climate change Articles
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Global climate change
Qn October 12, 2007, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore for their efforts to develop and disseminate greater knowledge about climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract climate change. In bestowirig the award, the Norwegian Nobel Committee noted: “Indications of changes in the earth’s ...
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Thermodynamics of climate change
Climate modelling is discussed from a thermodynamic point of view, using a control volume approach in which the environment and a superficial layer of the earth form the volume, concentric spherical shell of predominantly gaseous content with a thin layer of the earth. An energy equation that includes anthropogenic heat is suggested based on the mass balance of fossil fuel introduced into the ...
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Climate Change and Biodiversity
On two counts this is a book which I would not normally have rushed out to buy. I generally dislike books that are compilations of a range of short specialist articles. Few editors are capable of co-ordinating the disparate pieces into one readable and comprehensive whole. My second negative criticism is, ‘not yet another book on global warming’- for surely this is the most over-written and ...
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Book Review: Climate Change
Climate Change, by Michael A. Toman and Brent Sohngen. Ashgate, 2004, 550pp. ISBN 0-7546-2372-6Keywords: book ...
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Competences for climate change education in a virtual mobility setting
Students, citizens and professional practitioners have significant roles in addressing climate change issues. This requires additional competences over and above disciplinary scientific knowledge and related technical skills. This paper introduces two innovative, complementary competences in relation to climate change education, i.e., 'transboundary' and 'intervention' competences. The authors ...
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Is your organization positioned to meet the challenge of climate change?
Given the far-reaching implications of climate change for industry and government, it is critical for organizations to have strong executive-level leadership that is empowered to leverage resources and personnel throughout the organization. This article examines the risks and opportunities related to climate change for businesses, nonprofit institutions, and governmental organizations and ...
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The lived experience of climate change: expanding the knowledge base through collaborative Master's curriculum in the European Union
Climate change is a complex, real–world, defining challenge of our times where relevant knowledge and action are not confined to the epistemological foundations of any single academic discipline, although many such disciplines can and do contribute. Climate change education, therefore, requires a holistic approach which brings together different academic disciplines. This paper further argues, ...
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Opportunities and constraints for local and subnational climate change policy in urban areas: insights from diverse contexts
Climate change became the centre of public concern in the last years. Many cities and urban areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Local governments play an important role in implementing climate change policies. This paper explores the key factors shaping climate change policy in terms of both enabling conditions for action and the barriers that many urban centres ...
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The lived experience of climate change: expanding the knowledge base through collaborative Master`s curriculum in the European Union
Climate change is a complex, real-world, defining challenge of our times where relevant knowledge and action are not confined to the epistemological foundations of any single academic discipline, although many such disciplines can and do contribute. Climate change education, therefore, requires a holistic approach which brings together different academic disciplines. This paper further argues, ...
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An overview of prospects and challenges in the field of climate change in Malaysia
Malaysia is realising the consequence of climate change impacts and efforts are harmonising with those of national interests. Here, we explain recent climate change experiences, several framework structures for policies and national agendas on climate change concerns undertaken in Malaysia. We attempt to identify three areas of policy concerns (a) issues (b) impacts and (c) strategies and figure ...
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Climate change and biodiversity
On average, global temperatures on land have risen by 0.8 °C compared with pre‑industrial times. European land areas have warmed up more rapidly, however, increasing by more than 1.2 °C so far (IPCC, 2007), with a further increase of1.0–5.5 °C expected by the end of the 21st century (Christensen et al., 2007). Already southern Europe has experienced extremely dry weather conditions, with ...
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Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change
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Enhancing online climate change education: distance and conventional university collaboration for a Master's curriculum
This paper analyses the different ways in which both distance and conventional universities engage with learning and teaching. It argues that rather than seeing their roles as institutionally compartmentalised, there is much benefit in delivering online education through an institutional collaboration which develops synergies with a potential to contribute to citizen and professional practitioner ...
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Economics of climate change after Rio: building on experience
This paper reviews the lessons learnt from both OECD technical studies of the economics of climate change and from the process of negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change. It concludes with a discussion of future OECD priorities.Keywords: carbon tax, climate change economics, carbon dioxide, Framework Convention, GREEN model, IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ...
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Recent papers on water and climate Change
Journal of Water and Climate Change Development of water scenarios for Europe – Preface Using a participatory scenario development toolbox: added values and impact on quality of scenarios To capture a system's uncertainty, a participatory, integrated approach is a prerequisite of many scenario development projects. Increasingly, a toolbox of methods is employed to facilitate ...
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Understand Climate Change - Case Study
Oceans bear the brunt of climate change, causing acidification, sea level increases, and changes in temperature and currents, which impacts the health of marine species, ecosystems, and our coastal communities. Our boats can measure the changes in our ocean so we can better understand how we can ...
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Climate Change
Introduction With reference to the growing echelons of global warming and catastrophic natural events in the realm of climate change, the future of mankind depends upon the associated choices we make on an individual and collective level. The Maldives, Miami (USA), and Osaka (Japan) can disappear from the map of the earth, owing to the rising sea levels till the year 2100; as the real-time ...
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The domino effect in climate change
This paper provides a concise summary of the natural and the anthropogenic greenhouse effect and the major causes for climate change. This summary may be particularly accessible for readers who are not familiar with natural sciences. Building on these explanations, we develop a simplifying atmospheric model that demonstrates a widely unknown aspect of global warming: the greenhouse effect ...
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Enhancing online climate change education: distance and conventional university collaboration for a Master`s curriculum
This paper analyses the different ways in which both distance and conventional universities engage with learning and teaching. It argues that rather than seeing their roles as institutionally compartmentalised, there is much benefit in delivering online education through an institutional collaboration which develops synergies with a potential to contribute to citizen and professional practitioner ...
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Climate change, adaptation and water
Impacts of climate change Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by anthropogenic climate changes. The socio-economic impacts of climate change are significant: between 2000 and 2006, the frequency of disaster from extreme climate events worldwide increased by 187 per cent as compared with the previous decade, accounting for ...
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