climate change
GLOBAL WARMING AND HUMAN MIGRATION
by: rika, 18 pagesMigration is as old as humankind. It has always been and still is a very important coping mechanism for people to adapt to changed living circumstances. This can be a short- term regular ...
GREENHOUSE GASES AND GLOBAL WARMING
by: rika, 27 pagesWeather and climate have a profound impact on living organisms on the planet. Ecological systems have evolved over geological time scales to suit the prevailing climate. The past 10 to 20 ...
An HSUS Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture
by: rika, 28 pagesThe farm animal production sector is the single largest anthropogenic user of land, contributing to soil degradation, dwindling water supplies, and air pollution, in addition to detrimentally ...
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
by: rika, 65 pagesGreenhouse gases are a key element of the earth’s atmosphere because they trap energy from the sun, creating a natural “greenhouse effect,”. “Without this effect, temperatures ...
Accelerating Deforestation in the Congo Basin Can Pose Climate Risks
by: shinta, 3 pagesIn Baidya Roy et al. (2005), we found that extensive logging in the recently opened timber concessions of Gabon and the Republic of Congo may affect the meteorology of adjacent ...
Interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires during recent years in the Brazilian Amazonia
by: shinta, 7 pagesUnderstanding the interplay between climate and land-use dynamics is a fundamental concern for assessing the vulnerability of Amazonia to climate change. In this study, we analyse ...
Paying the Premium: Insurance as a Risk Management Tool for Climate Change
by: shinta, 15 pagesClimate change is projected to exacerbate the intensity, and frequency, of weather-related hazards such as storms and droughts (IPCC, 2007). These climatic changes are likely to ...
Growth is Failing the Poor: The Unbalanced Distribution of the Benefi ts and Costs of Global Economic Growth
by: samanta, 23 pagesDuring 1990-2001, only 0.6 per cent of additional global income per capita contributed to reducing poverty below the $1-a-day line, down from 2.2 per cent during 1981-1990, and barely half the ...
Page 1 1 Club of Rome/Globe International Conference Framing 2009’s Global Challenges In the Context of the Global Economic Crisis: Developing a Response to the Interconnected Challenges of Climate Change, Energy Security, Ecosystems and Wate
by: monkey, 9 pagesWe have this opportunity due to the fruitful cooperation with the GLOBE International organisation. Let me say that we are honoured and very pleased to have the privilege of cooperating ...
