Climate change: the ultimate `tragedy of the commons`? Jouni
... A myriad of voluntary climate change initiatives indeed already exist. For example, the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) programme and the Sustainable Cement Initiative (SCI) represent substantial greenhouse gas emissions, comparable to those of major emitting states as will be discussed later in ...
... A myriad of voluntary climate change initiatives indeed already exist. For example, the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) programme and the Sustainable Cement Initiative (SCI) represent substantial greenhouse gas emissions, comparable to those of major emitting states as will be discussed later in ...
Climate Change Summits beyond Copenhagen
... disappointing ending have resulted in a loss of trust in the possibility of reaching a global agreement to reduce emissions10, and, by extension, to combat climate change in general. This fact, combined with the economic crisis, seems to have led editors in most Western countries to a simplistic vi ...
... disappointing ending have resulted in a loss of trust in the possibility of reaching a global agreement to reduce emissions10, and, by extension, to combat climate change in general. This fact, combined with the economic crisis, seems to have led editors in most Western countries to a simplistic vi ...
High Flows and Freshet Timing in Canada: Observed Trends CCRR
... The frequency and timing of flood events strongly contributes to the fundamental nature of rivers and is a key determinant of freshwater biodiversity, life history characteristics, ecological traits of stream organisms, and physical processes in streams (Poff et al. 1997, Bunn and Arthington 2002). ...
... The frequency and timing of flood events strongly contributes to the fundamental nature of rivers and is a key determinant of freshwater biodiversity, life history characteristics, ecological traits of stream organisms, and physical processes in streams (Poff et al. 1997, Bunn and Arthington 2002). ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
Template: Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Key Terms Resilience: ability of a social or ecological system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the capacity to absorb stress and change Sector: general grouping used to describe any resource, ecological ...
... Key Terms Resilience: ability of a social or ecological system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the capacity to absorb stress and change Sector: general grouping used to describe any resource, ecological ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
... necessary to finance a transition to alternative technologies for reducing GHG emissions. Industrialised nations would therefore establish financial mechanisms to assist developing nations in facilitating a transition. As of February 2011, 193 parties (192 States and 1 regional economic integration ...
... necessary to finance a transition to alternative technologies for reducing GHG emissions. Industrialised nations would therefore establish financial mechanisms to assist developing nations in facilitating a transition. As of February 2011, 193 parties (192 States and 1 regional economic integration ...
Hansen1998-ClimateForcings-in-the-IndustrialEra.p+
... current land-use, i.e., the change in the planetary radiation balance, is 20.21 Wym2, with the largest contributions from deforested areas in Eurasia and North America (Fig. 4 Left). The simulated climate response to this forcing has global cooling of 0.14°C (Fig. 4 Right). The dominant effect is in ...
... current land-use, i.e., the change in the planetary radiation balance, is 20.21 Wym2, with the largest contributions from deforested areas in Eurasia and North America (Fig. 4 Left). The simulated climate response to this forcing has global cooling of 0.14°C (Fig. 4 Right). The dominant effect is in ...
Nullifying the climate null hypothesis
... hypothesis (false positive), whereby a Type II error fails to reject a false null hypothesis (false negative.) In a more colloquial sense, a Type I error is associated with failing to believe the truth, whereas a Type II error is associated with continuing to believe what is a falsehood for lack of ...
... hypothesis (false positive), whereby a Type II error fails to reject a false null hypothesis (false negative.) In a more colloquial sense, a Type I error is associated with failing to believe the truth, whereas a Type II error is associated with continuing to believe what is a falsehood for lack of ...
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... At least one (1) of the sectoral representatives shall come from the disaster risk reduction community. The representatives shall be appointed by the President from a list of nominees submitted by their respective groups. They shall serve for a term of six (6) years without reappointment unless the ...
... At least one (1) of the sectoral representatives shall come from the disaster risk reduction community. The representatives shall be appointed by the President from a list of nominees submitted by their respective groups. They shall serve for a term of six (6) years without reappointment unless the ...
What Do Editorial Cartoons about the 21st United
... cosmopolitan, as they encourage every one of us to consider our own welfare in context: what is the cost of our comfort in relation to the well-being of people in other parts of the globe? These ideals encourage us to acknowledge the connections between our activities and their consequences and take ...
... cosmopolitan, as they encourage every one of us to consider our own welfare in context: what is the cost of our comfort in relation to the well-being of people in other parts of the globe? These ideals encourage us to acknowledge the connections between our activities and their consequences and take ...
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... Third, energy statutes have been invoked. It has been held, for example, that under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the United States must monetize the benefits of reduced carbon emissions as part of setting light-truck fuel economy standards. Fourth, various statutes requiring federal gover ...
... Third, energy statutes have been invoked. It has been held, for example, that under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the United States must monetize the benefits of reduced carbon emissions as part of setting light-truck fuel economy standards. Fourth, various statutes requiring federal gover ...
Mistreatment of the economic impacts of extreme events
... However, in making its case for the significant future economic costs of extreme weather events in developed countries the Stern Review commits two significant errors that affect its estimates. In its Chapter 5 the Stern Review concludes, ‘‘The costs of climate change for developed countries could rea ...
... However, in making its case for the significant future economic costs of extreme weather events in developed countries the Stern Review commits two significant errors that affect its estimates. In its Chapter 5 the Stern Review concludes, ‘‘The costs of climate change for developed countries could rea ...
Climate change and human health: Spatial modeling of water
... livelihood zones and health outcomes. Focusing on Mali, we explore baseline relationships between temperature, precipitation, livelihood, and malnutrition in 407 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) clusters with a total of 14,238 children, resulting in a thorough spatial analysis of coupled climate- ...
... livelihood zones and health outcomes. Focusing on Mali, we explore baseline relationships between temperature, precipitation, livelihood, and malnutrition in 407 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) clusters with a total of 14,238 children, resulting in a thorough spatial analysis of coupled climate- ...
Conceptual framework: Definitions for key concepts
... The IPCC AR4 (IPCC, 2007) defines an integrated impact assessment as: “An interdisciplinary process of combining, interpreting and communicating knowledge from diverse scientific disciplines so that all relevant aspects of a complex societal issue can be evaluated and considered for the benefit of d ...
... The IPCC AR4 (IPCC, 2007) defines an integrated impact assessment as: “An interdisciplinary process of combining, interpreting and communicating knowledge from diverse scientific disciplines so that all relevant aspects of a complex societal issue can be evaluated and considered for the benefit of d ...
1 - EconStor
... equivalence scales for households with differing demographic composition. Such analyses are motivated by questions like “How much more money would a family with two adults and two children need before it attains the same level of wellbeing as a household of two adults without any children?” This sam ...
... equivalence scales for households with differing demographic composition. Such analyses are motivated by questions like “How much more money would a family with two adults and two children need before it attains the same level of wellbeing as a household of two adults without any children?” This sam ...
A recurring anarchy? The emergence of climate change as a threat
... could force previously separate groups to compete for the same dwindling resources. Fourth, receding sea and land ice could enable access to previously inaccessible resources such as oil and gas supplies in the Arctic and transit routes like the North – West Passage, triggering dispute over their ow ...
... could force previously separate groups to compete for the same dwindling resources. Fourth, receding sea and land ice could enable access to previously inaccessible resources such as oil and gas supplies in the Arctic and transit routes like the North – West Passage, triggering dispute over their ow ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: The World After 2012
... World Bank Group (2003), Poverty and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor through Adaptation Washington D.C: World Bank Group. ...
... World Bank Group (2003), Poverty and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor through Adaptation Washington D.C: World Bank Group. ...
Domestic dynamics and international influence
... Although scientific knowledge about the greenhouse effect dates back well over 100 years, climate change became an issue of wider policy concern only in the 1990s, after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had issued its first assessment report and countries started to negotiate what would ...
... Although scientific knowledge about the greenhouse effect dates back well over 100 years, climate change became an issue of wider policy concern only in the 1990s, after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had issued its first assessment report and countries started to negotiate what would ...
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... now beginning to realise as an immediate threat to the continued success of society. Fossil fuel sourced carbon dioxide emissions are ever increasing, as are global temperature averages, polar ice melting is accelerating and the consequences of the impacts are constantly being revised by the experts ...
... now beginning to realise as an immediate threat to the continued success of society. Fossil fuel sourced carbon dioxide emissions are ever increasing, as are global temperature averages, polar ice melting is accelerating and the consequences of the impacts are constantly being revised by the experts ...
THAILAND`S NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... Generally speaking, quality newspapers, Matichon and Bangkok Post, have higher frequencies than popular newspaper, Thairath. This is probably due to popular newspapers tending to focus more on human interest gimmick or soft news. Therefore, climate change issues, which are generally considered as ha ...
... Generally speaking, quality newspapers, Matichon and Bangkok Post, have higher frequencies than popular newspaper, Thairath. This is probably due to popular newspapers tending to focus more on human interest gimmick or soft news. Therefore, climate change issues, which are generally considered as ha ...
Republic Act 9729
... Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to afford full protection and the advancement of the right of the people to a healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. In this light, the State has adopted the Philippine Agenda 21 framework which espouses su ...
... Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to afford full protection and the advancement of the right of the people to a healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. In this light, the State has adopted the Philippine Agenda 21 framework which espouses su ...