Communicating climate change: conduits, content
... and omits many practical climate change communication activities. We have used three criteria to guide our decision on which literature to cover in this new review. First, we have sought to accommodate some of the developments in the subject area itself, e.g., the legacy of Climategate and how scien ...
... and omits many practical climate change communication activities. We have used three criteria to guide our decision on which literature to cover in this new review. First, we have sought to accommodate some of the developments in the subject area itself, e.g., the legacy of Climategate and how scien ...
Does climate change pose a threat or opportunity to Swedish business?
... emissions of greenhouse gases. Adaptation strategies on the other hand, represent activities to protect society from nature by adjusting to direct or anticipated climatic impact (Stehr and von Storch, 2005). Both these strategies are considered essential in order to act in response to climate change ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases. Adaptation strategies on the other hand, represent activities to protect society from nature by adjusting to direct or anticipated climatic impact (Stehr and von Storch, 2005). Both these strategies are considered essential in order to act in response to climate change ...
The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Risk from Natural Hazards to
... developed and developing country contexts. Examining investments in 4,000 disaster risk reduction programs, including retrofitting buildings against seismic risk and structural flood defence measures, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) found an average benefit-cost ratio of four sug ...
... developed and developing country contexts. Examining investments in 4,000 disaster risk reduction programs, including retrofitting buildings against seismic risk and structural flood defence measures, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) found an average benefit-cost ratio of four sug ...
Adaptation to climate change starts with human–environment
... responses to climate variability these methods have been unable to develop meaningful policy responses. This paper describes an approach designed to assist countries in assessing the impacts of, and developing adaptations to, climate change. The approach is vulnerability-based, emphasising human-env ...
... responses to climate variability these methods have been unable to develop meaningful policy responses. This paper describes an approach designed to assist countries in assessing the impacts of, and developing adaptations to, climate change. The approach is vulnerability-based, emphasising human-env ...
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... mitigation costs and ignore the option of adaptation or at best treat it implicitly as part of the damage estimate.i Tol and Fankhauser (1998) survey the IAM literature and conclude that in the majority of the models adaptation is not included; this situation has hardly improved since then. Further ...
... mitigation costs and ignore the option of adaptation or at best treat it implicitly as part of the damage estimate.i Tol and Fankhauser (1998) survey the IAM literature and conclude that in the majority of the models adaptation is not included; this situation has hardly improved since then. Further ...
a 2017 national survey of broadcast meteorologists
... of these weathercasters said their viewer feedback is predominantly positive, while another quarter (26%) said that their viewer feedback is mixed “about 50/50.” About one in ten (12%) said their viewer feedback was predominantly negative, but many (28%) said they get very few viewer reactions eithe ...
... of these weathercasters said their viewer feedback is predominantly positive, while another quarter (26%) said that their viewer feedback is mixed “about 50/50.” About one in ten (12%) said their viewer feedback was predominantly negative, but many (28%) said they get very few viewer reactions eithe ...
“There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming
... 2 UKCIP, I&DeA and LGA Climate change and local communities - How prepared are you? An adaption guide for local authorities in the UK, July 2003. ...
... 2 UKCIP, I&DeA and LGA Climate change and local communities - How prepared are you? An adaption guide for local authorities in the UK, July 2003. ...
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... Furthermore, the extent of the benefits to be enjoyed from climate policy interventions, e.g. the CPRS, is poorly understood. Due to inadequate scientific knowledge about the nature of interactions and a potential nonlinear response pattern among the biophysical factors, there is a weak linkage betw ...
... Furthermore, the extent of the benefits to be enjoyed from climate policy interventions, e.g. the CPRS, is poorly understood. Due to inadequate scientific knowledge about the nature of interactions and a potential nonlinear response pattern among the biophysical factors, there is a weak linkage betw ...
Adapting to climate change in England
... and economic and institutional support to the private sector and civil society.” The Government has now set up the Adapting to Climate Change (ACC) Programme, to bring together the work already being led by Government and the wider public sector on adaptation in England, and to co-ordinate and drive ...
... and economic and institutional support to the private sector and civil society.” The Government has now set up the Adapting to Climate Change (ACC) Programme, to bring together the work already being led by Government and the wider public sector on adaptation in England, and to co-ordinate and drive ...
Climate change and forced migration
... In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that the greatest single impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put number ...
... In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that the greatest single impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put number ...
The cost of inaction: Recognising the value at risk
... While the value of future losses from the private sector is substantial, this is dwarfed by the forecast harms when considered from a government point of view. The long time horizon, coupled with private-investor discount rates, can lead to a remarkable tolerance for systemic environmental risk. The ...
... While the value of future losses from the private sector is substantial, this is dwarfed by the forecast harms when considered from a government point of view. The long time horizon, coupled with private-investor discount rates, can lead to a remarkable tolerance for systemic environmental risk. The ...
Top-down vs bottom-up - working paper version
... Second, whereas for some collective efforts the most relevant basis for effort-sharing is a country’s capacity to pay, in the climate change context this is complicated by additional factors, including varying degrees of responsibility for past and current emissions. Survey data suggest that there i ...
... Second, whereas for some collective efforts the most relevant basis for effort-sharing is a country’s capacity to pay, in the climate change context this is complicated by additional factors, including varying degrees of responsibility for past and current emissions. Survey data suggest that there i ...
Lecture 2 FINAL DRAFT
... Viewed in a simplistic, technocratic way, the making of climate policy requires planners (under the direction of elected officials) to procure the latest climate projections from scientists, ask engineers and other experts to devise appropriate responses to the threat and then implement those fixes ...
... Viewed in a simplistic, technocratic way, the making of climate policy requires planners (under the direction of elected officials) to procure the latest climate projections from scientists, ask engineers and other experts to devise appropriate responses to the threat and then implement those fixes ...
'Communicating Uncertainties for those Insuring Future Climate Change' Oslo 2008
... people actually perceive climate conditions in their daily life. People may respond to various climate stimuli in different way, and adaptation to changes may be influenced by other rationales rather than seeking climate adaptability and robustness. As such, it can be a challenge communicating the n ...
... people actually perceive climate conditions in their daily life. People may respond to various climate stimuli in different way, and adaptation to changes may be influenced by other rationales rather than seeking climate adaptability and robustness. As such, it can be a challenge communicating the n ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change debates, as an argument both for and against the implementation of earlier a ...
... speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change debates, as an argument both for and against the implementation of earlier a ...
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... emphases. Given the characteristics of climate change (slow, highly uncertain, small relative to climate variability, spatially heterogeneous), the value of information from research and extension to guide farmers’ decision making about adaptation is likely to be low for decisions about farming prac ...
... emphases. Given the characteristics of climate change (slow, highly uncertain, small relative to climate variability, spatially heterogeneous), the value of information from research and extension to guide farmers’ decision making about adaptation is likely to be low for decisions about farming prac ...
Submission DR134 - Chairman of the Australian Building Codes
... In order to better assess the future impacts of climate change on the built environment ongoing access to contemporary climate change information including research and data is imperative. The ABCB is not the appropriate organisation to undertake research and collect data of a nature that predicts f ...
... In order to better assess the future impacts of climate change on the built environment ongoing access to contemporary climate change information including research and data is imperative. The ABCB is not the appropriate organisation to undertake research and collect data of a nature that predicts f ...
Roles of religion and ethics in addressing climate
... moral codes and ethics there are many commonalities to be found among the particularities (Fleischacker 1999) and some notable ‘trans-cultural overlapping values’ and principles (UNESCO 1999) that might be understood to constitute a universal — rather than culturally or religiously specific — ethic ...
... moral codes and ethics there are many commonalities to be found among the particularities (Fleischacker 1999) and some notable ‘trans-cultural overlapping values’ and principles (UNESCO 1999) that might be understood to constitute a universal — rather than culturally or religiously specific — ethic ...
River Floods - ClimateCost
... growth). The marginal effect of climate change (alone) is estimated at €9 billion/year by the 2020s, €19 billion/year by the 2050s and €50 billion/year by the 2080s. Analysis at the country level shows high climate-related costs in the UK, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. • There is a v ...
... growth). The marginal effect of climate change (alone) is estimated at €9 billion/year by the 2020s, €19 billion/year by the 2050s and €50 billion/year by the 2080s. Analysis at the country level shows high climate-related costs in the UK, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium. • There is a v ...
Using Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) to realize the economic appraisal of Climate Smart Agriculture policy options
... Yet, while there is a wide range of technical solutions, it is not immediately apparent which options deliver the most economically efficient reductions in GHG within agriculture. This is why methodologies such as a Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) have been developed over these past twenty yea ...
... Yet, while there is a wide range of technical solutions, it is not immediately apparent which options deliver the most economically efficient reductions in GHG within agriculture. This is why methodologies such as a Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) have been developed over these past twenty yea ...
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... means that mitigation efforts will take a long time to have an impact and that it is necessary to plan for adaptation to damages arising from climatic change. The effects of climate change on extreme events vary across locations, signifying the role of local government decision-making. At present, l ...
... means that mitigation efforts will take a long time to have an impact and that it is necessary to plan for adaptation to damages arising from climatic change. The effects of climate change on extreme events vary across locations, signifying the role of local government decision-making. At present, l ...
Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation Planning
... efficient in many locations if the hazard profile and mitigation action plans are based on historic climate data alone. For example, a community can prepare for seasonal flooding without acknowledging climate change, but if the flood protection plan does not recognize that sea level rise and more in ...
... efficient in many locations if the hazard profile and mitigation action plans are based on historic climate data alone. For example, a community can prepare for seasonal flooding without acknowledging climate change, but if the flood protection plan does not recognize that sea level rise and more in ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation
... greenhouse gases at a level that will “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Which stabilization level for greenhouse gases would avoid dangerous interference and whether this risk justifies costly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is controversial. The policies ...
... greenhouse gases at a level that will “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Which stabilization level for greenhouse gases would avoid dangerous interference and whether this risk justifies costly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is controversial. The policies ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PRESERVING THE OCEAN
... greenhouse gases at a level that will “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Which stabilization level for greenhouse gases would avoid dangerous interference and whether this risk justifies costly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is controversial. The policies ...
... greenhouse gases at a level that will “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Which stabilization level for greenhouse gases would avoid dangerous interference and whether this risk justifies costly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is controversial. The policies ...
LCARL362_en.pdf
... climate conditions should have a direct impact on economic growth for Barbados, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. For Bahamas, it appears as though effect on real output only emerges through the indirect impact of climate change on the global economy. This may b ...
... climate conditions should have a direct impact on economic growth for Barbados, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. For Bahamas, it appears as though effect on real output only emerges through the indirect impact of climate change on the global economy. This may b ...