The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
... climate change, in particular alongside debate over scepticism.(49) Indeed, many commentators have been using the terms “scepticism” and “uncertainty” interchangeably and, to compound confusion, there is also uncertainty over scepticism, for example, perceived agreement amongst scientists, and scept ...
... climate change, in particular alongside debate over scepticism.(49) Indeed, many commentators have been using the terms “scepticism” and “uncertainty” interchangeably and, to compound confusion, there is also uncertainty over scepticism, for example, perceived agreement amongst scientists, and scept ...
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... Manufacture of Electrical Machinery and Apparatus Manufacture of Textile, Wearing, Leather and Related Products Manufacture of Computers, Communication and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacture of Basic Metal Manufacture of Furniture and other Manufacture Other Manufacture of Machinery Manufacture ...
... Manufacture of Electrical Machinery and Apparatus Manufacture of Textile, Wearing, Leather and Related Products Manufacture of Computers, Communication and Other Electronic Equipment Manufacture of Basic Metal Manufacture of Furniture and other Manufacture Other Manufacture of Machinery Manufacture ...
Spain - Met Office
... 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 and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... 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 and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE CARIBBEAN
... The inextricable links between climate change and sustainable development have been increasingly recognized over the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)1 concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would imp ...
... The inextricable links between climate change and sustainable development have been increasingly recognized over the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)1 concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would imp ...
Argentina - Met Office
... 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 and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... 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 and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... decision-makers. It was further noted that implementing the third workshop in concert with Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) was an effective means to bring together decision makers, stakeholders and technical experts. The lessons learned, challenges and recommendations of the three workshops in ...
... decision-makers. It was further noted that implementing the third workshop in concert with Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) was an effective means to bring together decision makers, stakeholders and technical experts. The lessons learned, challenges and recommendations of the three workshops in ...
ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE
... humans and nature seem obvious. However, parks and cities management are often independent activities which are not without tensions or conflicts, given the diversity of actors and their interests. The UNPEC program aims at understanding the implications and consequences of these dynamics. For manag ...
... humans and nature seem obvious. However, parks and cities management are often independent activities which are not without tensions or conflicts, given the diversity of actors and their interests. The UNPEC program aims at understanding the implications and consequences of these dynamics. For manag ...
Global Warming and the Government: How
... Finally, the EPA argued that regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles would be a “piecemeal approach” to the problem of climate change. 23 Essentially, the EPA’s regulations would interfere with the President’s “comprehensive approach” to climate change. The President’s approac ...
... Finally, the EPA argued that regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from new motor vehicles would be a “piecemeal approach” to the problem of climate change. 23 Essentially, the EPA’s regulations would interfere with the President’s “comprehensive approach” to climate change. The President’s approac ...
Forest biomass, carbon neutrality and climate change mitigation
... The science literature provides different views, depending on the context of the analysis and policy objectives. These have a strong influence on the formulation of research questions, as well as the methods and assumptions about critical parameters that are then applied, which in turn have a strong ...
... The science literature provides different views, depending on the context of the analysis and policy objectives. These have a strong influence on the formulation of research questions, as well as the methods and assumptions about critical parameters that are then applied, which in turn have a strong ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... conditions in and around National Park Service areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to better manage Arctic, subarctic, and coastal ecosystems and human uses of these areas. Nati ...
... conditions in and around National Park Service areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to better manage Arctic, subarctic, and coastal ecosystems and human uses of these areas. Nati ...
Child Rights and Climate Change Adaptation: Voices from Kenya and Cambodia
... threats to child survival like malaria, diarrhoea and undernutrition are highly sensitive to climatic conditions and these are expected to worsen as a result of climate change (UNICEF 2008). Children’s unique conditions of physical, cognitive and physiological immaturity mean they can be more at ris ...
... threats to child survival like malaria, diarrhoea and undernutrition are highly sensitive to climatic conditions and these are expected to worsen as a result of climate change (UNICEF 2008). Children’s unique conditions of physical, cognitive and physiological immaturity mean they can be more at ris ...
Report
... response to the adverse impacts of climate change. However, the bill did not address the causes of climate change or its potentially devastating consequences in the developing world, so environmental groups and others favoring a more comprehensive solution did not lend it the support its passage wou ...
... response to the adverse impacts of climate change. However, the bill did not address the causes of climate change or its potentially devastating consequences in the developing world, so environmental groups and others favoring a more comprehensive solution did not lend it the support its passage wou ...
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
... does not represent a complete survey of a relevant literature… …There is an overwhelming amount of misleading material in the CCSP’s “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.” It is immediately obvious that the intent of the report is not to provide a accurate scientific assessment of the ...
... does not represent a complete survey of a relevant literature… …There is an overwhelming amount of misleading material in the CCSP’s “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.” It is immediately obvious that the intent of the report is not to provide a accurate scientific assessment of the ...
Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that climate change and global warming is without doubt happening, and that in all likelihood (greater than 90% probability) this warming is primarily caused by human activity. Furthermore, recent observations show that some clim ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that climate change and global warming is without doubt happening, and that in all likelihood (greater than 90% probability) this warming is primarily caused by human activity. Furthermore, recent observations show that some clim ...
Climate Risk and Business
... The adverse effects of climate change on human welfare are becoming more apparent worldwide, particularly in developing countries. In the past year, climate related impacts caused economic damages amounting to tens of billions of dollars, displaced millions of people and contributed to the looming f ...
... The adverse effects of climate change on human welfare are becoming more apparent worldwide, particularly in developing countries. In the past year, climate related impacts caused economic damages amounting to tens of billions of dollars, displaced millions of people and contributed to the looming f ...
task force on climate remediation research
... This Task Force strongly believes that climate remediation technologies are no substitute for controlling risk through climate mitigation (i.e. reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) and climate adaptation (i.e. enhancing the resilience of man-made and natural systems to cl ...
... This Task Force strongly believes that climate remediation technologies are no substitute for controlling risk through climate mitigation (i.e. reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) and climate adaptation (i.e. enhancing the resilience of man-made and natural systems to cl ...
mount allison university
... In understanding these troubling realities, an unprecedented global movement has emerged calling upon institutions to divest their holdings from the fossil fuel industry. The logic behind the fossil fuel divestment movement is simple: if it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit f ...
... In understanding these troubling realities, an unprecedented global movement has emerged calling upon institutions to divest their holdings from the fossil fuel industry. The logic behind the fossil fuel divestment movement is simple: if it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it is wrong to profit f ...
STRIVE An Assessment of Uncertainties Report Series No.48
... of projected temperature changes between GCMs; for ...
... of projected temperature changes between GCMs; for ...
On the Climate Crisis, It`s Donald Trump the World
... On the Climate Crisis, It’s Donald Trump vs. the World ...
... On the Climate Crisis, It’s Donald Trump vs. the World ...
Donner Webbe Kiribati KAP 2013
... 2003). This is particularly the case with small island developing states (SIDS), where sea-level rise could threaten livelihoods and sovereignty, and the capacity to adapt is thought to be limited (Barnett and Adger 2003; Mimura et al. 2007; Hay 2013). Overcoming this inequality has been a central t ...
... 2003). This is particularly the case with small island developing states (SIDS), where sea-level rise could threaten livelihoods and sovereignty, and the capacity to adapt is thought to be limited (Barnett and Adger 2003; Mimura et al. 2007; Hay 2013). Overcoming this inequality has been a central t ...
Suburban Climate Change Efforts: Possibilities for Small and Nimble Cities Participating in State, Regional, National, and International Networks
... tion could help guide models targeted to different types of suburbs. Second, the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures are not likely to pass legislation mandating local emissions reductions or even more comprehensive land use planning in the near term. Although making a case for this legislatio ...
... tion could help guide models targeted to different types of suburbs. Second, the U.S. Congress and many state legislatures are not likely to pass legislation mandating local emissions reductions or even more comprehensive land use planning in the near term. Although making a case for this legislatio ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... the climate change-related decisions of regulators will increase). ...
... the climate change-related decisions of regulators will increase). ...
Zimbabwe and the United Nations Framework Convention on
... including transport and communications – and common interests in health and safety, has created the need for international institutions and rules to guide and govern these interactions. All countries are affected by this process but developing countries face special difficulties. They generally lag ...
... including transport and communications – and common interests in health and safety, has created the need for international institutions and rules to guide and govern these interactions. All countries are affected by this process but developing countries face special difficulties. They generally lag ...
Addressing Climate Change in National Urban Policy
... Box 12. National Urban Policy Excerpt: Uganda (2013)................................................................................... 11 Box 14. National Urban Policy Excerpt: Czech Republic (2010)........................................................................ 12 Box 15. National Urban Po ...
... Box 12. National Urban Policy Excerpt: Uganda (2013)................................................................................... 11 Box 14. National Urban Policy Excerpt: Czech Republic (2010)........................................................................ 12 Box 15. National Urban Po ...
National Park Service
... Changing climatic conditions are rapidly impacting environmental, social, and economic conditions in and around National Park Service areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to bett ...
... Changing climatic conditions are rapidly impacting environmental, social, and economic conditions in and around National Park Service areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to bett ...