Climate projections FAQ - Eastern Forest Environmental Threat
... science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and management alternatives. As Chief Tidwell has reminded us, “sound climate science is the foundation for an effective management response.” Using science to help us deal with change is not new to us. We are a scien ...
... science to anticipate expected changes, and understand what they mean to resources and management alternatives. As Chief Tidwell has reminded us, “sound climate science is the foundation for an effective management response.” Using science to help us deal with change is not new to us. We are a scien ...
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... to creating a problem. Climate research focuses on the dynamics of the global climate system. Direct human contributions on global greenhouse gas (GHG) cycles (e.g. industrial and vehicular emissions) are small relative to the size of natural flows but cumulatively have significant impacts on the bala ...
... to creating a problem. Climate research focuses on the dynamics of the global climate system. Direct human contributions on global greenhouse gas (GHG) cycles (e.g. industrial and vehicular emissions) are small relative to the size of natural flows but cumulatively have significant impacts on the bala ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know
... is an unusual scientific organization: it was created not to foster new research but to compile and assess existing knowledge on a politically charged issue. Perhaps its conclusions have been skewed by these political concerns, but the IPCC is by no means alone it its conclusions, and its results hav ...
... is an unusual scientific organization: it was created not to foster new research but to compile and assess existing knowledge on a politically charged issue. Perhaps its conclusions have been skewed by these political concerns, but the IPCC is by no means alone it its conclusions, and its results hav ...
United Nations
... The Task Force on a set of key climate change-related statistics using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) was created by the CES Bureau in 2014, based on a proposal for follow-up work identified in the Conference of European Statisticians’ (CES) Recommendations on Climate Change- ...
... The Task Force on a set of key climate change-related statistics using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) was created by the CES Bureau in 2014, based on a proposal for follow-up work identified in the Conference of European Statisticians’ (CES) Recommendations on Climate Change- ...
Lost in the problem: the role of boundary organisations in the
... national regimes help understand why UNFCCC implementation is stalling. We conclude with a cautious discussion of directions for improved boundary work. How this can be embedded in new or existing boundary arrangements is context-dependent, as both theory and our empirical material demonstrate. ...
... national regimes help understand why UNFCCC implementation is stalling. We conclude with a cautious discussion of directions for improved boundary work. How this can be embedded in new or existing boundary arrangements is context-dependent, as both theory and our empirical material demonstrate. ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 14: Financing Climate-smart agriculture
... This module addresses the issue of financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The first part of the module looks at how climate change affects investment needs for agricultural development to support food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. The focus of the module is on the near term – ...
... This module addresses the issue of financing climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The first part of the module looks at how climate change affects investment needs for agricultural development to support food security, poverty reduction and economic growth. The focus of the module is on the near term – ...
An Evaluation of India`s National Action Plan on Climate Change
... attempts at setting climate policy and expect these observations to be useful inputs for putting in place a longterm strategy for sustainable economic development for India. Some broad criteria to evaluate the implementation of these policies have also been developed, although it is still too early ...
... attempts at setting climate policy and expect these observations to be useful inputs for putting in place a longterm strategy for sustainable economic development for India. Some broad criteria to evaluate the implementation of these policies have also been developed, although it is still too early ...
Article - Cerfacs
... representation of the climate system) and natural variability uncertainty. [5] These different uncertainties add up, which may result in major uncertainties in the final results of the impact study. These uncertainties may not necessarily prevent the practical use of the conclusions of an impact stu ...
... representation of the climate system) and natural variability uncertainty. [5] These different uncertainties add up, which may result in major uncertainties in the final results of the impact study. These uncertainties may not necessarily prevent the practical use of the conclusions of an impact stu ...
THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND SELF-HELP HOUSING Earl Kessler
... For incremental housing, access to credit was, and remains, a necessary support program to improve and expand incremental housing families acquired as the first step to a safe, secure home. Self-help drove the process and the access to credit shortened the usually prolonged period a family required ...
... For incremental housing, access to credit was, and remains, a necessary support program to improve and expand incremental housing families acquired as the first step to a safe, secure home. Self-help drove the process and the access to credit shortened the usually prolonged period a family required ...
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... climate change by minimizing negative impacts on production and exploiting positive impacts. No one has any similar, direct financial stake in minimizing any negative environmental externalities from climate change or exploiting any positive externalities. It will be up to governments in each countr ...
... climate change by minimizing negative impacts on production and exploiting positive impacts. No one has any similar, direct financial stake in minimizing any negative environmental externalities from climate change or exploiting any positive externalities. It will be up to governments in each countr ...
Perceptions of Obvious and Disruptive Climate Change: Community
... climate changes documented for this article. For TEK holders, it should be noted, the perceptions of risk posed by climate change are not just physical changes, such as sea level rise and increased drought, but they are they are part of a more complex notion of self and “lifeworlds” [43]. In additio ...
... climate changes documented for this article. For TEK holders, it should be noted, the perceptions of risk posed by climate change are not just physical changes, such as sea level rise and increased drought, but they are they are part of a more complex notion of self and “lifeworlds” [43]. In additio ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Ottawa
... Pearson began by stating that Canada has already experienced climate change with significant warming in the west and northwest up to 2°C and cooling in the east due to the warming of the Arctic and subsequent flow of cold Arctic water along the eastern shore of Canada. Ontario lies in the boundary o ...
... Pearson began by stating that Canada has already experienced climate change with significant warming in the west and northwest up to 2°C and cooling in the east due to the warming of the Arctic and subsequent flow of cold Arctic water along the eastern shore of Canada. Ontario lies in the boundary o ...
uccrn - Western State Colorado University
... As consumption rises, energy debates emphasize the potential for overuse (Deffeyes, 2001). The “peak debate,” as it has come to be called, has moved from a focus on conventional oil (Aleklett et al., 2010; Hubbert, 1981; Hughes and Rudolph, 2011) to include coal, gas, and uranium (Dittmar, 2013; Mag ...
... As consumption rises, energy debates emphasize the potential for overuse (Deffeyes, 2001). The “peak debate,” as it has come to be called, has moved from a focus on conventional oil (Aleklett et al., 2010; Hubbert, 1981; Hughes and Rudolph, 2011) to include coal, gas, and uranium (Dittmar, 2013; Mag ...
Is co-producing science for adaptation decision
... Impacts Programme (UKCIP) a boundary organization based at the University of Oxford in 1997, subsequent ones - UKCIP98 and UKCIP02 - have targeted a broader set of decision-makers, including key infrastructure operators, public bodies, consultants, regulators, private utility companies, and industry ...
... Impacts Programme (UKCIP) a boundary organization based at the University of Oxford in 1997, subsequent ones - UKCIP98 and UKCIP02 - have targeted a broader set of decision-makers, including key infrastructure operators, public bodies, consultants, regulators, private utility companies, and industry ...
a reprint - Integrative Biology
... variables included average daily maximum temperature and total precipitation per year, both averaged over the years 1971–2000 and at 1 sq km resolution (PRISM Group, 2008). These data were downloaded and imported into ARCMaps 9.2 (ESRI, Redlands, CA). Hawth’s intersect points tool (Beyer, 2004) was ...
... variables included average daily maximum temperature and total precipitation per year, both averaged over the years 1971–2000 and at 1 sq km resolution (PRISM Group, 2008). These data were downloaded and imported into ARCMaps 9.2 (ESRI, Redlands, CA). Hawth’s intersect points tool (Beyer, 2004) was ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
Chapter 1 Introduction - Wageningen UR E
... Biomass fuels Energy sources that are renewable as long as the vegetation producing them is maintained or replanted, such as firewood, alcohol fermented from sugar, and combustible oils extracted from soy beans. Their use in place of fossil fuels cuts greenhouse gas emissions because the plants that ...
... Biomass fuels Energy sources that are renewable as long as the vegetation producing them is maintained or replanted, such as firewood, alcohol fermented from sugar, and combustible oils extracted from soy beans. Their use in place of fossil fuels cuts greenhouse gas emissions because the plants that ...
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Implications For The Future Of Sustainability
... to the recognition of the fossil fuel industry as a socio-environmental enemy (Ringeling 2015). FFD aims to remove the social licence by which fossil fuel companies operate through reputational damage and stigmatisation. In a rapidly changing energy market and with increasing climate change awarenes ...
... to the recognition of the fossil fuel industry as a socio-environmental enemy (Ringeling 2015). FFD aims to remove the social licence by which fossil fuel companies operate through reputational damage and stigmatisation. In a rapidly changing energy market and with increasing climate change awarenes ...
lcmexl978i.pdf
... (ECLAC) in Mexico City, as part of the Project “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America”. The opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ECLAC or of the Project’s partner institutions. The boundaries and names that app ...
... (ECLAC) in Mexico City, as part of the Project “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America”. The opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ECLAC or of the Project’s partner institutions. The boundaries and names that app ...
- White Rose Research Online
... addition, future scenarios were based on identifiable impacts related to the Delta area, with consequences that could inform local communities. Future Delta visualized climate change by combining climate change modelling, socioeconomic scenario analysis and 3D modelling of real places with engaging ...
... addition, future scenarios were based on identifiable impacts related to the Delta area, with consequences that could inform local communities. Future Delta visualized climate change by combining climate change modelling, socioeconomic scenario analysis and 3D modelling of real places with engaging ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... disequilibrium in the local community relative to the regional expectation. We draw a random sample of species from the regional pool P at tinf with richness equal to that of the community at tinf. Lessard et al. (2012b) provide guidelines on choosing an appropriate regional pool. Different research ...
... disequilibrium in the local community relative to the regional expectation. We draw a random sample of species from the regional pool P at tinf with richness equal to that of the community at tinf. Lessard et al. (2012b) provide guidelines on choosing an appropriate regional pool. Different research ...
Policy makers lament women`s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for
... temperature rise to 2° Centigrade is unlikely – not because we are technically or socially incapable, but because they do not believe that politicians are genuinely willing to agree to the necessary cuts in carbon emissions. Indeed, politicians’ performance so far in international negotiations has b ...
... temperature rise to 2° Centigrade is unlikely – not because we are technically or socially incapable, but because they do not believe that politicians are genuinely willing to agree to the necessary cuts in carbon emissions. Indeed, politicians’ performance so far in international negotiations has b ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... to build on the president’s strong record on climate change, clean water, and conserving public lands during his final year and a half in office. This includes working with states to implement the historic Clean Power Plan— which is the single biggest step our country has ever taken to tackle climat ...
... to build on the president’s strong record on climate change, clean water, and conserving public lands during his final year and a half in office. This includes working with states to implement the historic Clean Power Plan— which is the single biggest step our country has ever taken to tackle climat ...
Climate change hits home
... paper—or ad hoc, the latter most likely to occur after an extreme event or disaster. The main tool of adaptation planning is the vulnerability assessment, an evaluation of a system’s risk compared to its adaptive capacity, or ability to cope with climate change. Vulnerability assessments reveal wher ...
... paper—or ad hoc, the latter most likely to occur after an extreme event or disaster. The main tool of adaptation planning is the vulnerability assessment, an evaluation of a system’s risk compared to its adaptive capacity, or ability to cope with climate change. Vulnerability assessments reveal wher ...