Can sense-making tools inform adaptation policy?
... they suit the problem at hand. If the policy problem is tangible and simple, then a traditional approach is the most efficient and effective (Rittel 1972). It is when traditional approaches get wrongly applied to complex problems that troubles arise (Snowden and Boone 2007). The criticisms of risk a ...
... they suit the problem at hand. If the policy problem is tangible and simple, then a traditional approach is the most efficient and effective (Rittel 1972). It is when traditional approaches get wrongly applied to complex problems that troubles arise (Snowden and Boone 2007). The criticisms of risk a ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Why the
... ❐ The IPCC’s First Assessment Report was released in 1990 and confirmed the scientific basis for concern about climate change. This lead to the decision by the UN General Assembly to prepare a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention entered into force in March 1994. ❐ The ...
... ❐ The IPCC’s First Assessment Report was released in 1990 and confirmed the scientific basis for concern about climate change. This lead to the decision by the UN General Assembly to prepare a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention entered into force in March 1994. ❐ The ...
Public attitudes and behavior about climate change: what shapes
... Members of focus groups in Switzerland generally saw a world of low energy use as being more attractive than one of high energy use.16 However, almost no one in these groups was prepared to take the kinds of personal actions (e.g., using public transportation) needed to achieve a large (30-50%) redu ...
... Members of focus groups in Switzerland generally saw a world of low energy use as being more attractive than one of high energy use.16 However, almost no one in these groups was prepared to take the kinds of personal actions (e.g., using public transportation) needed to achieve a large (30-50%) redu ...
Psychological barriers and climate change action
... environment and natural resources graduate programme at the University of Iceland. The thesis is comprised of two main parts: a literature review and a research report. In the literature review climate change is presented as an issue of top priority that (to date) has not been effectively addressed ...
... environment and natural resources graduate programme at the University of Iceland. The thesis is comprised of two main parts: a literature review and a research report. In the literature review climate change is presented as an issue of top priority that (to date) has not been effectively addressed ...
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local
... Received: 21 September 2015 – Published in Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss.: 25 November 2015 Revised: 17 October 2016 – Accepted: 15 November 2016 – Published: 21 December 2016 ...
... Received: 21 September 2015 – Published in Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss.: 25 November 2015 Revised: 17 October 2016 – Accepted: 15 November 2016 – Published: 21 December 2016 ...
Farmers and Climate Change: A Cross
... experienced the most severe impacts attributable to climate change to date. During the first decade of this century, Australia experienced a significant drought. Researchers report ‘‘drought in many parts of the country is linked to, or at least exacerbated by, global warming’’ (Garnaut 2011 p. 108) ...
... experienced the most severe impacts attributable to climate change to date. During the first decade of this century, Australia experienced a significant drought. Researchers report ‘‘drought in many parts of the country is linked to, or at least exacerbated by, global warming’’ (Garnaut 2011 p. 108) ...
Climate Leviathan - The Ohio State University
... inadequate terms—represent the first institutional manifestation of this dream of planetary regulation, a process that the dominant capitalist nation-states will surely accelerate and consolidate as climate-induced disruptions of accumulation and political stability become more urgent. Although bind ...
... inadequate terms—represent the first institutional manifestation of this dream of planetary regulation, a process that the dominant capitalist nation-states will surely accelerate and consolidate as climate-induced disruptions of accumulation and political stability become more urgent. Although bind ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamics through rigorous scientific inquiry and research processes relevan ...
... and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamics through rigorous scientific inquiry and research processes relevan ...
Communicating climate change: conduits, content
... climate change coverage increased in all countries between 1996 and 2010, although there were significant differences between countries in the extent of growth and media attention.26 However, since this period there have been signs of these trends reversing, with late 2009 marking a peak in print med ...
... climate change coverage increased in all countries between 1996 and 2010, although there were significant differences between countries in the extent of growth and media attention.26 However, since this period there have been signs of these trends reversing, with late 2009 marking a peak in print med ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATIC CHANGE: THE WATER, SALMON, AND
... its irregular period is several decades; in the 20th century, PDO tended to stay in one phase or the other for 20 to 30 years at a time. PDO is also much less well understood than ENSO, in part because its period is so long relative to the history of reliable records that only two complete oscillati ...
... its irregular period is several decades; in the 20th century, PDO tended to stay in one phase or the other for 20 to 30 years at a time. PDO is also much less well understood than ENSO, in part because its period is so long relative to the history of reliable records that only two complete oscillati ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... namely the dialogue groups. Communication can only be successful, if it is adequately adapted to the recipient(s). This is of high significance, as not only the awareness on climate change within the dialogue group should be raised, nonetheless commitment of the dialogue group should be achieved, so ...
... namely the dialogue groups. Communication can only be successful, if it is adequately adapted to the recipient(s). This is of high significance, as not only the awareness on climate change within the dialogue group should be raised, nonetheless commitment of the dialogue group should be achieved, so ...
The Millennium Development Goals and Climate Change: Taking
... their own development processes. In the climate agenda such a partnership approach is even more important, since neither developed nor developing countries have yet fully established concepts to achieve mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Learn from innovative institutions in the MDG and c ...
... their own development processes. In the climate agenda such a partnership approach is even more important, since neither developed nor developing countries have yet fully established concepts to achieve mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Learn from innovative institutions in the MDG and c ...
climate change adaptation action plan for iqaluit
... The Atuliqtuq project of the Nunavut Climate Change Partnership is a collaborative project between the Government of Nunavut (GN), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC), and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Five communities in Nunavut have been chosen for the ...
... The Atuliqtuq project of the Nunavut Climate Change Partnership is a collaborative project between the Government of Nunavut (GN), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC), and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Five communities in Nunavut have been chosen for the ...
Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies
... of climate change are varied: threats to water safety, loss of biodiversity, economic damage, and other effects in a variety of social sectors, such as human habitation (heat stress in urban areas, urban flooding), agriculture (salinization, aridity, rural flooding), infrastructure (disruption), and ...
... of climate change are varied: threats to water safety, loss of biodiversity, economic damage, and other effects in a variety of social sectors, such as human habitation (heat stress in urban areas, urban flooding), agriculture (salinization, aridity, rural flooding), infrastructure (disruption), and ...
UNEP and Climate Change
... World Environment Day campaign in 2007 on “Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?” as part of its awareness raising and outreach mandate on climate change. It will continue to reinforce the links between climate change and the environment, including in relation to making energy choices. UNEP is also enhancing i ...
... World Environment Day campaign in 2007 on “Melting Ice – A Hot Topic?” as part of its awareness raising and outreach mandate on climate change. It will continue to reinforce the links between climate change and the environment, including in relation to making energy choices. UNEP is also enhancing i ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... Estimated radiative forcings since preindustrial times for the Earth and Troposphere system (TOA) radiative forcing with adjusted stratospheric temperatures). The height of the rectangular bar denotes a central or best estimate of the forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertai ...
... Estimated radiative forcings since preindustrial times for the Earth and Troposphere system (TOA) radiative forcing with adjusted stratospheric temperatures). The height of the rectangular bar denotes a central or best estimate of the forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertai ...
The equilibrium sensitivity of Earth`s temperature to radiation changes.
... are based on climate change that has been observed over the instrumental period (that is, about the past 150 years). Wigley et al.38 pointed out that uncertainties in forcing and response made it impossible to use observed global temperature changes during that period to constrain S more tightly tha ...
... are based on climate change that has been observed over the instrumental period (that is, about the past 150 years). Wigley et al.38 pointed out that uncertainties in forcing and response made it impossible to use observed global temperature changes during that period to constrain S more tightly tha ...
Key lessons from practitioners` experiences
... Adaptation Good Practice (AGP) does not need to cover all aspects of an adaptive process, but should fit into one, some, or all of the steps to ensure that good adaptation outcomes can be achieved. To support stakeholders to use the AGP case studies more effectively a generic adaptation framework wa ...
... Adaptation Good Practice (AGP) does not need to cover all aspects of an adaptive process, but should fit into one, some, or all of the steps to ensure that good adaptation outcomes can be achieved. To support stakeholders to use the AGP case studies more effectively a generic adaptation framework wa ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... The rightward shift in U.S. political culture that paralleled the Republican Revolution increased opportunities for the conservative movement to oppose climate science and policy via mainstream media. Conservative think tanks and their allied climate change contrarians successfully exploited America ...
... The rightward shift in U.S. political culture that paralleled the Republican Revolution increased opportunities for the conservative movement to oppose climate science and policy via mainstream media. Conservative think tanks and their allied climate change contrarians successfully exploited America ...
The equilibrium sensitivity of the Earth`s temperature to radiation
... impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent these and limit long-term global surface warming to, for example, 2 °C, a level of stabilization or of peak atmospheric CO2 concentrations needs to be set. Climate sensitivity, the global equilibrium surface warming after a doubling of atmosp ...
... impacts are expected to increase with warming. To prevent these and limit long-term global surface warming to, for example, 2 °C, a level of stabilization or of peak atmospheric CO2 concentrations needs to be set. Climate sensitivity, the global equilibrium surface warming after a doubling of atmosp ...
Climate-induced migration and displacement: closing the policy gap
... move because they have no real alternative than to leave their homes to seek safety and protection. Those that are forced to move often lose property and other assets, and these extreme events can push people into poverty while also limiting opportunities to escape from poverty (Shepherd et al., 201 ...
... move because they have no real alternative than to leave their homes to seek safety and protection. Those that are forced to move often lose property and other assets, and these extreme events can push people into poverty while also limiting opportunities to escape from poverty (Shepherd et al., 201 ...
Climate Criminal.
... The Australia based coal giant claims it supports the need to address climate change, but continues to actively obstruct climate change legislation,70 arguing that coal is a vital part of the world’s energy mix. Ahead of Paris, “Wild [has] reasserted coal’s place -- and that of fossil fuels more bro ...
... The Australia based coal giant claims it supports the need to address climate change, but continues to actively obstruct climate change legislation,70 arguing that coal is a vital part of the world’s energy mix. Ahead of Paris, “Wild [has] reasserted coal’s place -- and that of fossil fuels more bro ...
Case Study - Sorsogon City
... support of climate change strategies. A major outcome of the initiative will be the development of a set of tools for mitigation and adaptation. This case study follows a report under the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, where four pilot cities were selected in 2009, one of which Sorsogon City, ...
... support of climate change strategies. A major outcome of the initiative will be the development of a set of tools for mitigation and adaptation. This case study follows a report under the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, where four pilot cities were selected in 2009, one of which Sorsogon City, ...