The EU`s disappointing leadership on climate, or
... This article will investigate the literature on the EU’s activities in the international climate change regime, its normative foundations, its findings, and will allude to missing knowledge gaps. It will discuss to what extent the EU’s role on international climate change policy is a case study, who ...
... This article will investigate the literature on the EU’s activities in the international climate change regime, its normative foundations, its findings, and will allude to missing knowledge gaps. It will discuss to what extent the EU’s role on international climate change policy is a case study, who ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... “transparent” as it could be. Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity In May 2013, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) produced an updated SCC value by incorporating updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination. But, at that time, the IWG did ...
... “transparent” as it could be. Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity In May 2013, the Interagency Working Group (IWG) produced an updated SCC value by incorporating updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination. But, at that time, the IWG did ...
STRATEGIES FOR A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO OZONE
... should also take the diminishment of such compounds into account. The second framework in which a scientific linkage may be established between the atmosphere and the climate system concerns the cooling indirectly provoked by ozone depletion. The reduction of the ozone layer favors the penetration o ...
... should also take the diminishment of such compounds into account. The second framework in which a scientific linkage may be established between the atmosphere and the climate system concerns the cooling indirectly provoked by ozone depletion. The reduction of the ozone layer favors the penetration o ...
Climate Change and Mortality: Feedback from Populations Issues
... developing states’ efforts to eradicate poverty. Climate change is adding to pre-existing levels of risk fueled by exposure and socio-economic vulnerability”. It is the current scientific consensus that climate change has occurred since the industrial revolution began and will continue to affect the ...
... developing states’ efforts to eradicate poverty. Climate change is adding to pre-existing levels of risk fueled by exposure and socio-economic vulnerability”. It is the current scientific consensus that climate change has occurred since the industrial revolution began and will continue to affect the ...
CARE brief on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction
... Women, girls and boys are 14 times more likely than men to die during a disaster (Kristina Peterson, 2007). The differential capacities and roles of men, women, boys and girls have a critical impact on vulnerability to disasters, roles in disaster risk reduction, and needs in response. Therefore, me ...
... Women, girls and boys are 14 times more likely than men to die during a disaster (Kristina Peterson, 2007). The differential capacities and roles of men, women, boys and girls have a critical impact on vulnerability to disasters, roles in disaster risk reduction, and needs in response. Therefore, me ...
NGOs in Economic Diplomacy
... In many ways, the term ‘Non-Governmental Organization’ is a bad place to start. It describes what a given institution is not, rather than what it is, and so leads to considerable confusion over what the category includes – business associations? Churches? Trades unions? Families? The phrase ‘non-gov ...
... In many ways, the term ‘Non-Governmental Organization’ is a bad place to start. It describes what a given institution is not, rather than what it is, and so leads to considerable confusion over what the category includes – business associations? Churches? Trades unions? Families? The phrase ‘non-gov ...
CCWG - Vietnam Climate Finance Options
... analysis involves understanding how people access and control various mixes of resources and activities, how these can be affected by vulnerability context and how these differ within and among households in ways that affect their ability to achieve the outcomes they desire in their lives. It is inf ...
... analysis involves understanding how people access and control various mixes of resources and activities, how these can be affected by vulnerability context and how these differ within and among households in ways that affect their ability to achieve the outcomes they desire in their lives. It is inf ...
Hadley Cell (HC) Circulation response to Climate
... land-sea contrast), as long as this heat contrast imposed by the sun does not change (more radiation at the tropics, less radiations at higher latitudes). They concluded land- sea temperature contrast is more related with monsoon circulations rather than Hadley circulation. Thus this circulation wou ...
... land-sea contrast), as long as this heat contrast imposed by the sun does not change (more radiation at the tropics, less radiations at higher latitudes). They concluded land- sea temperature contrast is more related with monsoon circulations rather than Hadley circulation. Thus this circulation wou ...
Interhemispheric Temperature Asymmetry over the
... Stern 1997). Recently, Karoly and others studied simple indices, including the interhemispheric temperature contrast, for detecting and attributing global climate changes (Karoly and Braganza 2001; Braganza et al. 2004; Drost et al. 2012; Drost and Karoly 2012). These studies do not find robust sign ...
... Stern 1997). Recently, Karoly and others studied simple indices, including the interhemispheric temperature contrast, for detecting and attributing global climate changes (Karoly and Braganza 2001; Braganza et al. 2004; Drost et al. 2012; Drost and Karoly 2012). These studies do not find robust sign ...
On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic
... all 22 studies have equal credibility and for my purposes here their PDFs can be simplistically aggregated. The upper 5% probability level averaged over all 22 climate-sensitivity studies cited in IPCC-AR4 (2007) is 7°C while the median is 6.4°C,3 which I take as signifying approximately that 3 Deta ...
... all 22 studies have equal credibility and for my purposes here their PDFs can be simplistically aggregated. The upper 5% probability level averaged over all 22 climate-sensitivity studies cited in IPCC-AR4 (2007) is 7°C while the median is 6.4°C,3 which I take as signifying approximately that 3 Deta ...
CLIMATIC CHANGE IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS: A REVIEW OF
... mountain regions. FAO (the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization), the lead agency for IYM, is working closely with UN and other organizations to make sure the broadest possible range of expertise is focused on reaching the goals of sustainable mountain development. One of IYM’s goals is ...
... mountain regions. FAO (the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization), the lead agency for IYM, is working closely with UN and other organizations to make sure the broadest possible range of expertise is focused on reaching the goals of sustainable mountain development. One of IYM’s goals is ...
Global Warming—Hot Topic Getting Hotter
... nearly as vast as the subject matter itself. This Teacher’s Guide will put you in touch with some of the best of them by providing annotated URL links to a wide variety of Websites that are directly or peripherally related to each of the articles appearing in the issue. Teachers interested in obtain ...
... nearly as vast as the subject matter itself. This Teacher’s Guide will put you in touch with some of the best of them by providing annotated URL links to a wide variety of Websites that are directly or peripherally related to each of the articles appearing in the issue. Teachers interested in obtain ...
- MIT Press Journals
... all 22 studies have equal credibility and for my purposes here their PDFs can be simplistically aggregated. The upper 5% probability level averaged over all 22 climate-sensitivity studies cited in IPCC-AR4 (2007) is 7°C while the median is 6.4°C,3 which I take as signifying approximately that 3 Deta ...
... all 22 studies have equal credibility and for my purposes here their PDFs can be simplistically aggregated. The upper 5% probability level averaged over all 22 climate-sensitivity studies cited in IPCC-AR4 (2007) is 7°C while the median is 6.4°C,3 which I take as signifying approximately that 3 Deta ...
Weitzman2009-Modeling-Economics-ClimateChange.pdf
... all 22 studies have equal credibility and for my purposes here their PDFs can be simplistically aggregated. The upper 5% probability level averaged over all 22 climate-sensitivity studies cited in IPCC-AR4 (2007) is 7°C while the median is 6.4°C,3 which I take as signifying approximately that 3 Deta ...
... all 22 studies have equal credibility and for my purposes here their PDFs can be simplistically aggregated. The upper 5% probability level averaged over all 22 climate-sensitivity studies cited in IPCC-AR4 (2007) is 7°C while the median is 6.4°C,3 which I take as signifying approximately that 3 Deta ...
A history of climate activities
... proceeded vigorously through the early 1980s with a particular focus in the research community on the role of increasing atmospheric concen trations of greenhouse gases in producing global warming. In October 1985, UNEP, WMO and ICSU convened an international assessment of the role of carbon dioxid ...
... proceeded vigorously through the early 1980s with a particular focus in the research community on the role of increasing atmospheric concen trations of greenhouse gases in producing global warming. In October 1985, UNEP, WMO and ICSU convened an international assessment of the role of carbon dioxid ...
Draft Risk Assessment Framework Outline
... goods transported), and role of the asset in emergency response and evacuations required in past weather events. By comparing historical weather events with historical maintenance and repair needs, agencies can estimate how well specific assets withstand certain climate stressors. In doing so, the ...
... goods transported), and role of the asset in emergency response and evacuations required in past weather events. By comparing historical weather events with historical maintenance and repair needs, agencies can estimate how well specific assets withstand certain climate stressors. In doing so, the ...
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... System for Agrotechnology Transfer). The outcome of the research indicate that rice production varies for two reason geographically and climatically. Mathauda et al. (2000) analysed the impact of temperature variation on the yield of rice in Punjab, India; the CERES RICE simulation model from1970 to ...
... System for Agrotechnology Transfer). The outcome of the research indicate that rice production varies for two reason geographically and climatically. Mathauda et al. (2000) analysed the impact of temperature variation on the yield of rice in Punjab, India; the CERES RICE simulation model from1970 to ...
A Framework for Assessing the Vulnerability of Communities in the
... climatic parameters are already evident in the Arctic, and climate models suggest that greater changes are forthcoming. As a consequence, climate-related risks that already pose challenges to Arctic communities, including greater unpredictability of environmental conditions, geophysical hazards, and ...
... climatic parameters are already evident in the Arctic, and climate models suggest that greater changes are forthcoming. As a consequence, climate-related risks that already pose challenges to Arctic communities, including greater unpredictability of environmental conditions, geophysical hazards, and ...
The Effects of Climate Change on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights
... effects of climate change on rights within their purview, most of which predate the IPCC AR5 report, as well as the 2009 report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the effects of climate change on human rights, which drew primarily on the Fourth Assessment Report.4 4. ...
... effects of climate change on rights within their purview, most of which predate the IPCC AR5 report, as well as the 2009 report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the effects of climate change on human rights, which drew primarily on the Fourth Assessment Report.4 4. ...
Knowledge, power and the environment: Epistemologies of the
... unleashed through the attempts to create an ideal environment, based on political ideals in the 1970s may seem an outdated aberration in the present day. Yet, this is also a cautionary tale for the future, as we attempt to radically transform human relations with the environment in an attempt to ave ...
... unleashed through the attempts to create an ideal environment, based on political ideals in the 1970s may seem an outdated aberration in the present day. Yet, this is also a cautionary tale for the future, as we attempt to radically transform human relations with the environment in an attempt to ave ...
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
... Solomon et al., 2007) has emphasized the importance of developing climate models with predictive capability. In recent decades considerable effort has been devoted to evaluating state-of-the-art climate models from this point of view. A good summary of this work is given in Chapter 8 of the latest I ...
... Solomon et al., 2007) has emphasized the importance of developing climate models with predictive capability. In recent decades considerable effort has been devoted to evaluating state-of-the-art climate models from this point of view. A good summary of this work is given in Chapter 8 of the latest I ...
slides - Medical and Public Health Law Site
... particularized injury in its capacity as a landowner. The severity of that injury will only increase over the course of the next century: If sea levels continue to rise as predicted, one Massachusetts official believes that a significant fraction of coastal property will be "either permanently lost ...
... particularized injury in its capacity as a landowner. The severity of that injury will only increase over the course of the next century: If sea levels continue to rise as predicted, one Massachusetts official believes that a significant fraction of coastal property will be "either permanently lost ...
1. Introduction
... local GHG emissions (ICLEI 2000). Members also commit to passing through a series of five “milestones” designed to help them control those emissions. These include conducting an emissions analysis to establish a baseline, selecting a reduction target then developing and implementing a plan to achiev ...
... local GHG emissions (ICLEI 2000). Members also commit to passing through a series of five “milestones” designed to help them control those emissions. These include conducting an emissions analysis to establish a baseline, selecting a reduction target then developing and implementing a plan to achiev ...
Climate change and water resources
... by the physical and biological factors that influence the earth’s climate. Similarly, climate change can be further accelerated by positive feedback mechanisms. For example, at a certain threshold, the ability of the ocean (as highlighted above), as well as soil and plants, to absorb CO2 (currently ...
... by the physical and biological factors that influence the earth’s climate. Similarly, climate change can be further accelerated by positive feedback mechanisms. For example, at a certain threshold, the ability of the ocean (as highlighted above), as well as soil and plants, to absorb CO2 (currently ...