The Climate Change Generation?
... when NASA climate scientist James Hansen testified at a Senate Energy Committee hearing that global temperature rise was underway and that human-produced greenhouse gases were almost certainly responsible. For this reason, the conventional wisdom holds that young Americans, growing up in a world of ...
... when NASA climate scientist James Hansen testified at a Senate Energy Committee hearing that global temperature rise was underway and that human-produced greenhouse gases were almost certainly responsible. For this reason, the conventional wisdom holds that young Americans, growing up in a world of ...
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... longwave (infrared) radiation, convection, land surface processes, albedo, hydrology, cloud cover, and sea ice dynamics (Rupp et al., 2009). Many global climate models (GCMs) have been developed and evaluated around the world. These models have come to many fairly consistent conclusions. In general, ...
... longwave (infrared) radiation, convection, land surface processes, albedo, hydrology, cloud cover, and sea ice dynamics (Rupp et al., 2009). Many global climate models (GCMs) have been developed and evaluated around the world. These models have come to many fairly consistent conclusions. In general, ...
Effects of Climate Change on Crop Production in Thaba-Tseka
... variable both in space and time. This has major implications for human livelihoods, particularly for those areas where rural populations are reliant upon rain fed agriculture. The standard deviation was very high and sensitive to crop production in both districts during these months August, October, ...
... variable both in space and time. This has major implications for human livelihoods, particularly for those areas where rural populations are reliant upon rain fed agriculture. The standard deviation was very high and sensitive to crop production in both districts during these months August, October, ...
CLIMATE OF DISPLACEMENT, CLIMATE FOR PROTECTION
... practice was adjusted and eventually included landless people who came from areas where there was a lack of food and who would be in a particularly vulnerable position upon return. At a minimum, the human rights principle of non-refoulement may provide some basic protection against return in the oth ...
... practice was adjusted and eventually included landless people who came from areas where there was a lack of food and who would be in a particularly vulnerable position upon return. At a minimum, the human rights principle of non-refoulement may provide some basic protection against return in the oth ...
An Initial Look at DoD`s Activities Toward Climate Change Resiliency
... that looked at climate change scenarios and on how these may affect various Defense Department activities. The consensus in the literature surveyed is that climate change poses risk to the Department of Defense’s readiness, operations, and strategies. Therefore all DoD activities—strategic and theat ...
... that looked at climate change scenarios and on how these may affect various Defense Department activities. The consensus in the literature surveyed is that climate change poses risk to the Department of Defense’s readiness, operations, and strategies. Therefore all DoD activities—strategic and theat ...
Exploring the Geologic Time Scale via Changes in Fossilized Horse
... 14 CHEWING ON CHANGE: Exploring the Evolution of Horses in Response to Climate Change ...
... 14 CHEWING ON CHANGE: Exploring the Evolution of Horses in Response to Climate Change ...
Building Resilience and Reducing Emissions
... climate change finance to its member countries.) The international political response to climate change began with the 1992 adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which sets out a framework for action aimed at stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of GHGs to ...
... climate change finance to its member countries.) The international political response to climate change began with the 1992 adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which sets out a framework for action aimed at stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of GHGs to ...
OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY
... On November 9 this year you told the General Assembly: “Extreme weather due to climate change is the new normal … Our challenge remains, clear and urgent: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to strengthen adaptation to … even larger climate shocks … and to reach a legally binding climate agreement b ...
... On November 9 this year you told the General Assembly: “Extreme weather due to climate change is the new normal … Our challenge remains, clear and urgent: to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to strengthen adaptation to … even larger climate shocks … and to reach a legally binding climate agreement b ...
Warming Good - RS - DDI
... primary production in the world's oceans," which in turn "plays a fundamental role in structuring marine food webs” which are "critical to maintaining biodiversity and supporting fishery catches." Hence, the study’s authors write they are keen to examine what the future might hold in this regard, no ...
... primary production in the world's oceans," which in turn "plays a fundamental role in structuring marine food webs” which are "critical to maintaining biodiversity and supporting fishery catches." Hence, the study’s authors write they are keen to examine what the future might hold in this regard, no ...
Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The
... The situation for other weather events is less clear. It is possible that the strength of tropical cyclones may increase, though not their frequency19. The El Nino and North Atlantic Oscillation patterns will likely become accentuated20, with major changes in precipitation for many regions. The chem ...
... The situation for other weather events is less clear. It is possible that the strength of tropical cyclones may increase, though not their frequency19. The El Nino and North Atlantic Oscillation patterns will likely become accentuated20, with major changes in precipitation for many regions. The chem ...
the Migration as Adaptation briefing.
... situ. These populations are ‘trapped’ (Black et al, 2011), and thus will require interventions that do not rely on individual autonomous adaptations. Fankhauser et al (1999) understand that autonomous adaptations do not happen in a vacuum. Individuals that make autonomous adaptation decisions are of ...
... situ. These populations are ‘trapped’ (Black et al, 2011), and thus will require interventions that do not rely on individual autonomous adaptations. Fankhauser et al (1999) understand that autonomous adaptations do not happen in a vacuum. Individuals that make autonomous adaptation decisions are of ...
Impacts of global warming on hydrological Introduction of multi-model ensembles and
... size. In the period, influences of synoptic-scale disturbances are relatively weak. -Spectral nudging has some impacts on the mean bias of surface variables (2mT and P) in JJA but overall, its magnitude was not large. SST should play a significant role (nudging effect) as a boundary condition. *This ...
... size. In the period, influences of synoptic-scale disturbances are relatively weak. -Spectral nudging has some impacts on the mean bias of surface variables (2mT and P) in JJA but overall, its magnitude was not large. SST should play a significant role (nudging effect) as a boundary condition. *This ...
Climate change, the environment and armed con
... However, the link between climate change, environmental degradation and armed conflict is more complicated in reality. The Implications of Climate Change for Armed Conflict study commissioned by the World Bank for the “Social Dimensions of Climate Change” workshop [hereafter, World Bank Climate Chan ...
... However, the link between climate change, environmental degradation and armed conflict is more complicated in reality. The Implications of Climate Change for Armed Conflict study commissioned by the World Bank for the “Social Dimensions of Climate Change” workshop [hereafter, World Bank Climate Chan ...
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
... in these losses was due to weather-related events, an increase in severe weather is a possibility that has to be looked at seriously. The likelihood that weather-related disasters are on the rise is also supported by an analysis done by the Geneva Secretariat for the International Decade for Natural ...
... in these losses was due to weather-related events, an increase in severe weather is a possibility that has to be looked at seriously. The likelihood that weather-related disasters are on the rise is also supported by an analysis done by the Geneva Secretariat for the International Decade for Natural ...
Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... Migration pertains to people leaving their home (“origin”) to live elsewhere. In general, scholars have focused on push factors to explain this phenomenon. Among the socio-political factors (i.e., unemployment, war, or human rights violations), the literature increasingly acknowledges the importance ...
... Migration pertains to people leaving their home (“origin”) to live elsewhere. In general, scholars have focused on push factors to explain this phenomenon. Among the socio-political factors (i.e., unemployment, war, or human rights violations), the literature increasingly acknowledges the importance ...
ERE_email_exchange_1
... I am writing to draw your attention to a number of small but significant errors in a paper which was published by the ‘Environmental and Resource Economics’ in 2012. I believe they require not only prompt correction but also action by the author to make available details of the calculations he carri ...
... I am writing to draw your attention to a number of small but significant errors in a paper which was published by the ‘Environmental and Resource Economics’ in 2012. I believe they require not only prompt correction but also action by the author to make available details of the calculations he carri ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... thus defying economic logic that calls for the removal of market failures. Subsidies to consumers that are not specific are available, but they are accompanied by higher transaction costs than subsidies to producers (more transactions and higher verification costs). Moreover, even though there is no ...
... thus defying economic logic that calls for the removal of market failures. Subsidies to consumers that are not specific are available, but they are accompanied by higher transaction costs than subsidies to producers (more transactions and higher verification costs). Moreover, even though there is no ...
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... small, however, and the influence of solar activity on the Earth’s climate remains a controversial topic with many open questions [Lean, 1997; Foukal et al., 2006]. Although their contribution to recent warming is negligible [Lean and Rind, 2008; Lockwood, 2008], there is evidence for contributions ...
... small, however, and the influence of solar activity on the Earth’s climate remains a controversial topic with many open questions [Lean, 1997; Foukal et al., 2006]. Although their contribution to recent warming is negligible [Lean and Rind, 2008; Lockwood, 2008], there is evidence for contributions ...
Capability Approach and policies for those likely to be left behind
... further concerns. First, the poorest cohorts have been worse off even in regions attributed with sustained rapid growth and lifting millions out of poverty as in East Asia. Widening income equality was most distinct in this region between 1990 and 2004. Southern Asia, also a region with high econom ...
... further concerns. First, the poorest cohorts have been worse off even in regions attributed with sustained rapid growth and lifting millions out of poverty as in East Asia. Widening income equality was most distinct in this region between 1990 and 2004. Southern Asia, also a region with high econom ...
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... There are N inputs, committed before the state of nature is known. In the present version, N = 5. The model inputs are water, land, labour, capital, and a generic cash input. A variety of constraints on input use are imposed. Land is constrained by total area, and by soil type for particular commodi ...
... There are N inputs, committed before the state of nature is known. In the present version, N = 5. The model inputs are water, land, labour, capital, and a generic cash input. A variety of constraints on input use are imposed. Land is constrained by total area, and by soil type for particular commodi ...
South Asian Regional Study on Climate Change Impacts and
... water stressed. Rapid depletion of water resource is already a cause for concern in many countries within the region. Figure 3 highlights that in South Asia alone, 2.5 billion people will be affected with water stress and scarcity by the year 2050 (HDR, 2006). While estimating these numbers, however ...
... water stressed. Rapid depletion of water resource is already a cause for concern in many countries within the region. Figure 3 highlights that in South Asia alone, 2.5 billion people will be affected with water stress and scarcity by the year 2050 (HDR, 2006). While estimating these numbers, however ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
Global Climate Change - Pearson Higher Education
... the term global warming synonymously in casual conversation, but global warming refers specifically to an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Global warming is only one aspect of global climate change, but warming does in turn drive other components of climate change. Over the long term ...
... the term global warming synonymously in casual conversation, but global warming refers specifically to an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Global warming is only one aspect of global climate change, but warming does in turn drive other components of climate change. Over the long term ...
nicpp final report
... group of activists wrote the all-important Summary for Policymakers (SPM) for each of the four IPCC reports [McKitrick et al. 2007]. While we are often told about the thousands of scientists on whose work the Assessment reports are based, the vast majority of these scientists have no direct influen ...
... group of activists wrote the all-important Summary for Policymakers (SPM) for each of the four IPCC reports [McKitrick et al. 2007]. While we are often told about the thousands of scientists on whose work the Assessment reports are based, the vast majority of these scientists have no direct influen ...