The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
... • the natural and human influences that force changes in climate; • the observed behaviour of climate in the recent and distant past; • the basis for scientific concern at the prospect of human-induced climate change; • how computer models of the global climate sys- ...
... • the natural and human influences that force changes in climate; • the observed behaviour of climate in the recent and distant past; • the basis for scientific concern at the prospect of human-induced climate change; • how computer models of the global climate sys- ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... public differ in their beliefs and concern about global warming? Scholarship on the political bases of environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Xiao, and McCright 2001), as well as evidence of elite polarization on climate change, informs our investigation of political cleavages on global warming within the ...
... public differ in their beliefs and concern about global warming? Scholarship on the political bases of environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Xiao, and McCright 2001), as well as evidence of elite polarization on climate change, informs our investigation of political cleavages on global warming within the ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... option on the table.1,2,7,16–22 Even those advocating for geoengineering research seem to anticipate this risk by firmly cautioning that continued efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must accompany any geoengineering research.1,7,13 The exact impact that the prospect of geoengineering will ha ...
... option on the table.1,2,7,16–22 Even those advocating for geoengineering research seem to anticipate this risk by firmly cautioning that continued efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must accompany any geoengineering research.1,7,13 The exact impact that the prospect of geoengineering will ha ...
Abstract Key words - OpenDocs Home
... institutional mechanisms that would adjust commitment levels and payoff structures in response to unforeseen developments without requiring new renegotiation.20 Since 1987, the parties to the Montreal Protocol have successfully negotiated six amendments or/and adjustment documents commensurate with ...
... institutional mechanisms that would adjust commitment levels and payoff structures in response to unforeseen developments without requiring new renegotiation.20 Since 1987, the parties to the Montreal Protocol have successfully negotiated six amendments or/and adjustment documents commensurate with ...
Protecting Climate Progress - League of Conservation Voters
... Despite the difficult electoral outcomes, we are proud of our efforts this election cycle. This year we spent more than ever before—over $45 million—and we came away with an array of important successes, particularly at the state level. In North Carolina, Washington and Montana—all of LCV’s priority ...
... Despite the difficult electoral outcomes, we are proud of our efforts this election cycle. This year we spent more than ever before—over $45 million—and we came away with an array of important successes, particularly at the state level. In North Carolina, Washington and Montana—all of LCV’s priority ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... the legal battle away from direct judicial deliberation on the harms of climate change toward more peripheral pipeline issues proved the most effective strategy for combating the KXL—a fact with significant implications for the use of law to address global warming. The potential global-warming conse ...
... the legal battle away from direct judicial deliberation on the harms of climate change toward more peripheral pipeline issues proved the most effective strategy for combating the KXL—a fact with significant implications for the use of law to address global warming. The potential global-warming conse ...
MTA Adaptations to Climate Change – A Categorical Imperative1
... Climate risks to coastal urban areas largely stem from temperature rise, changes in precipitation, and sea level rise (SLR) and consequent higher storm surges. They manifest themselves by the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme events including heat waves, droughts, river and street floodin ...
... Climate risks to coastal urban areas largely stem from temperature rise, changes in precipitation, and sea level rise (SLR) and consequent higher storm surges. They manifest themselves by the frequency, intensity and duration of extreme events including heat waves, droughts, river and street floodin ...
vulnerability analysis to climate change in the caribbean belize
... from different types of coastal and marine habitats including reefs, sea grasses, lagoons and mangroves, among others. In addition housing, urban, transportation and recreational infrastructure has also been built along the coast and on the coastal plains, making them vulnerable to storms, hurricane ...
... from different types of coastal and marine habitats including reefs, sea grasses, lagoons and mangroves, among others. In addition housing, urban, transportation and recreational infrastructure has also been built along the coast and on the coastal plains, making them vulnerable to storms, hurricane ...
United Nations Development Programme
... reference point for annual strategic priorities within the current cycle period. UNDP has a proven track record and experience in addressing environmental challenges in the country. One of the key pillars in the area of environmental protection is directed towards providing strategic support to deci ...
... reference point for annual strategic priorities within the current cycle period. UNDP has a proven track record and experience in addressing environmental challenges in the country. One of the key pillars in the area of environmental protection is directed towards providing strategic support to deci ...
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... Greenstone, 2007; Guiteras, 2009). While these analyses account for efficient adjustments to growing season weather within a particular year, they do not allow for more substantial changes in input or output mix that could be rational under different climate conditions. Finally, other studies look ...
... Greenstone, 2007; Guiteras, 2009). While these analyses account for efficient adjustments to growing season weather within a particular year, they do not allow for more substantial changes in input or output mix that could be rational under different climate conditions. Finally, other studies look ...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Conservation
... plant and animal species, and perhaps two billion more human beings. The centennial of America's "best idea" is as good a time as any to think seriously about what the parks will look like at their next centennial and what we can do now to assure they have one.” Comment: This essay adds perspective ...
... plant and animal species, and perhaps two billion more human beings. The centennial of America's "best idea" is as good a time as any to think seriously about what the parks will look like at their next centennial and what we can do now to assure they have one.” Comment: This essay adds perspective ...
Policy Discourse Analysis: Bangladesh - IIED
... The country receives large amounts of annual rainfall during the monsoons between June and September. Cyclonic storm surges often ravage the coastal areas, while high tides erode coastal lands and embankments. Climate change received significant attention after two major cyclones, Sidr in 2007 and A ...
... The country receives large amounts of annual rainfall during the monsoons between June and September. Cyclonic storm surges often ravage the coastal areas, while high tides erode coastal lands and embankments. Climate change received significant attention after two major cyclones, Sidr in 2007 and A ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... Ocean. The CRG also has a coupled atmospheric general circulation/mixed-layer ocean—icesheet/asthenosphere model and a variety of simple climate models, including the model that Prof. Schlesinger developed in 1984 and later used to make projections of global temperature change to the year 2100 for t ...
... Ocean. The CRG also has a coupled atmospheric general circulation/mixed-layer ocean—icesheet/asthenosphere model and a variety of simple climate models, including the model that Prof. Schlesinger developed in 1984 and later used to make projections of global temperature change to the year 2100 for t ...
Climate change vulnerability of the US northeast winter recreation
... and Abegg 1997; Elsasser and Messerli 2001; Elsasser and Bürki 2002]; United States [Lipski and McBoyle 1991; Hayhoe et al. 2004; Casola et al. 2005]), each projecting negative impacts, though to varying degrees and over different time horizons. This research literature has two very important limita ...
... and Abegg 1997; Elsasser and Messerli 2001; Elsasser and Bürki 2002]; United States [Lipski and McBoyle 1991; Hayhoe et al. 2004; Casola et al. 2005]), each projecting negative impacts, though to varying degrees and over different time horizons. This research literature has two very important limita ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of
... future for many biological systems, such as agricultural plant life, on which human welfare depends. But just how much will living standards suffer as plants wilt in a hotter world? A large agronomic literature has modeled the implications of such climate change for crop yields, crop by crop and loc ...
... future for many biological systems, such as agricultural plant life, on which human welfare depends. But just how much will living standards suffer as plants wilt in a hotter world? A large agronomic literature has modeled the implications of such climate change for crop yields, crop by crop and loc ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... In 2007, the Government of Ontario released Go Green: Ontario’s Action Plan on Climate Change, with targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change (Government of Ontario, 2007). The target was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 6% below 1990 levels by 2014 ( ...
... In 2007, the Government of Ontario released Go Green: Ontario’s Action Plan on Climate Change, with targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change (Government of Ontario, 2007). The target was to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 6% below 1990 levels by 2014 ( ...
2.1 Causes of Vulnerability Associated with Climate Change
... Biological Diversity (CBD) noted the specific vulnerabilities of indigenous and local communities to the impacts of climate change and the accelerated threats to traditional knowledge, innovations and practices. It has requested that further research be conducted into highly vulnerable indigenous an ...
... Biological Diversity (CBD) noted the specific vulnerabilities of indigenous and local communities to the impacts of climate change and the accelerated threats to traditional knowledge, innovations and practices. It has requested that further research be conducted into highly vulnerable indigenous an ...
Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change in the
... country size, lending volume, and vulnerability to climate change. An assessment of climate change mainstreaming in the PRS process in the same four countries. Like environment as a whole, the potential impacts of climate change have often been considered separately—if at all—rather than as an integ ...
... country size, lending volume, and vulnerability to climate change. An assessment of climate change mainstreaming in the PRS process in the same four countries. Like environment as a whole, the potential impacts of climate change have often been considered separately—if at all—rather than as an integ ...
On the Climate Crisis, It`s Donald Trump the World
... the full, official list of “Independent States in the World” as recognized by the U.S. Department of ...
... the full, official list of “Independent States in the World” as recognized by the U.S. Department of ...
Workshop Report - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... impacted the forestry sector. Forestry companies have to haul wood 24 hours to a day because of the shortened season. Recently, a lack of snow and warm temperatures resulted in the closure of trails in the surrounding areas. This brought snowmobilers to Smooth Rock Falls, but the high traffic damage ...
... impacted the forestry sector. Forestry companies have to haul wood 24 hours to a day because of the shortened season. Recently, a lack of snow and warm temperatures resulted in the closure of trails in the surrounding areas. This brought snowmobilers to Smooth Rock Falls, but the high traffic damage ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... the Australian Government to produce a coastal climate risk management tool in support of coastal managers adapting to climate change and sea-level rise. This online tool, known as CoastAdapt, provides information on all aspects of coastal adaptation as well as a decision support framework. It can b ...
... the Australian Government to produce a coastal climate risk management tool in support of coastal managers adapting to climate change and sea-level rise. This online tool, known as CoastAdapt, provides information on all aspects of coastal adaptation as well as a decision support framework. It can b ...