Farmer beliefs and concerns about climate change and attitudes
... erosion and reduced soil fertility (Lal et al. 2011). The certainty of increased need for food to feed a burgeoning global population and the uncertainty of the short- and long-term impacts of climate change on agriculture combine to make efforts to enhance the resilience of agricultural systems a t ...
... erosion and reduced soil fertility (Lal et al. 2011). The certainty of increased need for food to feed a burgeoning global population and the uncertainty of the short- and long-term impacts of climate change on agriculture combine to make efforts to enhance the resilience of agricultural systems a t ...
Science of Climate Change
... The international scientific consensus on climate change is clear. In 2007 the IPCC stated that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal”; and that there was a greater than 90 percent probability that most of the warming since the mid-20th century had been caused by the rapid increase in greenh ...
... The international scientific consensus on climate change is clear. In 2007 the IPCC stated that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal”; and that there was a greater than 90 percent probability that most of the warming since the mid-20th century had been caused by the rapid increase in greenh ...
Transformational adaptation
... country has responded to its vulnerability to flooding through a combination of dikes, drainage, sea walls and storm surge barriers. Flooding from the North Sea in 1953, which led to the loss of 1,800 lives, led the government to commit to building higher coastal dikes. However, significant flooding ...
... country has responded to its vulnerability to flooding through a combination of dikes, drainage, sea walls and storm surge barriers. Flooding from the North Sea in 1953, which led to the loss of 1,800 lives, led the government to commit to building higher coastal dikes. However, significant flooding ...
Statement of witness James E. Hansen
... change! This deception, whether a product of ineptitude or slyness, serves to confuse the public or at least make it appear that there is an argument among theorists. Natural climate changes on millennial time scales are instigated by Earth orbital changes, but the mechanisms causing planetary energ ...
... change! This deception, whether a product of ineptitude or slyness, serves to confuse the public or at least make it appear that there is an argument among theorists. Natural climate changes on millennial time scales are instigated by Earth orbital changes, but the mechanisms causing planetary energ ...
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... was damaged and people’s livelihoods suffered. Following the accident, Shell supported the response effort by providing equipment, technical expertise, and facilities to BP. We also took immediate steps to confirm and reinforce the safety of our offshore operations around the world. Our view of deep ...
... was damaged and people’s livelihoods suffered. Following the accident, Shell supported the response effort by providing equipment, technical expertise, and facilities to BP. We also took immediate steps to confirm and reinforce the safety of our offshore operations around the world. Our view of deep ...
Climate Module - Sustainable Agriculture Network
... The implementation of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard has generated positive environmental and social impacts and more rewarding, stable markets for producers. Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms – those which meet the criteria of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard – are taking actions that ...
... The implementation of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard has generated positive environmental and social impacts and more rewarding, stable markets for producers. Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms – those which meet the criteria of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard – are taking actions that ...
Saint Lucia`s iNDC
... Industrial Processes; Agriculture; and Waste. Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) was not included in the baseline projection because of the high degree of uncertainty in developing projections of sources and sinks within this sector. Following a prioritization of all possible mitigation ...
... Industrial Processes; Agriculture; and Waste. Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) was not included in the baseline projection because of the high degree of uncertainty in developing projections of sources and sinks within this sector. Following a prioritization of all possible mitigation ...
Risks, opportunities, and adaptation to climate change
... risen 10 to 25 cm (IPCC 1996a). The character of rainfall also may be changing. For example, the area of the United States that has been affected by extreme rainfall events (i.e. at least 5 cm d–1) has gone up (Karl et al. 1996). These observed changes led the IPCC to conclude that ‘The balance of e ...
... risen 10 to 25 cm (IPCC 1996a). The character of rainfall also may be changing. For example, the area of the United States that has been affected by extreme rainfall events (i.e. at least 5 cm d–1) has gone up (Karl et al. 1996). These observed changes led the IPCC to conclude that ‘The balance of e ...
Introduction: The Global Environmental Tragedy
... doing to the poor, future generations, and nature that justify most of what needs to be done. I am optimistic that most of us have such concerns, and take them seriously. (Others are less so, but that is another story.) Still, what seems clear is that we lack the appropriate institutions to make the ...
... doing to the poor, future generations, and nature that justify most of what needs to be done. I am optimistic that most of us have such concerns, and take them seriously. (Others are less so, but that is another story.) Still, what seems clear is that we lack the appropriate institutions to make the ...
Working Paper Series - Griffith University
... liberal-economic and political framework focusing on short-term profit, with the last thirty years showing the ‘pervasive trend…of the fore-shortening of time in economic calculations’ (Lever-Tracy, 2011 46). Short-term considerations motivate not just corporate CEOs but also policy makers. The clim ...
... liberal-economic and political framework focusing on short-term profit, with the last thirty years showing the ‘pervasive trend…of the fore-shortening of time in economic calculations’ (Lever-Tracy, 2011 46). Short-term considerations motivate not just corporate CEOs but also policy makers. The clim ...
Global warming in the public sphere
... marine environments. Given this basic set of scientific facts about global warming available by the 1960s, the issue of global warming could have emerged at least on the western social and political agenda much earlier than it did. At this time, media attention had also begun to include coverage of g ...
... marine environments. Given this basic set of scientific facts about global warming available by the 1960s, the issue of global warming could have emerged at least on the western social and political agenda much earlier than it did. At this time, media attention had also begun to include coverage of g ...
Probabilistic regional and seasonal predictions of twenty-first century temperature and precipitation: Working Paper 23 (440 kB) (opens in new window)
... across its initial condition ensemble (ICE). The nature of the distributed modelling experiment means model versions have varying size ICEs; some have only single simulations. The linear fits are not sensitive to the minimum size ICE deemed acceptable, although the spread about the fit is. Accepting ...
... across its initial condition ensemble (ICE). The nature of the distributed modelling experiment means model versions have varying size ICEs; some have only single simulations. The linear fits are not sensitive to the minimum size ICE deemed acceptable, although the spread about the fit is. Accepting ...
Implementation of UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and CDM in Vietnam
... • Due to these activities, global average temperature increased 0.60C over the last 100 years. • It is estimated that global temperature would increase from 1 to 3,50C. ...
... • Due to these activities, global average temperature increased 0.60C over the last 100 years. • It is estimated that global temperature would increase from 1 to 3,50C. ...
Climate change and health in Earth`s future
... migration policies, are to some extent unpredictable; this hinders accurate forecasting of likely destinations. Research funding biased toward impacts on developed countries could further impede prediction for developing countries, although small budgets and limited bureaucratic systems could preclu ...
... migration policies, are to some extent unpredictable; this hinders accurate forecasting of likely destinations. Research funding biased toward impacts on developed countries could further impede prediction for developing countries, although small budgets and limited bureaucratic systems could preclu ...
Apocalypse Nicked! - Geoengineering Governance Research
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
How to motivate people about climate change
... protects the environment (Eden 1993; Basil et al. 2006; Wells et al. 2011; Bolsen et al. 2014; Rickard et al. 2014). On the other hand, it could be ineffective or even have the reverse effect (Stoll-Kleemann et al. 2001; Markowitz and Shariff 2012). Here we report on the results from three separate ...
... protects the environment (Eden 1993; Basil et al. 2006; Wells et al. 2011; Bolsen et al. 2014; Rickard et al. 2014). On the other hand, it could be ineffective or even have the reverse effect (Stoll-Kleemann et al. 2001; Markowitz and Shariff 2012). Here we report on the results from three separate ...
PNUD MCTI - Sumário Executivo_inglês.indd - Sirene
... Conference of the Parties with national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases (GHG) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. Moreover, it presents scientific advances on the regional modeling of climate change and the current status of public ...
... Conference of the Parties with national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases (GHG) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. Moreover, it presents scientific advances on the regional modeling of climate change and the current status of public ...
ocean heat content
... 1997- Adoption of Kyoto Protocol at COP-3 2005 Feb 16- Kyoto Protocol ratified by 164 countries (But not by USA or Australia) ...
... 1997- Adoption of Kyoto Protocol at COP-3 2005 Feb 16- Kyoto Protocol ratified by 164 countries (But not by USA or Australia) ...
Climate change is catchy – but when will it really... RESEARCH
... interrogate the relationship between climate and disease in southern Africa, regionally and in respective subregions. If the contribution of climate variability to the variability in infectious disease incidence can be determined on a range of time and space scales, the impact of these climate trend ...
... interrogate the relationship between climate and disease in southern Africa, regionally and in respective subregions. If the contribution of climate variability to the variability in infectious disease incidence can be determined on a range of time and space scales, the impact of these climate trend ...
madagascar`s intended nationally determined contribution
... of the two complementary strategies is different. Moreover, the choice of the identified adaptation sectors (agriculture, coastal zone management, human health), as well as ecosystem based adaptation approach (forests, mangroves, biodiversity, water resources) can have significant benefits on the mi ...
... of the two complementary strategies is different. Moreover, the choice of the identified adaptation sectors (agriculture, coastal zone management, human health), as well as ecosystem based adaptation approach (forests, mangroves, biodiversity, water resources) can have significant benefits on the mi ...
Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
... ‘political opportunity structures’ in his analysis of anti-nuclear movements in the 1970s. Social movements tend to manifest themselves through publicly recognized forms of protest or direct action, but these acts do not themselves make a social movement. They need to be linked or connected to one a ...
... ‘political opportunity structures’ in his analysis of anti-nuclear movements in the 1970s. Social movements tend to manifest themselves through publicly recognized forms of protest or direct action, but these acts do not themselves make a social movement. They need to be linked or connected to one a ...
Heat stress from global warming may stifle economic growth, new
... The Verisk research joins two other studies published in the past week showing that not only might increased heat stress have a much more significant economic impact than previously thought, such impacts may occur earlier than thought as well. According to a study published in Nature on Oct. 21, eco ...
... The Verisk research joins two other studies published in the past week showing that not only might increased heat stress have a much more significant economic impact than previously thought, such impacts may occur earlier than thought as well. According to a study published in Nature on Oct. 21, eco ...
You are going to meet someone, they see you - Goan Voice
... He read Psychology for Bachelors degree from St. Xavier’s Mumbai, where he was also awarded the Student of Year. He read development studies for his Masters at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He was the Students Union President at TISS and was involved in several extra and co-curricul ...
... He read Psychology for Bachelors degree from St. Xavier’s Mumbai, where he was also awarded the Student of Year. He read development studies for his Masters at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He was the Students Union President at TISS and was involved in several extra and co-curricul ...
IMPACT2C – Policy Brief 3
... before the middle of this century. The analysis indicates that under the RCP4.5 stabilisation scenario, the 2°C goal will be exceeded before 2050, while under the high emission scenario (RCP8.5) it will be exceeded in the next 25-30 years, at around 2040. However, these are central (mean) estimates, ...
... before the middle of this century. The analysis indicates that under the RCP4.5 stabilisation scenario, the 2°C goal will be exceeded before 2050, while under the high emission scenario (RCP8.5) it will be exceeded in the next 25-30 years, at around 2040. However, these are central (mean) estimates, ...
Extreme Events - International Research Institute for Climate and
... Bangladesh. Once they examine this (In parts of the UK, precipitation will increase by factor of 5 over the next 50-100 years and similar results were found for Bangladesh) they try to give an economic value to their probabilistic projections. They finally discuss how these extreme events would bene ...
... Bangladesh. Once they examine this (In parts of the UK, precipitation will increase by factor of 5 over the next 50-100 years and similar results were found for Bangladesh) they try to give an economic value to their probabilistic projections. They finally discuss how these extreme events would bene ...