
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... To insist, therefore, that science is also political, in the broadest sense of that word, is not to say that science is only political and thereby collapse entirely the distinction between the two. It is to recognize how problematic this distinction is. The social relations that science involves nec ...
... To insist, therefore, that science is also political, in the broadest sense of that word, is not to say that science is only political and thereby collapse entirely the distinction between the two. It is to recognize how problematic this distinction is. The social relations that science involves nec ...
Working Paper - University of Sussex
... We will reap these benefits no matter what we do to our emissions. The uncertainty is rather large, however. The error bars in Figure 1, derived from the few standard errors report in Table 1, depict the 95% confidence interval. This is probably an underestimate of the true uncertainty, as experts t ...
... We will reap these benefits no matter what we do to our emissions. The uncertainty is rather large, however. The error bars in Figure 1, derived from the few standard errors report in Table 1, depict the 95% confidence interval. This is probably an underestimate of the true uncertainty, as experts t ...
2015 Issue - Northwest Climate Science Center
... and relevant to our shared concerns. The stories included in this first issue are examples of some of those successes—from using stream temperature data to help plan protection for native salmonids to safeguarding coastal communities from intensifying storm surges. Sincerely, ...
... and relevant to our shared concerns. The stories included in this first issue are examples of some of those successes—from using stream temperature data to help plan protection for native salmonids to safeguarding coastal communities from intensifying storm surges. Sincerely, ...
Strategic Framework 2014–2017: SDC Global Programme Climate
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
European Journal of Legal Studies
... Parties-15 in Copenhagen. Moreover, international climate policy, as it has been understood and practiced by many governments under the Kyoto Protocol approach, has failed to produce any discernible real world reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases since the mid 1990s. In order for a future glo ...
... Parties-15 in Copenhagen. Moreover, international climate policy, as it has been understood and practiced by many governments under the Kyoto Protocol approach, has failed to produce any discernible real world reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases since the mid 1990s. In order for a future glo ...
Climate change, the environment and armed con
... exaggerated new stories ensued. In fact, one media story hyped it up to the point of labelling climate change as the ‘mother of all national security issues.’13 In 2004, the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s chief scientific advisor, Sir David King, stated that, ‘climate change is a far greater thre ...
... exaggerated new stories ensued. In fact, one media story hyped it up to the point of labelling climate change as the ‘mother of all national security issues.’13 In 2004, the United Kingdom (UK) Government’s chief scientific advisor, Sir David King, stated that, ‘climate change is a far greater thre ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... species compositions that are strongly filtered and are more in equilibrium with current climate than random samples from the regional pool. Variation in the level of current community disequilibrium can be predicted from Last Glacial Maximum climate and will increase with near-future climate change. ...
... species compositions that are strongly filtered and are more in equilibrium with current climate than random samples from the regional pool. Variation in the level of current community disequilibrium can be predicted from Last Glacial Maximum climate and will increase with near-future climate change. ...
“Smart Climate Change” for Professional Societies Workshop WORKSHOP REPORT
... Dedicated substantive legislation - this creates hardcore standards most of which take long to fulfill, for example emission targets; Sector provisions; these are sector-based legislations - the danger in these is that there is no connection among sectors for example the Environment Management C ...
... Dedicated substantive legislation - this creates hardcore standards most of which take long to fulfill, for example emission targets; Sector provisions; these are sector-based legislations - the danger in these is that there is no connection among sectors for example the Environment Management C ...
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... verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. The analyses and views reported in this paper are those of the author(s). They are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economi ...
Strategy for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Clilmate Change
... does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. © FAO 2012 FAO encourages the ...
... does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. © FAO 2012 FAO encourages the ...
http://www.fao.org/3/a-am434e.pdf
... does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. © FAO 2012 FAO encourages the ...
... does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. © FAO 2012 FAO encourages the ...
13_02 Unstable Climates
... human energy across the globe. Because areas with higher human energy levels are, in Huntington's opinion, more conducive to industriousness and productivity, they implicitly represent the ideal climate. Unsurprisingly, at least if one is aware that the author was a university professor in the Unite ...
... human energy across the globe. Because areas with higher human energy levels are, in Huntington's opinion, more conducive to industriousness and productivity, they implicitly represent the ideal climate. Unsurprisingly, at least if one is aware that the author was a university professor in the Unite ...
22nd conference of parties to the united nations
... to the UNFCCC Secretariat and negotiating parties that are focused on the development of technical guidelines and policy support on integrating migration into the NAPs and INDCs. 8. Partnerships: IOM is developing strategic partnerships for greater visibility and improved action on migration, envir ...
... to the UNFCCC Secretariat and negotiating parties that are focused on the development of technical guidelines and policy support on integrating migration into the NAPs and INDCs. 8. Partnerships: IOM is developing strategic partnerships for greater visibility and improved action on migration, envir ...
LCCARL265_en.pdf
... lifestyle. The Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) (Nakicenovic et al., 2000), produced by a group of experts set up by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describe and quantify how emissions could change over the twenty-first century in the absence of policy interventions t ...
... lifestyle. The Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) (Nakicenovic et al., 2000), produced by a group of experts set up by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describe and quantify how emissions could change over the twenty-first century in the absence of policy interventions t ...
The CCPC grew out of the International Council of Local
... such as the liberalisation of energy markets, lack of funding for research on renewable energy and the failure of national governments to prioritise climate politics, can hinder local work to reduce GHGs. Nevertheless, cities take the climate challenge seriously, and there are numerous examples worl ...
... such as the liberalisation of energy markets, lack of funding for research on renewable energy and the failure of national governments to prioritise climate politics, can hinder local work to reduce GHGs. Nevertheless, cities take the climate challenge seriously, and there are numerous examples worl ...
The Meaning of Uncertainty: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded
... humility and grandiosity: Hall proclaimed that modern systems of “extended observation and systematic arrangement” had “supplied the data for great advance in meteorological science.” Yet he also emphasized that issues related to “man’s ability to moderate climate” would “perhaps forever remain ques ...
... humility and grandiosity: Hall proclaimed that modern systems of “extended observation and systematic arrangement” had “supplied the data for great advance in meteorological science.” Yet he also emphasized that issues related to “man’s ability to moderate climate” would “perhaps forever remain ques ...
Climate Change Policy Jason Shogren and Michael Toman •
... All of these damages are posited to result from changes in long-term GHG concentrations in the atmosphere. Very rapid rates of climate change could exacerbate the damage. The adverse effects of climate change most likely will take decades or longer to materialize, however. Moreover, the odds that th ...
... All of these damages are posited to result from changes in long-term GHG concentrations in the atmosphere. Very rapid rates of climate change could exacerbate the damage. The adverse effects of climate change most likely will take decades or longer to materialize, however. Moreover, the odds that th ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... This was first addressed by the UNEP commissioned report A legal framework for the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment (Freshfields Report) published in 2005, which concluded that the consideration of climate change risk in investment analysis is ...
... This was first addressed by the UNEP commissioned report A legal framework for the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment (Freshfields Report) published in 2005, which concluded that the consideration of climate change risk in investment analysis is ...
On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate
... Theories of behavioral intentions [8,12,13] suggest that awareness of causes and consequences are required to motivate action. While additional factors such as values and worldviews, discussed below, play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate ...
... Theories of behavioral intentions [8,12,13] suggest that awareness of causes and consequences are required to motivate action. While additional factors such as values and worldviews, discussed below, play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate ...
Feedbacks and climate sensitivity
... • Feedback analysis powerful representation of system dynamics -system will try to adjust via most negative feedback. • Can be used to propagate how uncertainty in one process controls uncertainty in system response. • Puts different mechanisms in the same non-dimensional language. e.g., Gaia is jus ...
... • Feedback analysis powerful representation of system dynamics -system will try to adjust via most negative feedback. • Can be used to propagate how uncertainty in one process controls uncertainty in system response. • Puts different mechanisms in the same non-dimensional language. e.g., Gaia is jus ...
Choosing and Using Climate-Change Scenarios for Ecological
... †National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, U.S.A. ‡Department of Interior Alaska Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, U.S.A. §N ...
... †National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, U.S.A. ‡Department of Interior Alaska Climate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, U.S.A. §N ...
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... Later I will discuss the potential use of a range of government policy measures in the light of standard rationales for government intervention. Here I outline those rationales. Circumstances in which government intervention can be justified from a social welfare point of view (rather than for polit ...
... Later I will discuss the potential use of a range of government policy measures in the light of standard rationales for government intervention. Here I outline those rationales. Circumstances in which government intervention can be justified from a social welfare point of view (rather than for polit ...
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 ...