Discourse analysis of media coverage of climate change
... printed in the New York Times on December 18, 1938, suggests the issue is not new at all. The same article notes scientists had observed increasing temperatures in the United States starting from the year 1929. Research conducted in the Arctic suggested those increases were believed, even then, to b ...
... printed in the New York Times on December 18, 1938, suggests the issue is not new at all. The same article notes scientists had observed increasing temperatures in the United States starting from the year 1929. Research conducted in the Arctic suggested those increases were believed, even then, to b ...
Grade 9: Climate Change
... population means an increase in carbon emissions to the area. Increasingly, humans are releasing carbon into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, the atmosphere now contains 32% more carbon dioxide than it did at the beginning of the 20th century. These actions result in an increase o ...
... population means an increase in carbon emissions to the area. Increasingly, humans are releasing carbon into the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels, the atmosphere now contains 32% more carbon dioxide than it did at the beginning of the 20th century. These actions result in an increase o ...
A Summary of the Assessment Process of the Intergovernmental
... Prior to election of the Chair and Bureau, the Panel decides whether to undertake a comprehensive assessment, and sets a timetable for its completion. This determines the term of office of the Bureau. The decision to undertake the AR4 was taken in 2002. Similarly the Fifth Assessment round began wit ...
... Prior to election of the Chair and Bureau, the Panel decides whether to undertake a comprehensive assessment, and sets a timetable for its completion. This determines the term of office of the Bureau. The decision to undertake the AR4 was taken in 2002. Similarly the Fifth Assessment round began wit ...
flying blind: navigating climate change without the
... what will happen to our health and wellbeing, our economy, our water resources, our cities, our farmers, our infrastructure, our ports, our energy security and every other aspect of this country that will change as a result of the already shifting climate. Moreover, we’ll lose a world-class capabili ...
... what will happen to our health and wellbeing, our economy, our water resources, our cities, our farmers, our infrastructure, our ports, our energy security and every other aspect of this country that will change as a result of the already shifting climate. Moreover, we’ll lose a world-class capabili ...
international legal implications of climate change for the polar
... between Arctic states,7 has led some commentators to suggest that the opportunities and challenges resulting from climate change will lead to conflict within the polar regions.8 However, despite the likely significant environmental impacts of climate change, and the potential indirect consequences o ...
... between Arctic states,7 has led some commentators to suggest that the opportunities and challenges resulting from climate change will lead to conflict within the polar regions.8 However, despite the likely significant environmental impacts of climate change, and the potential indirect consequences o ...
full text - MODUL University Vienna
... I hereby affirm that this Bachelor’s Thesis represents my own written work and that I have used no sources and aids other than those indicated. All passages quoted from publications or paraphrased from these sources are properly cited and attributed. The thesis was not submitted in the same or in a ...
... I hereby affirm that this Bachelor’s Thesis represents my own written work and that I have used no sources and aids other than those indicated. All passages quoted from publications or paraphrased from these sources are properly cited and attributed. The thesis was not submitted in the same or in a ...
Uncertainty, scepticism and attitudes towards climate change
... Corbett and Durfee (2004) have emphasised that the word ‘uncertainty’ need not be present in an article in order for the science to be portrayed as uncertain – all that is necessary is that ‘duelling experts’ are presented without any sense of how the weight of evidence is distributed. For scientist ...
... Corbett and Durfee (2004) have emphasised that the word ‘uncertainty’ need not be present in an article in order for the science to be portrayed as uncertain – all that is necessary is that ‘duelling experts’ are presented without any sense of how the weight of evidence is distributed. For scientist ...
Use of general circulation model output in the creation of climate
... 1986a, 1986b; the 'State-of-the-Art' reports of the Department of Energy (MacCracken and Luther, 1985a, b; NRC, 1985; Trabalka, 1985; Strain and Cure, 1985; White, 1985); Ramanathan, 1988; Houghton et al., 1990). These all suggest that the effects of greenhouse warming will become dominant over the ...
... 1986a, 1986b; the 'State-of-the-Art' reports of the Department of Energy (MacCracken and Luther, 1985a, b; NRC, 1985; Trabalka, 1985; Strain and Cure, 1985; White, 1985); Ramanathan, 1988; Houghton et al., 1990). These all suggest that the effects of greenhouse warming will become dominant over the ...
Future Directions - WCRP Strategic Framework
... climate information and services to their societies. WCRP has also enabled us to advance our understanding of the way the Earth's climate system works and upgrade continuously the methods and models needed to predict its evolution. In addition, assessments by the WMO/UNEP IPCC would not be possible ...
... climate information and services to their societies. WCRP has also enabled us to advance our understanding of the way the Earth's climate system works and upgrade continuously the methods and models needed to predict its evolution. In addition, assessments by the WMO/UNEP IPCC would not be possible ...
Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF)
... Development of the PCCFAF builds on efforts made in the Pacific region over recent years to improve access to and management of climate change resources. This includes studies undertaken by SPREP and PIFS in 2011 and 2012. One key lesson from these studies is that it is difficult to link specific co ...
... Development of the PCCFAF builds on efforts made in the Pacific region over recent years to improve access to and management of climate change resources. This includes studies undertaken by SPREP and PIFS in 2011 and 2012. One key lesson from these studies is that it is difficult to link specific co ...
Climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for a smart
... Climate change is one of the main environmental issues challenging cities in the 21th century (IPCC, 2011). The changes in climate conditions may result in a large set of hazardous phenomena: from sudden events, such as flash floods or heat waves, to slowmoving ones, as sea level raise or changes in ...
... Climate change is one of the main environmental issues challenging cities in the 21th century (IPCC, 2011). The changes in climate conditions may result in a large set of hazardous phenomena: from sudden events, such as flash floods or heat waves, to slowmoving ones, as sea level raise or changes in ...
a survey of regional planning for climate adaptation
... Some RPOs have become more proactive in adaptation planning because their states have introduced climate change planning requirements and are providing localities technical assistance. An analysis of local governments shows that climate change planning is significantly affected by the presence of st ...
... Some RPOs have become more proactive in adaptation planning because their states have introduced climate change planning requirements and are providing localities technical assistance. An analysis of local governments shows that climate change planning is significantly affected by the presence of st ...
What is dangerous climate change?
... The Organizing Committee of the symposium was formed by Bill Hare (PIK), Dr. Martin Welp (PIK and ECF), Prof. Huijun Wang (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing University / The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing), Dr. Jiahua Pan (Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Chine ...
... The Organizing Committee of the symposium was formed by Bill Hare (PIK), Dr. Martin Welp (PIK and ECF), Prof. Huijun Wang (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing University / The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing), Dr. Jiahua Pan (Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Chine ...
Does climate adaptation policy need probabilities?
... global forcing and is likely to produce non-analogue impacts. Therefore, while analogues can be extremely useful to calibrate our understanding of how the system works, they are limited by the unique and transient nature of future climate change. Nevertheless, this school of thought would argue that ...
... global forcing and is likely to produce non-analogue impacts. Therefore, while analogues can be extremely useful to calibrate our understanding of how the system works, they are limited by the unique and transient nature of future climate change. Nevertheless, this school of thought would argue that ...
Successful adaptation to climate change across scales
... ability of others to meet their adaptation goals. Crucially, an action that is successful for one individual, organisation or level of government may not be classed as successful by another. Success therefore depends on scale of implementation and the criteria used to evaluate it at each scale. This ...
... ability of others to meet their adaptation goals. Crucially, an action that is successful for one individual, organisation or level of government may not be classed as successful by another. Success therefore depends on scale of implementation and the criteria used to evaluate it at each scale. This ...
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... Despite the lack of immediate action flowing out of the recent climate change summit in Copenhagen, there is already significant spending underway, aimed at mitigation of GHG ...
... Despite the lack of immediate action flowing out of the recent climate change summit in Copenhagen, there is already significant spending underway, aimed at mitigation of GHG ...
Why Worry About Climate Change? A Research Agenda
... not adopt cost-effective abatement policies, which would increase costs substantially. For most of 2006, the price of carbon permits in Europe was higher than economic models suggest it should be (e.g., Viguier et al., 2003), another reason for caution on the abatement side. Nonetheless, the policy ...
... not adopt cost-effective abatement policies, which would increase costs substantially. For most of 2006, the price of carbon permits in Europe was higher than economic models suggest it should be (e.g., Viguier et al., 2003), another reason for caution on the abatement side. Nonetheless, the policy ...
When Science and Ideology Collide: Explaining
... For reasons just mentioned, though, those correlations are not proof positive that partisan elites are playing an important part in public opinion formation. Yet, if H1’s contention that reception of elite rhetoric is the main reason why politically attentive liberals and conservatives are so divide ...
... For reasons just mentioned, though, those correlations are not proof positive that partisan elites are playing an important part in public opinion formation. Yet, if H1’s contention that reception of elite rhetoric is the main reason why politically attentive liberals and conservatives are so divide ...
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... people migrating from rural communities to cities – especially young adults looking for work – as well as high urban birth rates (IUSSP 2007). Cities and towns are growing at twice the rate of the rural population and are expected to add 400 million people to Africa’s urban population over the next ...
... people migrating from rural communities to cities – especially young adults looking for work – as well as high urban birth rates (IUSSP 2007). Cities and towns are growing at twice the rate of the rural population and are expected to add 400 million people to Africa’s urban population over the next ...
climate science
... Motivated by the mandate from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to address dangerous human-caused climate change, the climate community has worked for more than 20 years to establish a scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, which has prematurely elevate ...
... Motivated by the mandate from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to address dangerous human-caused climate change, the climate community has worked for more than 20 years to establish a scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, which has prematurely elevate ...
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... including inundation of coastal roads from sea level rise, erosion of roadways and bridge supports from heavy precipitation, road and rail failures due to temperature extremes, and travel delays due to wildfires, are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity as a result of a warming clima ...
... including inundation of coastal roads from sea level rise, erosion of roadways and bridge supports from heavy precipitation, road and rail failures due to temperature extremes, and travel delays due to wildfires, are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity as a result of a warming clima ...
Full Congressional testimonials
... ‘Scientifically proven’ is a contradiction in terms – science does not prove anything. Scientists have a vision of reality that is the best they have found so far, and there may be substantial disagreement among individual scientists. Science works just fine when there is more than one hypothesis to ...
... ‘Scientifically proven’ is a contradiction in terms – science does not prove anything. Scientists have a vision of reality that is the best they have found so far, and there may be substantial disagreement among individual scientists. Science works just fine when there is more than one hypothesis to ...
Media Attention for Climate Change around the World: Data
... Gordon et al. (2010) find, in contrast, that uncertainty is hardly an issue at all and that “scientific conflict/controversy” accounts for less than five percent of all comments made about climate change in the Mexican newspaper “Reforma” from 2004‐2006. It is difficult t ...
... Gordon et al. (2010) find, in contrast, that uncertainty is hardly an issue at all and that “scientific conflict/controversy” accounts for less than five percent of all comments made about climate change in the Mexican newspaper “Reforma” from 2004‐2006. It is difficult t ...
Minutes - Transcript - Appendix 1
... for climate science to understand going forward where it will be and where those storms will go. I would like to put it into a little bit of context though, that it is normal for London to have extreme weather. Being such an ancient city we have great records and we can find the largest storm that h ...
... for climate science to understand going forward where it will be and where those storms will go. I would like to put it into a little bit of context though, that it is normal for London to have extreme weather. Being such an ancient city we have great records and we can find the largest storm that h ...