Science Communication
... museum, climate change communication, political consumption, ecological citizenship The early 21st century saw a turning point in the public career of climate change. After years of scientific uncertainty regarding its causes (Doyle, 2011), anthropogenic climate change came of age as a widely recogn ...
... museum, climate change communication, political consumption, ecological citizenship The early 21st century saw a turning point in the public career of climate change. After years of scientific uncertainty regarding its causes (Doyle, 2011), anthropogenic climate change came of age as a widely recogn ...
Research and Information Gathering on Climate Change Mitigation
... change action in land-use approvals and decision-making in Ontario is lacking; therefore objective, longitudinal data collection—based on a standardized climate change performance measurement framework—and public reporting by the Province and municipalities is recommended. 3. Gap between policies an ...
... change action in land-use approvals and decision-making in Ontario is lacking; therefore objective, longitudinal data collection—based on a standardized climate change performance measurement framework—and public reporting by the Province and municipalities is recommended. 3. Gap between policies an ...
Climate change profile - SPC Climate Change Projects
... foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International and regional development partners provide approximately 60% of the annual government budget expenditures, equivalent to mo ...
... foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International and regional development partners provide approximately 60% of the annual government budget expenditures, equivalent to mo ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
Metropolitan District of Quito - Programa de las Naciones Unidas
... The Quito Environment and Climate Change Outlook (ECCO-Q) is a product of work carried out in collaboration between the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the Municipality of Quito, the Fondo Ambiental (the Environmental Fund) and the Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociales (Facul ...
... The Quito Environment and Climate Change Outlook (ECCO-Q) is a product of work carried out in collaboration between the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the Municipality of Quito, the Fondo Ambiental (the Environmental Fund) and the Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociales (Facul ...
Transient Earth system responses to cumulative
... nomic factors. Second, limitations in our process understanding likely lead to differences between the simulated response to emissions and the response of the actual system the model is intended to describe. This constitutes an additional uncertainty, termed the model or response uncertainty. Well-d ...
... nomic factors. Second, limitations in our process understanding likely lead to differences between the simulated response to emissions and the response of the actual system the model is intended to describe. This constitutes an additional uncertainty, termed the model or response uncertainty. Well-d ...
Joint Comments to Army Corps of Engineers
... not require a formal cost-‐benefit analysis,8 agencies’ approaches to assessing costs and benefits must be balanced and reasonable. Courts have warned agencies, for example, that “[e]ven though NEPA does not ...
... not require a formal cost-‐benefit analysis,8 agencies’ approaches to assessing costs and benefits must be balanced and reasonable. Courts have warned agencies, for example, that “[e]ven though NEPA does not ...
THAILAND`S NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... Although the existence and science of climate change had been controversial and debatable, rising temperatures and the change of climate has been a subject of copious debate/discussion in the media during recent years. The existence of climate change in media discourse is hence an established fact. ...
... Although the existence and science of climate change had been controversial and debatable, rising temperatures and the change of climate has been a subject of copious debate/discussion in the media during recent years. The existence of climate change in media discourse is hence an established fact. ...
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... major grains in Europe. These studies reveal that both negative and positive impacts are possible (EC, 2009). Iglesias et al. (2012b) and White et al. (2011) review many crop model papers that estimate the impact of climate change on agriculture. In general, the risks are higher in the Mediterranean ...
... major grains in Europe. These studies reveal that both negative and positive impacts are possible (EC, 2009). Iglesias et al. (2012b) and White et al. (2011) review many crop model papers that estimate the impact of climate change on agriculture. In general, the risks are higher in the Mediterranean ...
INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION A Thesis Presented
... modes) are less than the emissions flowing out (i.e. through sequestration efforts and planetary waste absorption capacity) then establishing a sustainable scale may be possible. If the stock of atmospheric emissions exceeds a potential tipping point, estimated at greater than approximately 350 part ...
... modes) are less than the emissions flowing out (i.e. through sequestration efforts and planetary waste absorption capacity) then establishing a sustainable scale may be possible. If the stock of atmospheric emissions exceeds a potential tipping point, estimated at greater than approximately 350 part ...
selvaraju
... factors determining the rainy season characteristics, farming systems, field crop production and livestock rearing. Both interannual and intraseasonal rainfall variability constrains crop production in the tropics and subtropics. In semi-arid tropics, unreliable rainfall combined with high evaporati ...
... factors determining the rainy season characteristics, farming systems, field crop production and livestock rearing. Both interannual and intraseasonal rainfall variability constrains crop production in the tropics and subtropics. In semi-arid tropics, unreliable rainfall combined with high evaporati ...
Regional Security Implications of Climate Change A
... divisions, particularly those running along social divisions and unequal wealth distribution and resource access. Crisis events such as sudden food shortages may trigger violent riots and – if left unaddressed – could destabilise states and increase public support for extremist groups offering viabl ...
... divisions, particularly those running along social divisions and unequal wealth distribution and resource access. Crisis events such as sudden food shortages may trigger violent riots and – if left unaddressed – could destabilise states and increase public support for extremist groups offering viabl ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change USTH scientific seminar 30/03/2015
... IPCC reports are the result of extensive work of many scientists from around the world. 1 Summary for Policymakers ...
... IPCC reports are the result of extensive work of many scientists from around the world. 1 Summary for Policymakers ...
Homeland Security - Environmental Defense Fund
... and others. A lengthy process of rule making and public comment would be required to change such standards, and EDF will defend them every step of the way. I am confident we will prevail because Americans did not vote to have mercury, arsenic and other poisons spewed into the air by coalburning powe ...
... and others. A lengthy process of rule making and public comment would be required to change such standards, and EDF will defend them every step of the way. I am confident we will prevail because Americans did not vote to have mercury, arsenic and other poisons spewed into the air by coalburning powe ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... agricultural cycles that affect energy balance and sexual behaviour. In a developed country like New Zealand, where food security for the majority of the population is not associated with agricultural cycles, it seems unlikely that fertility will be affected through these mechanisms. Thus, we can be ...
... agricultural cycles that affect energy balance and sexual behaviour. In a developed country like New Zealand, where food security for the majority of the population is not associated with agricultural cycles, it seems unlikely that fertility will be affected through these mechanisms. Thus, we can be ...
Climate Change, Federalism, and the Constitution
... generation: (1) switching fuels at existing plants to those with a higher energy content (and hence lower emissions per unit of electricity generated), for instance, converting from the use of coal to natural gas; (2) increasing the share of electricity from existing renewable sources, as compared w ...
... generation: (1) switching fuels at existing plants to those with a higher energy content (and hence lower emissions per unit of electricity generated), for instance, converting from the use of coal to natural gas; (2) increasing the share of electricity from existing renewable sources, as compared w ...
- University of East Anglia
... pre-date the UNFCCC (Harrison and Sundstrom 2010; Jordan et al. 2010, 2012). And finally, were the international regime suddenly to spring back into life, national policies would be needed to implement it. Indeed, the more that international policy morphs into a “pledge and review” form of governin ...
... pre-date the UNFCCC (Harrison and Sundstrom 2010; Jordan et al. 2010, 2012). And finally, were the international regime suddenly to spring back into life, national policies would be needed to implement it. Indeed, the more that international policy morphs into a “pledge and review” form of governin ...
How to read a Climate-Fact-Sheet
... It is not possible on the basis of climate projections from several models to state a concrete value for future climate change in a specific region. However, it is possible to indicate a range of possible developments. In addition to the natural variability of a complex climatic system, the reason f ...
... It is not possible on the basis of climate projections from several models to state a concrete value for future climate change in a specific region. However, it is possible to indicate a range of possible developments. In addition to the natural variability of a complex climatic system, the reason f ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change: Outlook for Knowledge,Tools and Action
... crop, livestock and world agricultural trade modeling groups around the world, with the goals of improving the characterization of food security due to climate change and to enhance adaptive capacity in both low-income and high-income countries. A second example is EQUIP (End-to-end Quantification o ...
... crop, livestock and world agricultural trade modeling groups around the world, with the goals of improving the characterization of food security due to climate change and to enhance adaptive capacity in both low-income and high-income countries. A second example is EQUIP (End-to-end Quantification o ...
Direct carbon dioxide emissions from civil aircraft
... ICAO has a leadership-role in addressing aviation’s global challenges, which include addressing CO2 emissions (ICAO 2011; ICAO 2013e). The ICAO’s most recent Assembly Session (the 38th) finished in October 2013. At this Assembly, draft Resolution A38-17/2: ‘Consolidated statement of continuing ICAO ...
... ICAO has a leadership-role in addressing aviation’s global challenges, which include addressing CO2 emissions (ICAO 2011; ICAO 2013e). The ICAO’s most recent Assembly Session (the 38th) finished in October 2013. At this Assembly, draft Resolution A38-17/2: ‘Consolidated statement of continuing ICAO ...
Antagonism, The Commons and Solidarity
... place. They protested the failure of governments to take meaningful, urgent and coordinated policy approaches to address climate change. They also contested the neoliberal, market logics being promoted in the negotiations as tools for solving the climate crisis. Protesters refused to view climate ch ...
... place. They protested the failure of governments to take meaningful, urgent and coordinated policy approaches to address climate change. They also contested the neoliberal, market logics being promoted in the negotiations as tools for solving the climate crisis. Protesters refused to view climate ch ...
Extension Agents` Awareness of Climate Change in
... population as well as the national economy is agriculture-based, are expected to be most vulnerable to climate change. Cairns et al. (2013), Bryan, Deressa, and Gbetibouo (2009) and Nederlof, Wennink, and Heemskerk (2010) also argue that climate change will have a significant impact on agriculture a ...
... population as well as the national economy is agriculture-based, are expected to be most vulnerable to climate change. Cairns et al. (2013), Bryan, Deressa, and Gbetibouo (2009) and Nederlof, Wennink, and Heemskerk (2010) also argue that climate change will have a significant impact on agriculture a ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INCORPORATING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY INTO ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE
... literature on the economics of climate change – while influential within economics – is unfortunately all too often disregarded outright by climate scientists, both among researchers and those advising public policymakers. From their perspective, articles published in this economics subfield seem li ...
... literature on the economics of climate change – while influential within economics – is unfortunately all too often disregarded outright by climate scientists, both among researchers and those advising public policymakers. From their perspective, articles published in this economics subfield seem li ...
Report - UNHCR
... Climate change is often viewed as a “threat multiplier”, exacerbating threats caused by persistent poverty, weak institutions for resource management and conflict resolution, fault lines and a history of mistrust between communities and nations, and inadequate access to information or resources. The ...
... Climate change is often viewed as a “threat multiplier”, exacerbating threats caused by persistent poverty, weak institutions for resource management and conflict resolution, fault lines and a history of mistrust between communities and nations, and inadequate access to information or resources. The ...
Predicting regional climate change: living with uncertainty
... (UN/FCCC) (Hecht and Tirpak, 1995) with the following objective: ‘Stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’ (UN/FCCC Article 2). The scientific evidence that prompted countries to sign and ratify the UN/ ...
... (UN/FCCC) (Hecht and Tirpak, 1995) with the following objective: ‘Stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’ (UN/FCCC Article 2). The scientific evidence that prompted countries to sign and ratify the UN/ ...