English - MDG Fund
... carbon budget, and countries with relatively small populations acquired relatively small amount of carbon budget, as shown in Figure-2. In addition to demographic factors in carbon budget allocation, experts and scholars have different views as to whether consideration should be given to the impacts ...
... carbon budget, and countries with relatively small populations acquired relatively small amount of carbon budget, as shown in Figure-2. In addition to demographic factors in carbon budget allocation, experts and scholars have different views as to whether consideration should be given to the impacts ...
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... Sharples, D.M., (2010) Communicating Climate Science: Evaluating the UK Public‟s Attitude to Climate Change. Earth and e-nvironment 5, 185-205 by findings which show the public (in both the UK and USA) perceive the risk of climate change as a “distant threat, of limited personal importance” (Lorenz ...
... Sharples, D.M., (2010) Communicating Climate Science: Evaluating the UK Public‟s Attitude to Climate Change. Earth and e-nvironment 5, 185-205 by findings which show the public (in both the UK and USA) perceive the risk of climate change as a “distant threat, of limited personal importance” (Lorenz ...
Wetland Grasses and Gases: Are Tidal Wetlands Ready for the
... Science Applications International Corporation, which has helped to develop several offset protocols in other sectors. The Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature Conservancy, which are working to use carbon sequestration as a means to reverse decades of soil loss in the Sacramento Delta, and the ...
... Science Applications International Corporation, which has helped to develop several offset protocols in other sectors. The Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature Conservancy, which are working to use carbon sequestration as a means to reverse decades of soil loss in the Sacramento Delta, and the ...
The Meaning of Uncertainty: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded
... the Plains Area,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 63, (December 1973); Kenneth Thompson, “Forests and Climate Change in America: Some Early Views,” Climatic Change 3 (1980). ...
... the Plains Area,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 63, (December 1973); Kenneth Thompson, “Forests and Climate Change in America: Some Early Views,” Climatic Change 3 (1980). ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... temperature rise of between 0.15 to 0.3 degrees centigrade per decade are now supported by an observed global value of 0.2 degrees centigrade per decade. For the next two decades, a warming trend of about 0.2 degrees centigrade is projected for a range of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
... temperature rise of between 0.15 to 0.3 degrees centigrade per decade are now supported by an observed global value of 0.2 degrees centigrade per decade. For the next two decades, a warming trend of about 0.2 degrees centigrade is projected for a range of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate
... story?” The four potential responses ranged from “not at all likely” to “very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible responses were “hardly any,” “some,” or “a great deal. ...
... story?” The four potential responses ranged from “not at all likely” to “very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible responses were “hardly any,” “some,” or “a great deal. ...
Climate Change and Poverty in Mozambique
... between climate change, their mission and activities – especially those concerned with food security, natural resource (including forest, soil and water) management, and humanitarian response to emergencies. Staff recommend for their CO to mainstream climate change considerations in all programming ...
... between climate change, their mission and activities – especially those concerned with food security, natural resource (including forest, soil and water) management, and humanitarian response to emergencies. Staff recommend for their CO to mainstream climate change considerations in all programming ...
Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the
... changes in our analyses. A total of 228 basal age estimates (see Supplement) were assembled but the full data complement was not available for all of these. There is a difference between peat initiation and peat spread, and the latter cannot strictly be inferred from a single sampled point. There is ...
... changes in our analyses. A total of 228 basal age estimates (see Supplement) were assembled but the full data complement was not available for all of these. There is a difference between peat initiation and peat spread, and the latter cannot strictly be inferred from a single sampled point. There is ...
estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from landfills: application to
... emissions in landfills (Christensen et al., 1998; Boltze and De Freitas, 1997; Jones and Nedwell, 1990; Kjeldsen and Fischer, 1995). There are two life stages in a landfill, its operating stage, where municipal solid waste (MSW) is being disposed of, and its closed stage, where storage capacity is r ...
... emissions in landfills (Christensen et al., 1998; Boltze and De Freitas, 1997; Jones and Nedwell, 1990; Kjeldsen and Fischer, 1995). There are two life stages in a landfill, its operating stage, where municipal solid waste (MSW) is being disposed of, and its closed stage, where storage capacity is r ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... change, “temperature increases/heat” was only the ninth most popular response, with participants being more likely to mention flooding. Another study that examined perceived consequences of climate change found that U.K. participants were less likely than U.S. participants to reference “heat” while ...
... change, “temperature increases/heat” was only the ninth most popular response, with participants being more likely to mention flooding. Another study that examined perceived consequences of climate change found that U.K. participants were less likely than U.S. participants to reference “heat” while ...
Program on Global and Regional Climate Change
... Climate change is being recognized as a major threat to present day society because of its adverse impacts on ecosystem, agricultural productivity, water resources, socio-economy and sustainability in a global as well as regional basis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its fou ...
... Climate change is being recognized as a major threat to present day society because of its adverse impacts on ecosystem, agricultural productivity, water resources, socio-economy and sustainability in a global as well as regional basis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its fou ...
Student Thesis: Exporting Sustainability: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
... This thesis further argues that taming the Bank’s emissions is politically strategic given several facts: first, the Bank historically has shown leadership in pressing other export credit agencies to adopt agreements that promote international public goods; second, the Bank is well-suited to engage ...
... This thesis further argues that taming the Bank’s emissions is politically strategic given several facts: first, the Bank historically has shown leadership in pressing other export credit agencies to adopt agreements that promote international public goods; second, the Bank is well-suited to engage ...
Fossil Free NUIG: - NUI Galway Students` Union
... turn negatives into positives and find new political targets to make sure our voices were heard. Finally, we succeeded – as of June this year, nearly 500 days after our campaign first began, Berlin parliament voted to divest its €750 million public pension fund from fossil fuel companies. The German ...
... turn negatives into positives and find new political targets to make sure our voices were heard. Finally, we succeeded – as of June this year, nearly 500 days after our campaign first began, Berlin parliament voted to divest its €750 million public pension fund from fossil fuel companies. The German ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – pastoral production
... available natural resource (i.e. soil and vegetation) to grazing and a fundamental recognition of the requirement for conservative use of these available resources through time. Thus, various and mixed management tactics may be applied but these are underpinned by such sentiments as ‘managing for ev ...
... available natural resource (i.e. soil and vegetation) to grazing and a fundamental recognition of the requirement for conservative use of these available resources through time. Thus, various and mixed management tactics may be applied but these are underpinned by such sentiments as ‘managing for ev ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change debates, as an argument both for and against the implementation of earlier a ...
... speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change debates, as an argument both for and against the implementation of earlier a ...
Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
... In releasing the draft, we aimed to start a conversation with Canadians about sustainable development. Specifically, we asked for your views on: Articulating a sustainable development vision for Canada; Increasing transparency and accountability by improving our goals and targets; Acknowled ...
... In releasing the draft, we aimed to start a conversation with Canadians about sustainable development. Specifically, we asked for your views on: Articulating a sustainable development vision for Canada; Increasing transparency and accountability by improving our goals and targets; Acknowled ...
Presenters
... Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and bi ...
... Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and bi ...
From Climate Science to Adaptation Decision-Making Mark Stafford Smith
... Eyre Peninsula Integrated Climate Change Agreement General climate ...
... Eyre Peninsula Integrated Climate Change Agreement General climate ...
Pattern scaling using ClimGen: monthly
... to greenhouse gas forcing (Heinke et al. 2013); (ii) cases with different future emissions or concentrations of greenhouses gases, and hence different future global temperature changes (Huntingford et al. 2010); or (iii) time periods for which suitable simulations have not been undertaken (e.g., to ...
... to greenhouse gas forcing (Heinke et al. 2013); (ii) cases with different future emissions or concentrations of greenhouses gases, and hence different future global temperature changes (Huntingford et al. 2010); or (iii) time periods for which suitable simulations have not been undertaken (e.g., to ...
Science - Global Policy Lab
... regions could be partially responsible for differences in politics, economies, and culture, and whether large-scale social transformations, such as the rise of golden ages and the fall of empires, could be triggered by climatic changes. Over the last decade, an innovative community of researchers ha ...
... regions could be partially responsible for differences in politics, economies, and culture, and whether large-scale social transformations, such as the rise of golden ages and the fall of empires, could be triggered by climatic changes. Over the last decade, an innovative community of researchers ha ...
climate change under nepa: avoiding cursory consideration of
... agencies to select the most “environmentally friendly” alternative or commit to any specific mitigation measures.7 In fact, while NEPA requires agencies “to consider and give effect to the environmental goals set forth in the Act [and] not just to file detailed impact studies which will fill governm ...
... agencies to select the most “environmentally friendly” alternative or commit to any specific mitigation measures.7 In fact, while NEPA requires agencies “to consider and give effect to the environmental goals set forth in the Act [and] not just to file detailed impact studies which will fill governm ...
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research The Met. Office
... CO2 concentrations at 750 ppm and 550 ppm, about twice present-day and pre-industrial levels respectively. The profiles of anthropogenic emissions and the resulting CO2 concentration profiles are shown below; it can be seen that emissions for either of the concentration stabilisation pathways are ve ...
... CO2 concentrations at 750 ppm and 550 ppm, about twice present-day and pre-industrial levels respectively. The profiles of anthropogenic emissions and the resulting CO2 concentration profiles are shown below; it can be seen that emissions for either of the concentration stabilisation pathways are ve ...
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... developed a modelling framework and models to analyse the world food and agriculture system spatially and to evaluate the impacts and implications of agricultural policies. The modelling framework has recently been extended and adapted to incorporate biofuel development issues. A brief summary of th ...
... developed a modelling framework and models to analyse the world food and agriculture system spatially and to evaluate the impacts and implications of agricultural policies. The modelling framework has recently been extended and adapted to incorporate biofuel development issues. A brief summary of th ...
Extreme Events
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...