Paper - Wharton Marketing
... (Solomon et al., 2007; Stocker, 2013). This underinvestment in the future is partially due to a perceived sense of temporal and social distance from the most severe consequences of climate change. This sense of distance can act as a psychological barrier to environmental action by promoting intertem ...
... (Solomon et al., 2007; Stocker, 2013). This underinvestment in the future is partially due to a perceived sense of temporal and social distance from the most severe consequences of climate change. This sense of distance can act as a psychological barrier to environmental action by promoting intertem ...
Participants - The Kresge Foundation
... Eddie Bautista is the Executive Director of the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), a network of community-based organizations of color advocating for the empowerment of environmentally overburdened neighborhoods. Eddie’s accomplishments include: helping pass a NYS law protecting EJ commun ...
... Eddie Bautista is the Executive Director of the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), a network of community-based organizations of color advocating for the empowerment of environmentally overburdened neighborhoods. Eddie’s accomplishments include: helping pass a NYS law protecting EJ commun ...
Climate impacts of ozone-depleting substances and their
... Increased HCFC consumption developing countries Atmospheric observations of HCFCs and HFCs Observed replacements patterns: HCFCs to HFCs IPCC-SRES: growth rates GDP and population Provisions Montreal Protocol Increases in HFC-134a use in mobile AC Saturation of HFC consumption ...
... Increased HCFC consumption developing countries Atmospheric observations of HCFCs and HFCs Observed replacements patterns: HCFCs to HFCs IPCC-SRES: growth rates GDP and population Provisions Montreal Protocol Increases in HFC-134a use in mobile AC Saturation of HFC consumption ...
Needs Assessment: Turks and Caicos Islands
... List for World Heritage Site nominations. In June 1990, a Ramsar site encompassing parts of North, Middle and East Caicos was designated.17 Another 33 sites are currently protected under the Turks and Caicos Islands National Park Ordinance. They fall into four categories: national park, nature reser ...
... List for World Heritage Site nominations. In June 1990, a Ramsar site encompassing parts of North, Middle and East Caicos was designated.17 Another 33 sites are currently protected under the Turks and Caicos Islands National Park Ordinance. They fall into four categories: national park, nature reser ...
Hydrologic impacts of climate change on the Nile River Basin
... associated with population growth and a changing climate. Therefore, understanding the uncertainty in projected climate change over the next century is essential to understanding how the economy of the Nile basin will evolve, including social and environmental impacts. This uncertainty is attributab ...
... associated with population growth and a changing climate. Therefore, understanding the uncertainty in projected climate change over the next century is essential to understanding how the economy of the Nile basin will evolve, including social and environmental impacts. This uncertainty is attributab ...
The Extinction of the Woolley Mammoth
... It is difficult to extract evidence from the remains of the woolly mammoth. Their carcasses and Skeletons were numerous, especially in the northern hemisphere and where glaciers existed. Millions of remains were found buried in Siberian frost alone. It was not only woolly mammoth Remains were dug up ...
... It is difficult to extract evidence from the remains of the woolly mammoth. Their carcasses and Skeletons were numerous, especially in the northern hemisphere and where glaciers existed. Millions of remains were found buried in Siberian frost alone. It was not only woolly mammoth Remains were dug up ...
(mis)calculated risk and climate change
... could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output . . . approximately $150 billion. The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond 3° Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not onetime, but are rather incurred year after year because of ...
... could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output . . . approximately $150 billion. The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond 3° Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not onetime, but are rather incurred year after year because of ...
Accurate estimates of yield gaps - Van Bussel et al 2015
... et al., 2013). For irrigated systems, the theoretically possible yield (yield potential, Yp ) is defined as the yield of an adapted crop cultivar when grown without water and nutrient limitations and biotic stress effectively controlled, i.e. yield is determined by prevailing radiation, temperature a ...
... et al., 2013). For irrigated systems, the theoretically possible yield (yield potential, Yp ) is defined as the yield of an adapted crop cultivar when grown without water and nutrient limitations and biotic stress effectively controlled, i.e. yield is determined by prevailing radiation, temperature a ...
World Bank Document - Arab Trade Union Confederation
... machinery could reduce the harmful effects of global warming and improve farm revenue. The results from the two climate change scenarios showed that high temperatures will constrain agricultural production in Egypt. Irrigation and technology are therefore the recommended adaptation options. However, ...
... machinery could reduce the harmful effects of global warming and improve farm revenue. The results from the two climate change scenarios showed that high temperatures will constrain agricultural production in Egypt. Irrigation and technology are therefore the recommended adaptation options. However, ...
In Defense of Emissions Egalitarianism?
... Is “the earth’s capacity to absorb GHG emissions such that the risk of morally unacceptable climate change lies below p” a global commons as claimed by Singer? A global commons is non-excludable but rival in use: when it is provided to some others cannot be prevented from consuming the good as well ...
... Is “the earth’s capacity to absorb GHG emissions such that the risk of morally unacceptable climate change lies below p” a global commons as claimed by Singer? A global commons is non-excludable but rival in use: when it is provided to some others cannot be prevented from consuming the good as well ...
Forest pathogens with higher damage potential due to climate
... but did not specify the causes very exactly, although concerted efforts have been made in this direction since 2004 (http://www.icp-forests.org/WGbiotic.htm). Even when recorded, the trends in these causes (e.g., pollution, physiological disorder, fungi, and insects) cannot yet be discerned over the ...
... but did not specify the causes very exactly, although concerted efforts have been made in this direction since 2004 (http://www.icp-forests.org/WGbiotic.htm). Even when recorded, the trends in these causes (e.g., pollution, physiological disorder, fungi, and insects) cannot yet be discerned over the ...
Insights from the ocean carbon cycle
... In the last 1000 years the global climate system underwent substantial changes [e.g., Lehner et al., 2013], and the current anthropogenic warming is projected to continue [e.g., Stocker et al., 2013]. These climatic changes might have the potential to substantially affect modes of natural variability ...
... In the last 1000 years the global climate system underwent substantial changes [e.g., Lehner et al., 2013], and the current anthropogenic warming is projected to continue [e.g., Stocker et al., 2013]. These climatic changes might have the potential to substantially affect modes of natural variability ...
Official PDF , 39 pages
... machinery could reduce the harmful effects of global warming and improve farm revenue. The results from the two climate change scenarios showed that high temperatures will constrain agricultural production in Egypt. Irrigation and technology are therefore the recommended adaptation options. However, ...
... machinery could reduce the harmful effects of global warming and improve farm revenue. The results from the two climate change scenarios showed that high temperatures will constrain agricultural production in Egypt. Irrigation and technology are therefore the recommended adaptation options. However, ...
Climate Change and Its Causes - The Science and Public Policy
... “The IPCC reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socioeconomic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of humaninduced climate change.” The above statement implies that the IPCC may provide a colored reading of the scientific literature by stressing those ...
... “The IPCC reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socioeconomic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of humaninduced climate change.” The above statement implies that the IPCC may provide a colored reading of the scientific literature by stressing those ...
How Will I Be Remembered? Conserving the
... (Solomon et al., 2007; Stocker, 2013). This underinvestment in the future is partially due to a perceived sense of temporal and social distance from the most severe consequences of climate change. This sense of distance can act as a psychological barrier to environmental action by promoting intertem ...
... (Solomon et al., 2007; Stocker, 2013). This underinvestment in the future is partially due to a perceived sense of temporal and social distance from the most severe consequences of climate change. This sense of distance can act as a psychological barrier to environmental action by promoting intertem ...
After which threshold do anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
... Terasvirta, David Hendry, Nektarios Aslanidis and the participants at the Econometric Models for Climate Change conference. In addition, we would like to thank Yaniv Reingewertz and Nathan Paldor for generously providing their data. ...
... Terasvirta, David Hendry, Nektarios Aslanidis and the participants at the Econometric Models for Climate Change conference. In addition, we would like to thank Yaniv Reingewertz and Nathan Paldor for generously providing their data. ...
A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species
... C and 15N (Dalerum et al., 2012). Coastal arctic foxes have also been recorded with higher levels of mercury (Bocharova et al., 2013). Research on populations of Svalbard inland and coastal arctic foxes found the coastal foxes to have significantly higher levels of persistent organic pollutants in t ...
... C and 15N (Dalerum et al., 2012). Coastal arctic foxes have also been recorded with higher levels of mercury (Bocharova et al., 2013). Research on populations of Svalbard inland and coastal arctic foxes found the coastal foxes to have significantly higher levels of persistent organic pollutants in t ...
Student Sheet 1.2: Where on Earth?
... speed but also by air pressure in the eye of the hurricane. The surge moves quickly across the ocean and may cause flooding when it contacts shorelines. Flooding produces higher casualties than any other aspect of a hurricane. The extent of flooding not only depends on the size of the storm surge bu ...
... speed but also by air pressure in the eye of the hurricane. The surge moves quickly across the ocean and may cause flooding when it contacts shorelines. Flooding produces higher casualties than any other aspect of a hurricane. The extent of flooding not only depends on the size of the storm surge bu ...
"Climate Agenda: Resilient, Prosperous, and Green
... The climate is changing. The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and they will intensify still further in the years ahead. Extreme weather now occurs more often than in the past, necessitating water control measures, for example, while plans to combat hot weather have to b ...
... The climate is changing. The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and they will intensify still further in the years ahead. Extreme weather now occurs more often than in the past, necessitating water control measures, for example, while plans to combat hot weather have to b ...
Climate change and Arctic ecosystems II
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, government will determine what adjustments need to be made to achieve alignment with the goals and objectives of the National Climate Change Response, and will identify any addit ...
... Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, government will determine what adjustments need to be made to achieve alignment with the goals and objectives of the National Climate Change Response, and will identify any addit ...
- OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids
... temperature (Seguin, 2003). In addition, sunflower could also become viable at higher altitudes than presently (shift of þ150 m per 1 °C increase). In the northern regions and in the continental part of Europe, warming will extend the length of the potential growing season allowing earlier planting a ...
... temperature (Seguin, 2003). In addition, sunflower could also become viable at higher altitudes than presently (shift of þ150 m per 1 °C increase). In the northern regions and in the continental part of Europe, warming will extend the length of the potential growing season allowing earlier planting a ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... produce charcoal, and then burying the charcoal in the soil, which in turn serves both as carbon sink and soil enhancement.19 As for the oceans, the most talked-about CDR possibility is ocean seeding. Here the idea is to take advantage of the natural process whereby phytoplankton take in carbon from ...
... produce charcoal, and then burying the charcoal in the soil, which in turn serves both as carbon sink and soil enhancement.19 As for the oceans, the most talked-about CDR possibility is ocean seeding. Here the idea is to take advantage of the natural process whereby phytoplankton take in carbon from ...