Ville Kumpu A climate for reduction? Futures imagined in
... and visions of the future into a compressed time-space, functioning as moments of visibility and exposure which enables a kind of a global scrutiny of societies and their leaders that is not possible in normal circumstances [20,21]. Media coverage of climate change can be considered as one of the ke ...
... and visions of the future into a compressed time-space, functioning as moments of visibility and exposure which enables a kind of a global scrutiny of societies and their leaders that is not possible in normal circumstances [20,21]. Media coverage of climate change can be considered as one of the ke ...
Peter Lee: Ethics of Climate Change Policy
... debates over two decades, not as a definitive text but as a prompt to further study (p. x). Henry Shue, ‘Subsistence emissions and luxury emissions’ in Gardiner et al., Climate Ethics: Essential Readings, pp. 200–214. Karl R. Popper, Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach (Oxford and New York ...
... debates over two decades, not as a definitive text but as a prompt to further study (p. x). Henry Shue, ‘Subsistence emissions and luxury emissions’ in Gardiner et al., Climate Ethics: Essential Readings, pp. 200–214. Karl R. Popper, Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach (Oxford and New York ...
IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks
... human timescales, of associated impacts; and limited potential to reduce risks through adaptation or mitigation. AR5 authors drew on these criteria to characterize climate-related risk for each RFC as a function of GMT as Undetectable, Moderate, High, or Very High. The transition from Undetectable t ...
... human timescales, of associated impacts; and limited potential to reduce risks through adaptation or mitigation. AR5 authors drew on these criteria to characterize climate-related risk for each RFC as a function of GMT as Undetectable, Moderate, High, or Very High. The transition from Undetectable t ...
For Peer Review - Climate Access
... trends. Scientists are also not sure yet when and how climate change will manifest itself locally and furthermore what measures are appropriate. The situation may no longer be one of profound ...
... trends. Scientists are also not sure yet when and how climate change will manifest itself locally and furthermore what measures are appropriate. The situation may no longer be one of profound ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... human-caused climate warming. The scientific basis for global warming has thus been sufficiently established to enable meaningful planning of appropriate policy responses to address global warming. As a result, the world's policymakers, governments, industries, energy producers/planners, and individ ...
... human-caused climate warming. The scientific basis for global warming has thus been sufficiently established to enable meaningful planning of appropriate policy responses to address global warming. As a result, the world's policymakers, governments, industries, energy producers/planners, and individ ...
Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate
... story?” The four potential responses ranged from “not at all likely” to “very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible responses were “hardly any,” “some,” or “a great deal. ...
... story?” The four potential responses ranged from “not at all likely” to “very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible responses were “hardly any,” “some,” or “a great deal. ...
DOCX - World bank documents
... impact, and possible adaptation responses. Estimate cost of inaction as well as key actions across water resources, energy, agriculture, forestry, transport, and health sectors to provide compelling economic arguments and a broadbrush “road map” and the next steps for climate-smart actions. Design a ...
... impact, and possible adaptation responses. Estimate cost of inaction as well as key actions across water resources, energy, agriculture, forestry, transport, and health sectors to provide compelling economic arguments and a broadbrush “road map” and the next steps for climate-smart actions. Design a ...
Reliable Science: Overcoming Public Doubts in the Climate Change
... Climate policy is unlikely to escape its present state of paralysis unless the credibility and legitimacy of climate science is restored.! In addition to diminishing support for new climate policies, the crisis of confidence in climate science is interfering with the efforts of federal agencies tryi ...
... Climate policy is unlikely to escape its present state of paralysis unless the credibility and legitimacy of climate science is restored.! In addition to diminishing support for new climate policies, the crisis of confidence in climate science is interfering with the efforts of federal agencies tryi ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... have also changed (Hulme et al. 1998). It appears that arid and semi-arid areas are becoming dryer while other areas, especially mid-to-high latitudes, are becoming wetter. There is also evidence that where precipitation has increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of t ...
... have also changed (Hulme et al. 1998). It appears that arid and semi-arid areas are becoming dryer while other areas, especially mid-to-high latitudes, are becoming wetter. There is also evidence that where precipitation has increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of t ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... 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 23. However, since this period there have been signs of reversal in these trends, as late 2009 marked a peak in print media cove ...
... 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 23. However, since this period there have been signs of reversal in these trends, as late 2009 marked a peak in print media cove ...
Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for
... © 2013 Kapeller et al.; licensee InTech. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is pr ...
... © 2013 Kapeller et al.; licensee InTech. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is pr ...
Buddhist Contributions to Climate Response
... Psychological response to climate change has been documented through annual surveys conducted by the Pew Charitable Trust since 2009. Based on these broad samples of adult climate response from across all states in the U.S., researchers have described six psychological response types th ...
... Psychological response to climate change has been documented through annual surveys conducted by the Pew Charitable Trust since 2009. Based on these broad samples of adult climate response from across all states in the U.S., researchers have described six psychological response types th ...
American Meteorological Society Member Survey on Global
... The aim of the survey was to answer the following five research questions: RQ1: Do AMS members feel there is unproductive conflict about climate change within AMS? If so, what do they see as ...
... The aim of the survey was to answer the following five research questions: RQ1: Do AMS members feel there is unproductive conflict about climate change within AMS? If so, what do they see as ...
Warm Words II
... The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite distinct from both national communications, and from the less compelling local examples that were simply local imitations of the national. The most significant difference was in their means of addressing the individual. He or s ...
... The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite distinct from both national communications, and from the less compelling local examples that were simply local imitations of the national. The most significant difference was in their means of addressing the individual. He or s ...
Homeland Security - Environmental Defense Fund
... Let’s get one thing straight: This rollback would cost thousands of lives. By allowing pollution to rise, President Trump would allow more premature deaths, more heart attacks and asthma attacks, and more sick days from school and work. According to EPA, revoking the Clean Power Plan alone, which re ...
... Let’s get one thing straight: This rollback would cost thousands of lives. By allowing pollution to rise, President Trump would allow more premature deaths, more heart attacks and asthma attacks, and more sick days from school and work. According to EPA, revoking the Clean Power Plan alone, which re ...
SEMIQUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CLIMATE
... possible costs and benefits of climate change including all conceivable mitigation and adaptation measures. Most results of this approach are published in the socalled “integrated assessment” literature (cf. Parson, 1995; Schneider, 1997; IPCC, 1997; Rotmans and Dowlatabadi, 1998; Schellnhuber, 1998 ...
... possible costs and benefits of climate change including all conceivable mitigation and adaptation measures. Most results of this approach are published in the socalled “integrated assessment” literature (cf. Parson, 1995; Schneider, 1997; IPCC, 1997; Rotmans and Dowlatabadi, 1998; Schellnhuber, 1998 ...
national latino climate leadership forum
... Leadership Forum to focus on one of the most pressing issues facing Latinos today—climate change. We need greater public support and political will if we are going to help put America on a path toward a more sustainable and just future. All Americans need to be involved in climate discussions and th ...
... Leadership Forum to focus on one of the most pressing issues facing Latinos today—climate change. We need greater public support and political will if we are going to help put America on a path toward a more sustainable and just future. All Americans need to be involved in climate discussions and th ...
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... climate change and decided to select some adaptation measures. Among 143 livestock farmers who were aware of climate change 71% selected some adaption measures as presented in Table 2, and 29% did not. With reference to household size group (6-10), the percentages were, adapted (58.40%), did not ada ...
... climate change and decided to select some adaptation measures. Among 143 livestock farmers who were aware of climate change 71% selected some adaption measures as presented in Table 2, and 29% did not. With reference to household size group (6-10), the percentages were, adapted (58.40%), did not ada ...
An investor enquiry: how much big oil spends on obstructive climate
... Despite claiming in 2008 that it would cease its funding of climate denial, it has continued to support denial through "research sponsorship14 and political non-profits such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).4 It further continues to propagate against a low-carbon future, stating t ...
... Despite claiming in 2008 that it would cease its funding of climate denial, it has continued to support denial through "research sponsorship14 and political non-profits such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).4 It further continues to propagate against a low-carbon future, stating t ...
Community based adaptation to climate change
... Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. [email protected] ...
... Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science. [email protected] ...
Download country chapter
... funded predominantly by the Kansai Electric Power Company from Japan, and which aimed to provide a small-scale model of solar power that could be scaled up to meet the entire country’s electricity needs. The government has recently entered into agreements with the United Arab Emirates, the European ...
... funded predominantly by the Kansai Electric Power Company from Japan, and which aimed to provide a small-scale model of solar power that could be scaled up to meet the entire country’s electricity needs. The government has recently entered into agreements with the United Arab Emirates, the European ...
Gary Yohe - Evaulating Adaptation Methods
... technological options (Determinant 1 in Table 1), operate on micro scales that are precisely location specific even if the complete set of possible remedies were larger. If one were concerned about flood control, for example, available adaptations would be determined by the local conditions of the r ...
... technological options (Determinant 1 in Table 1), operate on micro scales that are precisely location specific even if the complete set of possible remedies were larger. If one were concerned about flood control, for example, available adaptations would be determined by the local conditions of the r ...
Mapping institutional fragmentation in the climate governance
... A defining feature of global governance architectures is the proliferation of number and type of actors active in different issue areas. While states remain the locus of attention for most scholars, an emerging trend is to look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international o ...
... A defining feature of global governance architectures is the proliferation of number and type of actors active in different issue areas. While states remain the locus of attention for most scholars, an emerging trend is to look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international o ...
Misdefining ``climate change``: consequences for science and action
... setting is to ask and answer, ‘‘Can the policy work with respect to its stated objectives?’’ In the case of climate change, a growing consensus concludes that, irrespective of the importance of the problem or logic of the solution, the Kyoto Protocol is highly unlikely to succeed according to its ow ...
... setting is to ask and answer, ‘‘Can the policy work with respect to its stated objectives?’’ In the case of climate change, a growing consensus concludes that, irrespective of the importance of the problem or logic of the solution, the Kyoto Protocol is highly unlikely to succeed according to its ow ...