Reasonably foreseeable futures
... prepare for climate change. Since climate change is one of the most important environmental issues to emerge in the past few decades, and promises to remain so for the foreseeable future, it is increasingly critical for agencies to thoughtfully and thoroughly consider climate change, from both an em ...
... prepare for climate change. Since climate change is one of the most important environmental issues to emerge in the past few decades, and promises to remain so for the foreseeable future, it is increasingly critical for agencies to thoughtfully and thoroughly consider climate change, from both an em ...
Adaptation - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. Substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential to avoid the worst i ...
... people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. Substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential to avoid the worst i ...
The conquering of climate
... With limited naturalistic understanding of the causes of extremes of weather or of changes in climate, European society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries frequently sought explanation for adverse weather as an expression of God’s will or as the work of the Devil, the latter often as a resul ...
... With limited naturalistic understanding of the causes of extremes of weather or of changes in climate, European society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries frequently sought explanation for adverse weather as an expression of God’s will or as the work of the Devil, the latter often as a resul ...
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... change, have not received the close scrutiny that they deserve. The purpose of this paper is to offer a deeper look at these factors. We begin with a comparative static analysis which assesses the impact of exogenously specified forecasts of biofuel expansion over the 2006-2035 period. Global land u ...
... change, have not received the close scrutiny that they deserve. The purpose of this paper is to offer a deeper look at these factors. We begin with a comparative static analysis which assesses the impact of exogenously specified forecasts of biofuel expansion over the 2006-2035 period. Global land u ...
How The Wall Street Journal Opinion Section
... Having a “vested interest” in an issue by no means invalidates one’s opinion or means a writer is de facto being dishonest. But the op-eds published by the Wall Street Journal are debunked by fact checkers for making “several incorrect claims”86 and routinely panned by academics. Over the past two d ...
... Having a “vested interest” in an issue by no means invalidates one’s opinion or means a writer is de facto being dishonest. But the op-eds published by the Wall Street Journal are debunked by fact checkers for making “several incorrect claims”86 and routinely panned by academics. Over the past two d ...
US-China Relations Core – Wave 2 – HSS
... other pressing problems — from pandemics and nuclear proliferation to terrorism and humanitarian crises — that afflict our world: The United States and the People's Republic of China have fundamentally irreconcilable political systems and antagonistic value systems. We are a liberal democracy and th ...
... other pressing problems — from pandemics and nuclear proliferation to terrorism and humanitarian crises — that afflict our world: The United States and the People's Republic of China have fundamentally irreconcilable political systems and antagonistic value systems. We are a liberal democracy and th ...
What range of future scenarios should climate change policy be based on? -Modal falsificationism and its limitations
... below. Therefore, reliable foreknowledge about the climate system is modal. Climate policy decisions are decisions under uncertainty, or ignorance (e.g. Knight, 1921; Ellsberg, 1961). They have to rely on ranges of future scenarios that project the possible consequences of alternative climate polici ...
... below. Therefore, reliable foreknowledge about the climate system is modal. Climate policy decisions are decisions under uncertainty, or ignorance (e.g. Knight, 1921; Ellsberg, 1961). They have to rely on ranges of future scenarios that project the possible consequences of alternative climate polici ...
Last Updated 4/7/2017 Book Chapters Andresen, J., G
... Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, Andresen, J., E. Takle, S. Patton, D. Niyogi, and L. Biehl. 2015. “Farm-Scale Integrated Assessment to Identify Profit-Maximizing Adaptations to Climate Change in the Corn Belt.” ASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium, Chicago, IL. Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, P. Preckel, and O. ...
... Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, Andresen, J., E. Takle, S. Patton, D. Niyogi, and L. Biehl. 2015. “Farm-Scale Integrated Assessment to Identify Profit-Maximizing Adaptations to Climate Change in the Corn Belt.” ASABE 1st Climate Change Symposium, Chicago, IL. Gramig, B.M., E.M. Sajeev, P. Preckel, and O. ...
Potential Vegetation and Carbon Redistribution in Northern North
... applying such models to this problem is limited. TreeMig is one of the more advanced mechanistic gap models [20]. It accounts for within-cell heterogeneity of the 30 most important Central European species and includes such forest dynamic aspects as growth, competition, mortality, seed production, s ...
... applying such models to this problem is limited. TreeMig is one of the more advanced mechanistic gap models [20]. It accounts for within-cell heterogeneity of the 30 most important Central European species and includes such forest dynamic aspects as growth, competition, mortality, seed production, s ...
Beyond generic adaptive capacity: exploring the adaptation space of
... main organizations of the water supply and wastewater (WW) sector of the Stockholm region. The article identifies and analyzes the factors that influence the feasibility and attractiveness of the adaptation options available to those organizations. The WW sector of the Stockholm region is both sensi ...
... main organizations of the water supply and wastewater (WW) sector of the Stockholm region. The article identifies and analyzes the factors that influence the feasibility and attractiveness of the adaptation options available to those organizations. The WW sector of the Stockholm region is both sensi ...
Climate Change on the Navajo Nation Lands
... The plant’s annual emission of nitrogen oxides, 40,742 tons, is the highest of all coal-fired power plants in the nation and is equivalent to the emissions from approximately 2 million vehicles driven over 15,000 miles a year. If the Four Corners plant were required to meet enforceable pollution li ...
... The plant’s annual emission of nitrogen oxides, 40,742 tons, is the highest of all coal-fired power plants in the nation and is equivalent to the emissions from approximately 2 million vehicles driven over 15,000 miles a year. If the Four Corners plant were required to meet enforceable pollution li ...
Potentials for Adaptation to Climate Change in Human
... with threats from natural disasters: floods, fires, droughts, wind, hail, ice, heat, and cold waves. If the climate is changing, therefore, then that is important news for U.S. settlements. Certain kinds of circumstances are likely to cause particular concerns for cities and towns in the United Stat ...
... with threats from natural disasters: floods, fires, droughts, wind, hail, ice, heat, and cold waves. If the climate is changing, therefore, then that is important news for U.S. settlements. Certain kinds of circumstances are likely to cause particular concerns for cities and towns in the United Stat ...
Links between climate change, conflict and governance in Africa
... trajectory and balance of power in the global political economy.2 Climate change is distinct from natural climate variability since it results from human activities that alter the composition of the earth’s atmosphere. Climate change is associated with natural changes, such as the spread of the Saha ...
... trajectory and balance of power in the global political economy.2 Climate change is distinct from natural climate variability since it results from human activities that alter the composition of the earth’s atmosphere. Climate change is associated with natural changes, such as the spread of the Saha ...
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... in terms of monthly or seasonal means. Decadal predictions, which are currently experimental, are being run 10 years into the future, and the information is being viewed mostly as annual to decadal averages. Second, the climate processes and/or phenomena that drive the variability on different time ...
... in terms of monthly or seasonal means. Decadal predictions, which are currently experimental, are being run 10 years into the future, and the information is being viewed mostly as annual to decadal averages. Second, the climate processes and/or phenomena that drive the variability on different time ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... (draft decision). The “nationally determined contribution” submitted by the United States in the lead up to the Paris conference specifies that the United States intends to achieve “an economy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 per cent below its 2005 level in 2025.” Unite ...
... (draft decision). The “nationally determined contribution” submitted by the United States in the lead up to the Paris conference specifies that the United States intends to achieve “an economy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 per cent below its 2005 level in 2025.” Unite ...
climate-change scepticism and asserted rights to private property
... (2009, p. 251) argues, ‘one of the reasons we disagree about climate change is because we understand development differently’. Anthropogenic climate change is an unintended consequence of continuing economic growth, which has benefited the present generations. Attempts to perpetuate economic prosper ...
... (2009, p. 251) argues, ‘one of the reasons we disagree about climate change is because we understand development differently’. Anthropogenic climate change is an unintended consequence of continuing economic growth, which has benefited the present generations. Attempts to perpetuate economic prosper ...
Cars, carbon taxes and CO2 emissions
... tax and price elasticities of demand for gasoline in Sweden.4 To this end, I use timeseries analysis of the consumption and price of gasoline in Sweden during 1970 to 2011. Exploiting yearly changes to the carbon tax rate and the carbon tax-exclusive price of gasoline (the total gas price minus the ...
... tax and price elasticities of demand for gasoline in Sweden.4 To this end, I use timeseries analysis of the consumption and price of gasoline in Sweden during 1970 to 2011. Exploiting yearly changes to the carbon tax rate and the carbon tax-exclusive price of gasoline (the total gas price minus the ...
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... planet over the next 50 years is allocated an equal share of carbon emissions. That is roughly 1 tonne (1000 kg) of C equivalents per person per year, which is roughly 3.8 tonne of CO2 equivalents per person per year. Prof. R. Shanthini ...
... planet over the next 50 years is allocated an equal share of carbon emissions. That is roughly 1 tonne (1000 kg) of C equivalents per person per year, which is roughly 3.8 tonne of CO2 equivalents per person per year. Prof. R. Shanthini ...
Facilitator Guide - Climate Finance and Markets
... amount ($140 million) from other financial institutions. However, that money had already been pledged. Clean Development Mechanism – wind farm is not “additional” (the wind farm would have been built even without revenue from carbon credits) but credits will be sold back to EdF to offset its fossi ...
... amount ($140 million) from other financial institutions. However, that money had already been pledged. Clean Development Mechanism – wind farm is not “additional” (the wind farm would have been built even without revenue from carbon credits) but credits will be sold back to EdF to offset its fossi ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change among Crop Mohammed, D
... Climate change impacts on agriculture include biological effect on crop yield, the resulting impact on prices, production, consumption and the impact on per capital calorie consumption and malnutrition. Climate change is increasing production risks in many farming systems and reducing the ability of ...
... Climate change impacts on agriculture include biological effect on crop yield, the resulting impact on prices, production, consumption and the impact on per capital calorie consumption and malnutrition. Climate change is increasing production risks in many farming systems and reducing the ability of ...
state action plan on climate change for telangana state
... Government of Andhra Pradesh has notified the Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) as a Nodal Agency for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Centre for Climate Change vide G.O Ms. No. 101 EFS&T (Env. Dept) dated 19.11.2001. In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests ...
... Government of Andhra Pradesh has notified the Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) as a Nodal Agency for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Centre for Climate Change vide G.O Ms. No. 101 EFS&T (Env. Dept) dated 19.11.2001. In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests ...
Dynamics of Culture and Climate Change and their Implications on
... That climate is changing is evident in all the regions of the world, and people in those areas have been attempting to reorganize their livelihoods around the changing local contexts. One elusive issue about climate change is that it is producing mixed paradoxes – extremes of drought and dryness in ...
... That climate is changing is evident in all the regions of the world, and people in those areas have been attempting to reorganize their livelihoods around the changing local contexts. One elusive issue about climate change is that it is producing mixed paradoxes – extremes of drought and dryness in ...
full publication
... and changing our climate. If dangerous climate change is to be avoided, the public’s contribution to it will need to be reduced dramatically. This report was commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) as part of its project on how to stimulate climate-friendly behaviour in the U ...
... and changing our climate. If dangerous climate change is to be avoided, the public’s contribution to it will need to be reduced dramatically. This report was commissioned by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) as part of its project on how to stimulate climate-friendly behaviour in the U ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...