Mapping institutional fragmentation in the climate governance
... look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international organizations, and in what way they form transnational relationships and institutions to further their interests. A single actor cannot be fragmented, instead fragmentation occurs in the interplay between actors hence we tal ...
... look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international organizations, and in what way they form transnational relationships and institutions to further their interests. A single actor cannot be fragmented, instead fragmentation occurs in the interplay between actors hence we tal ...
Facing the challenges of climate change
... and the inclusion in the Programme for Government of the consideration of a national „carbon tax‟. While these measures are aimed at addressing the sources of climate change, there is a risk of unintended negative consequences for the tourism industry depending on how they are implemented. As an isl ...
... and the inclusion in the Programme for Government of the consideration of a national „carbon tax‟. While these measures are aimed at addressing the sources of climate change, there is a risk of unintended negative consequences for the tourism industry depending on how they are implemented. As an isl ...
Running to stand still: adaptation and the response of
... As many species are unlikely to migrate fast enough to track the rapidly changing climate of the future, adaptation must play an increasingly important role in their response. In this paper we review recent work that has documented climate-related genetic diversity within populations or on the micro ...
... As many species are unlikely to migrate fast enough to track the rapidly changing climate of the future, adaptation must play an increasingly important role in their response. In this paper we review recent work that has documented climate-related genetic diversity within populations or on the micro ...
INFLUENCE OF LONG- AND SHORT
... environment. This is extremely important information in light of current global ecological problems, studies, and policy decisions, one of which is the problem of climate change. While these have been long discussed in the scientific circles, during the last few years this problem acquired new urgen ...
... environment. This is extremely important information in light of current global ecological problems, studies, and policy decisions, one of which is the problem of climate change. While these have been long discussed in the scientific circles, during the last few years this problem acquired new urgen ...
Land consolidation and its effect on climate
... increased during the past decades the benefits arising from the increase in size have not been realized due to the continually growing fragmentation. The structural development of farm economy has increased the need to re-arrange land parcels in Finland. This has meant that land consolidation projec ...
... increased during the past decades the benefits arising from the increase in size have not been realized due to the continually growing fragmentation. The structural development of farm economy has increased the need to re-arrange land parcels in Finland. This has meant that land consolidation projec ...
Climate modelling in Bangladesh
... such as establishing the optimum domain sizes and terrain details for climate model simulations. Dr. Claire Witham, Climate Services Consultant at the Met Office Hadley Centre and one of the scientists leading the workshops, was struck by the enthusiasm of the participants: “All the participants sha ...
... such as establishing the optimum domain sizes and terrain details for climate model simulations. Dr. Claire Witham, Climate Services Consultant at the Met Office Hadley Centre and one of the scientists leading the workshops, was struck by the enthusiasm of the participants: “All the participants sha ...
Innovation in the realm of institutional complexity
... through the area was flooding due to heavy rain and strong wind during the night. The flooding resulted in the surrounding roads being closed, and many house occupants found their basements filled with water and the electrical system shut down. In addition, 70 children in a nearby kindergarten had t ...
... through the area was flooding due to heavy rain and strong wind during the night. The flooding resulted in the surrounding roads being closed, and many house occupants found their basements filled with water and the electrical system shut down. In addition, 70 children in a nearby kindergarten had t ...
Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children
... increased prices that work their way through the whole economy. For example, if the price of electricity goes up, so do the prices of aluminum and, in turn, aluminum products such as foil and cans. ...
... increased prices that work their way through the whole economy. For example, if the price of electricity goes up, so do the prices of aluminum and, in turn, aluminum products such as foil and cans. ...
Australian climate change policy: a chronology
... implementation over time. However, Australia’s commitment to climate action over the past three decades could be seen as inconsistent and lacking in direction. At times Australia has been an early adopter, establishing the world’s first government agency dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emission ...
... implementation over time. However, Australia’s commitment to climate action over the past three decades could be seen as inconsistent and lacking in direction. At times Australia has been an early adopter, establishing the world’s first government agency dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emission ...
Salehyan CV 1 Idean Salehyan – Curriculum Vitae University of
... the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. •Policy Reports, Blog Posts, and Popular Press ...
... the World: Major Conflicts Since World War II. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. •Policy Reports, Blog Posts, and Popular Press ...
By Slowing Population Growth, Family Planning Can Help Address
... An estimated 225 million women in developing countries lack affordable access to high quality voluntary family planning services. Meeting the already existing need for modern contraceptive services would contribute to improved health; foster social justice; decrease the need to expand health facilit ...
... An estimated 225 million women in developing countries lack affordable access to high quality voluntary family planning services. Meeting the already existing need for modern contraceptive services would contribute to improved health; foster social justice; decrease the need to expand health facilit ...
climate engineering: which role for space?
... Climate models show that the climate could be brought closer to the pre-industrial climate by applying geoengineering methods to decrease global temperatures [5–11]. Although the deliberate and global manipulation of Earth’s climate has long been ignored as a serious option to counteract global warm ...
... Climate models show that the climate could be brought closer to the pre-industrial climate by applying geoengineering methods to decrease global temperatures [5–11]. Although the deliberate and global manipulation of Earth’s climate has long been ignored as a serious option to counteract global warm ...
Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first
... in the past centuries, particularly in the northern hemisphere (NH). These observations can be used to examine how the climate model reproduces historical climate changes. Validating the simulated variations in the last 30 years of the twentieth century, a period with relatively high observation den ...
... in the past centuries, particularly in the northern hemisphere (NH). These observations can be used to examine how the climate model reproduces historical climate changes. Validating the simulated variations in the last 30 years of the twentieth century, a period with relatively high observation den ...
R eports
... probability of occurrence of a particular ant species based on current and future (2080) climate derived from MaxEnt models (future minus current, such that positive values indicate increased probability of occurrence under climate warming) were considered continuous fixed effects. The calculation of ...
... probability of occurrence of a particular ant species based on current and future (2080) climate derived from MaxEnt models (future minus current, such that positive values indicate increased probability of occurrence under climate warming) were considered continuous fixed effects. The calculation of ...
View/Open - University College Cork
... text boxes and tables listing the number of observing infrastructure in each county. National reports tend to focus on positive aspects such as new developments, with little attention given to existing challenges and gaps in data analysis. This study has identified that more detail and critical anal ...
... text boxes and tables listing the number of observing infrastructure in each county. National reports tend to focus on positive aspects such as new developments, with little attention given to existing challenges and gaps in data analysis. This study has identified that more detail and critical anal ...
Talking Climate Change via Social Media: Communication
... social sciences that aim to investigate what are the motivations that drive people to get involved and change their own behaviour, and how these behavioural changes happen; in particular in the context of energy saving and climate change. However, it is unclear how all these theories can be applied ...
... social sciences that aim to investigate what are the motivations that drive people to get involved and change their own behaviour, and how these behavioural changes happen; in particular in the context of energy saving and climate change. However, it is unclear how all these theories can be applied ...
Setting a long-term climate objective
... a hedging strategy should be adopted in which medium-term action is taken to keep a range of stabilisation options within reach, including those consistent with having a high probability of limiting warming to 2°C, such as 400ppm CO2-equivalent. That would enable long-term options to be re-assessed ...
... a hedging strategy should be adopted in which medium-term action is taken to keep a range of stabilisation options within reach, including those consistent with having a high probability of limiting warming to 2°C, such as 400ppm CO2-equivalent. That would enable long-term options to be re-assessed ...
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... the state. The study therefore recommends that meteorological station units should be established in the rural farming households in the state where accessibility is extremely difficult. This will make available meteorological data (information) to the reach of the poor rural farming household for t ...
... the state. The study therefore recommends that meteorological station units should be established in the rural farming households in the state where accessibility is extremely difficult. This will make available meteorological data (information) to the reach of the poor rural farming household for t ...
Growing Together in a Changing Climate
... energy and creativity to the intergovernmental process, demanding concrete action from their governments. ...
... energy and creativity to the intergovernmental process, demanding concrete action from their governments. ...
Climate Change in Atqasuk, Alaska
... 1998 and 2013 the number increased to 5.9 days. In 2003 there were twenty five days above the 39 degree mark (SNAP 2014). Average monthly temperature and precipitation trend data is available for Atqasuk and the models compare temperatures between 1961 and 1990 with projected temperatures from 2010 ...
... 1998 and 2013 the number increased to 5.9 days. In 2003 there were twenty five days above the 39 degree mark (SNAP 2014). Average monthly temperature and precipitation trend data is available for Atqasuk and the models compare temperatures between 1961 and 1990 with projected temperatures from 2010 ...
4. The response of the climate system to a
... CO2, CH4, N2O and halocarbons are long-lived gases that remain in the atmosphere for decades if not centuries. Their geographical distribution is thus quite homogenous, with only small differences between the two hemispheres. Other greenhouse gases such as O3 (ozone) have a shorter life. As a conseq ...
... CO2, CH4, N2O and halocarbons are long-lived gases that remain in the atmosphere for decades if not centuries. Their geographical distribution is thus quite homogenous, with only small differences between the two hemispheres. Other greenhouse gases such as O3 (ozone) have a shorter life. As a conseq ...
A multi-century ice-core perspective on 20th
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
A multi-century ice-core perspective on 20th
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
GCOS - WMO
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
Name - HannibalPhysics
... temperature, and land cover. NASA and other agencies are constantly monitoring many variables associated with Climate Change. Satellite image analysis can distinguish types and health of vegetation based on how light interacts with the plant materials. Scientists have proposed a number of different ...
... temperature, and land cover. NASA and other agencies are constantly monitoring many variables associated with Climate Change. Satellite image analysis can distinguish types and health of vegetation based on how light interacts with the plant materials. Scientists have proposed a number of different ...