Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Visiting assistant professor, Clark University; leading graduate seminars on various aspects of the human dimensions of global environmental change; student advising. Developing curriculum guides for grades 9-12 to accompany Union of Concerned Scientists’ climate change impact reports on California ...
... Visiting assistant professor, Clark University; leading graduate seminars on various aspects of the human dimensions of global environmental change; student advising. Developing curriculum guides for grades 9-12 to accompany Union of Concerned Scientists’ climate change impact reports on California ...
climate change, sea-level rise and extreme events
... Earth’s climate oscillated between the glacial periods and warmer (inter-glacial) periods over thousands of years. This sea-level change was driven predominantly by melting and freezing of ice on land. Cooling during the glacial cycles led to the build-up of ice on land, primarily in the Northern He ...
... Earth’s climate oscillated between the glacial periods and warmer (inter-glacial) periods over thousands of years. This sea-level change was driven predominantly by melting and freezing of ice on land. Cooling during the glacial cycles led to the build-up of ice on land, primarily in the Northern He ...
Prospering in a Changing Climate
... facilitate such actions by private parties. We will also work to establish regional agreements with key organisations to drive the development of community-based adaptation action plans that will enable South Australians to capture opportunities and continue to thrive and prosper into the future. Th ...
... facilitate such actions by private parties. We will also work to establish regional agreements with key organisations to drive the development of community-based adaptation action plans that will enable South Australians to capture opportunities and continue to thrive and prosper into the future. Th ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... a relatively large portion of total plant production in the Northeast, as are perennial fruits such as apples, pears, blueberries, and cranberries. Farms in the Northeast are on average smaller than in many other parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in t ...
... a relatively large portion of total plant production in the Northeast, as are perennial fruits such as apples, pears, blueberries, and cranberries. Farms in the Northeast are on average smaller than in many other parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in t ...
Resilient Buffalo Niagara
... During the same period, the number of hydro-meteorological events has also increased from less than 10 per year to more than 340 per year (Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), 2007). Historically, natural climatic variability has been the primary cause of extreme events, but the ...
... During the same period, the number of hydro-meteorological events has also increased from less than 10 per year to more than 340 per year (Center for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), 2007). Historically, natural climatic variability has been the primary cause of extreme events, but the ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... leaves carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, ensuring that the problem of ocean acidification will continue. This preference for CDR has been questioned by those with concerns about the ecological impact of large-scale CDR technologies.11 Proponents of stratospheric aerosols have also pointed out that, ...
... leaves carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, ensuring that the problem of ocean acidification will continue. This preference for CDR has been questioned by those with concerns about the ecological impact of large-scale CDR technologies.11 Proponents of stratospheric aerosols have also pointed out that, ...
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass
... of rising temperatures call for immediate attention and action by both policymakers and the mass public. For other Americans, global warming and climate change is merely “real,” insofar as there is some evidence that something is going on with the global climate but also enough uncertainty about the ...
... of rising temperatures call for immediate attention and action by both policymakers and the mass public. For other Americans, global warming and climate change is merely “real,” insofar as there is some evidence that something is going on with the global climate but also enough uncertainty about the ...
global climate change and health – a new theme for research in
... The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) as well as a number of books, films and mass-media programs have put the issue of climate change in the spotlight. Research on the mechanisms of climate change and the contribution made by different sources ...
... The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) as well as a number of books, films and mass-media programs have put the issue of climate change in the spotlight. Research on the mechanisms of climate change and the contribution made by different sources ...
Climate change implications for New Zealand
... of the change. For example, we know that sea level will continue to rise for centuries and that heavy rainfall will become more frequent7, but that the amount of change is still uncertain. In a nutshell, the challenge for decision makers is that they confront, simultaneously, both the certainty that ...
... of the change. For example, we know that sea level will continue to rise for centuries and that heavy rainfall will become more frequent7, but that the amount of change is still uncertain. In a nutshell, the challenge for decision makers is that they confront, simultaneously, both the certainty that ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... assertion that the deployment of solar radiation management (SRM) is frightening. Watson, project leader of the British SPICE programme and co-author of the Royal Society’s report, and his colleagues had been expressing similar opinions for five years, but it was not until late autumn 2014 that the ...
... assertion that the deployment of solar radiation management (SRM) is frightening. Watson, project leader of the British SPICE programme and co-author of the Royal Society’s report, and his colleagues had been expressing similar opinions for five years, but it was not until late autumn 2014 that the ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... more sustainable in the long term; provide labour intensive job opportunities; and, provide multiplebenefits (jobs, mitigation of GHGs, beautification and in many instances other ecosystem services in addition to the climate change protection service as well as being “no-regret” options). A grounded ...
... more sustainable in the long term; provide labour intensive job opportunities; and, provide multiplebenefits (jobs, mitigation of GHGs, beautification and in many instances other ecosystem services in addition to the climate change protection service as well as being “no-regret” options). A grounded ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... vulnerabilities for investments by major industrial sector? What could be done to improve such measures? How soon, and to what extent, will it be possible to know the contribution that climate change makes to weather related losses? (How big would they have to be to be detectable? How does this comp ...
... vulnerabilities for investments by major industrial sector? What could be done to improve such measures? How soon, and to what extent, will it be possible to know the contribution that climate change makes to weather related losses? (How big would they have to be to be detectable? How does this comp ...
How Corporations Have Influenced the U.S. Dialogue on Climate
... Overwhelmingly, the world’s climate scientists today believe that climate change is occurring and that human activities are the primary cause. The Study of Climate From the early work of Joseph Fourier in pro- posing that the atmosphere traps heat from the earth’s surface to the research of John Ty ...
... Overwhelmingly, the world’s climate scientists today believe that climate change is occurring and that human activities are the primary cause. The Study of Climate From the early work of Joseph Fourier in pro- posing that the atmosphere traps heat from the earth’s surface to the research of John Ty ...
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... The social cost of carbon (SCC) is one of the primary tools used to shape greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction policies in the United States and other countries. The SCC – the marginal cost to the economy imposed by a unit of CO2 emissions – is an essential number in U.S. government cost-benefit ...
... The social cost of carbon (SCC) is one of the primary tools used to shape greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction policies in the United States and other countries. The SCC – the marginal cost to the economy imposed by a unit of CO2 emissions – is an essential number in U.S. government cost-benefit ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION SUCCESS: THE SCOPE OF
... than provide a uniformly applicable answer. Importantly, we approach this challenge from the assumption that there are social, ecological, economic, political, technical, institutional, psychological and cultural dimensions to consider), and that, therefore, there will not and cannot be just one ans ...
... than provide a uniformly applicable answer. Importantly, we approach this challenge from the assumption that there are social, ecological, economic, political, technical, institutional, psychological and cultural dimensions to consider), and that, therefore, there will not and cannot be just one ans ...
Guide to Climate Change Risk Assessment for NSW
... •• prioritise risks that require further action as a basis for decision-making and planning. Climate change risk assessments aim to ensure that council systems will be resilient. By working through the climate change risk assessment process, councils can establish a robust framework to analyse the r ...
... •• prioritise risks that require further action as a basis for decision-making and planning. Climate change risk assessments aim to ensure that council systems will be resilient. By working through the climate change risk assessment process, councils can establish a robust framework to analyse the r ...
Why Climate Demands Change Michael A. Taylor
... modelling, sustainable water management, and incorporating climate change into agricultural planning. Of special interest is his work on the link between climate change and dengue, through the vector mosquito. Although dengue seemed to be under control in the 1980s, increased incidence since then m ...
... modelling, sustainable water management, and incorporating climate change into agricultural planning. Of special interest is his work on the link between climate change and dengue, through the vector mosquito. Although dengue seemed to be under control in the 1980s, increased incidence since then m ...
Climate Change Financing - SÜDWIND
... Climate financing is understood to comprise the support to developing countries for both adaptation to climate change and for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Developed countries have committed themselves to providing USD 100 billion of “new and additional” financing annually by the year ...
... Climate financing is understood to comprise the support to developing countries for both adaptation to climate change and for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Developed countries have committed themselves to providing USD 100 billion of “new and additional” financing annually by the year ...
kenya national climate change policy
... temperature, rainfall, sea level rise, mountain glacier coverage and climate extremes. 2.1.2 Temperature and rainfall records from the Kenya Meteorological Department over the last fifty years provide clear evidence of climate change in Kenya, with temperatures generally showing increasing trends in ...
... temperature, rainfall, sea level rise, mountain glacier coverage and climate extremes. 2.1.2 Temperature and rainfall records from the Kenya Meteorological Department over the last fifty years provide clear evidence of climate change in Kenya, with temperatures generally showing increasing trends in ...
Climate Change Scenarios + cov.
... affected many physical and biological systems. The rising socio-economic costs coming from climaterelated damage and regional variations in climate suggest increasing vulnerability to climate change. But what is causing all these changes? “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming ...
... affected many physical and biological systems. The rising socio-economic costs coming from climaterelated damage and regional variations in climate suggest increasing vulnerability to climate change. But what is causing all these changes? “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming ...
Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in
... adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing this particular country. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project funded by ...
... adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change facing this particular country. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project funded by ...
American Teens` Knowledge of Climate Change
... American Teens’ Knowledge of Climate Change reports results from a national study of what American teens in middle and high school understand about how the climate system works, and the causes, impacts and potential solutions to global warming. This report describes how knowledge of climate change v ...
... American Teens’ Knowledge of Climate Change reports results from a national study of what American teens in middle and high school understand about how the climate system works, and the causes, impacts and potential solutions to global warming. This report describes how knowledge of climate change v ...
Whangarei District Climate Change Constraints Report
... Executive Summary Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that incre ...
... Executive Summary Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that incre ...
Thomas Sheffer Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of
... particularly true for vulnerable coastal regions where projected impacts are the most severe. While substantial attention and action is being given to mitigating the human contribution to climate change, the US has been slow to initiate adaptation planning for both projected changes and those alread ...
... particularly true for vulnerable coastal regions where projected impacts are the most severe. While substantial attention and action is being given to mitigating the human contribution to climate change, the US has been slow to initiate adaptation planning for both projected changes and those alread ...
Climate change impact on meteorological, agricultural, and
... of three GCMs, i.e., the U.S. Department of Energy and National Center for Atmospheric Research Parallel Climate Model (PCM) [Washington et al., 2000], the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3) [Collins et al., 2006], and a global atmosphere-only model (HadAM3P) derived from the atmosphe ...
... of three GCMs, i.e., the U.S. Department of Energy and National Center for Atmospheric Research Parallel Climate Model (PCM) [Washington et al., 2000], the Community Climate System Model, version 3 (CCSM3) [Collins et al., 2006], and a global atmosphere-only model (HadAM3P) derived from the atmosphe ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.