enter into force when Kyoto’s first commitment period, which runs from 2008 to 2012, comes to an end. The result of the Copenhagen conference was a non‐binding agreement which, while it contains emissions reduction pledges by all maj ...
international public opinion, perception, and understanding of global
... Despite the scientific warnings of earlier decades, global warming did not become a significant public issue until 1988 - at that time the hottest year since the middle of the nineteenth century and the year in which Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies and a lea ...
... Despite the scientific warnings of earlier decades, global warming did not become a significant public issue until 1988 - at that time the hottest year since the middle of the nineteenth century and the year in which Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies and a lea ...
Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change
... Disasters also tend to involve distinct phases and evolving patterns of impacts ranging from the acute to the chronic (Norris, Friedman, & Watson, 2002; Stein & Meyers, 1999). Although human error and lack of preparedness may contribute to the severity of disaster impacts, technological disasters, g ...
... Disasters also tend to involve distinct phases and evolving patterns of impacts ranging from the acute to the chronic (Norris, Friedman, & Watson, 2002; Stein & Meyers, 1999). Although human error and lack of preparedness may contribute to the severity of disaster impacts, technological disasters, g ...
Community and ecosystem responses to recent climate change
... on the effects on phenology and physiology of organisms as well as changes in the distribution and range shifts of species. However, responses by individual species to climate change are not isolated; they are connected through interactions with others at the same or adjacent trophic levels. Also fr ...
... on the effects on phenology and physiology of organisms as well as changes in the distribution and range shifts of species. However, responses by individual species to climate change are not isolated; they are connected through interactions with others at the same or adjacent trophic levels. Also fr ...
The Holocene
... America (Kurek et al., 2004; Lutz et al., 2007; Shuman et al., 2002). Ellison et al. (2006) suggest the presence of two distinct cooling events centered at 8.5 and 8.1 kyr BP, respectively, in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean (Ellison et al., 2006). The chronological uncertainties of the Blood Pond ...
... America (Kurek et al., 2004; Lutz et al., 2007; Shuman et al., 2002). Ellison et al. (2006) suggest the presence of two distinct cooling events centered at 8.5 and 8.1 kyr BP, respectively, in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean (Ellison et al., 2006). The chronological uncertainties of the Blood Pond ...
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... atmosphere some 4.5 billion years ago. Climate and weather have been feared and revered ever since humans emerged and plants, animals and humans migrated, thrived and ceased to exist in response to climate change. The scientific study of climate and weather goes back at least 1000 years and more lik ...
... atmosphere some 4.5 billion years ago. Climate and weather have been feared and revered ever since humans emerged and plants, animals and humans migrated, thrived and ceased to exist in response to climate change. The scientific study of climate and weather goes back at least 1000 years and more lik ...
NSW and ACT Regional Climate Model: Project scope
... Projections about our future climate form a critical part of adaptation planning. They take us a step beyond assuming that our climate will remain the same in the future, or that it will unpredictably fluctuate within the bounds of natural variability. They help us ask the question: given our unders ...
... Projections about our future climate form a critical part of adaptation planning. They take us a step beyond assuming that our climate will remain the same in the future, or that it will unpredictably fluctuate within the bounds of natural variability. They help us ask the question: given our unders ...