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Wheat and corn harvests are diminishing all over the planet, due to extreme weather changes and pests that thrive in heat. Some Champagne farmers are pruning the vines less drastically, to create a leafier, more favorable micro-climate for the grapes. MORE
We are invited to “change direction” by taking on the beauty and responsibility of the task of “caring for our common home”. climate change Climate Change Encyclical Holy Father Pope Francis MORE
This paper estimates the impact of climate change on the prevalence of criminal activity in the United States. Between 2010 and 2099, climate change will cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 Based on these per-offense valuations, the right-hand side of Table 3 shows estimates of the social cost of the climate-related crime that is likely to occur between 2010 and 2099. Matthew Ranson in JEEM : Abstract. MORE
adaptation. https://t.co/hslh2bpBht. hslh2bpBht. — (((Richard Tol))) (@RichardTol) December 12, 2016 MORE
Hey, ignoring the potential for climate change doesn't make me look like a complete idiot ( Trump's infrastructure. )! Since the beginning of his administration, Mr. Trump and his appointees have steadily worked to roll back climate change regulations. chief, Scott Pruitt, has taken the lead role in the administration’s efforts to undo climate policies and question the validity of climate science. MORE
Censorship on Climate Change. Denial Whatever you choose to call it – climate change or global warming – it’s a hot-button issue as divisive and discordant in its arena (e.g., Tagged: climate change , ecofriendly , G. MORE
From the EPA climate change webpage : EPA research improves knowledge of the health and environment effects of climate change and provides sustainable solutions for communities to effectively manage and reduce the impacts of a changing climate. Research Areas for Climate Change. Air Quality and Climate Change. Ecosystems and Climate Change. Energy and Climate C hange. Human Health and Climate Change. MORE
My research on environmental economics is in solar geoengineering , health effects of air pollution and climate change , behavioral economics , and some other stuff. Lastly, when allowing for adaptation (gray bars), climate change isn't as bad. MORE
New research shows that we have vastly underestimated the potential for nature to fight climate change. Climate Change Adaptation Agriculture Climate Forest Carbon Research Restoration Wetlands MORE
In a related story, a recent study notes that Kauai, an Island of Hawaii, have lost a lot of birds due to climate change. Birds climate change Conservation Hawaii tool useHawaiian Crows Use Tools. MORE
From the EPA's climate change website : EPA funds climate change research grants to improve knowledge of the health and environment effects of climate change, and provide sustainable solutions for communities to effectively manage and reduce the impacts of a changing climate. Understanding the underlying factors contributing to changes air pollution and water quality. MORE
I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change in Europe and North America. From the Abstract and summary: Changes in climate can cause populations of species to decline, to increase, or to remain steady. Despite many differences between the two regions, expectations about how a species might respond to climate change did predict actual responses. MORE
In other words, some people don't like measuring the benefits of climate change mitigation: Senate Republicans are criticizing the Obama administration for using what they see as an opaque, secretive process to calculate the costs associated with climate change. The administration uses social cost of carbon to calculate the societal benefits of regulations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are believed to cause climate change. MORE
We are the generation of change.” In December, HBO will debut the music video “Be the Change,” by Martinez’ hip-hop group, Voice of Youth. In These Times spoke to Martinez about how to stop climate change. activism climate change green living MORE
We expect climate change to have a mostly negative effect on natural habitats, at least short and medium term. Yes, there has “always” been climate change. But we also know that rapid change can have long term devastating effects. MORE
Last week ( or at least that's when it was covered in the popular press ), climate scientist Ed Hawkins put out a simple illustration of changes in global temperatures since 1850. MORE
I don't think adaption to climate change can be accomplished efficiently by government taking a hands off approach. day conference on the economics of climate change adaptation. Matt Kahn: Adam Nagourney appears to be an adherent of the ideas of the Club of Rome. MORE
I like when The Daily Show makes my job easy: The Daily Show Daily Show Full Episodes , More Daily Show Videos , Comedy Central Full Episodes MORE
While governments, scientists, civil society and others convened at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the U.N.’s s climate. disasters and higher costs to adapt to and mitigate climate change impacts. MORE
From a profile of "the Risky Business Project, an unusual collection of business and policy leaders determined to prepare American companies for climate change": In May 2014, the committee members gathered at the Bloomberg Philanthropies offices in Manhattan to hear two of the authors commissioned by the Rhodium Group — Robert E. Kopp, a climate scientist at Rutgers University, and Solomon M. MORE
In case you missed the debate Monday night (I wish I had), I think this was the only environmental economics: Donald Trump on Monday sparred with Hillary Clinton over whether he has called climate change a hoax as they debated the nation's energy policy. She predicted that “some country is going to be the clean energy superpower of the 20th century,” adding that, “Donald Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.” MORE
Paul Krugman: On Sunday Henry Paulson, the former Treasury secretary and a lifelong Republican, had an Op-Ed article about climate policy in The New York Times. In the article, he declared that man-made climate change is “the challenge of our time,” and called for a national tax on carbon emissions to encourage conservation and the adoption of green technologies. Considering the prevalence of climate denial within today’s G.O.P., MORE
Climate change and environmental destruction are contentious and disputed topics. In the US, for instance, there is a powerful faction of Republican politicians who flat-out deny that climate change even exists. In Britain, the Environment Secretary, Owen Patterson , is also a climate change sceptic, oddly enough. The 2011 Durban Climate Change Conference is a case in point – we’re three years later and no agreements have been reached. MORE
Enlightened Society Green Inspiring (Wow) WAYLON: Today Only action climate change fighting Climate Change global warming Inspiring Speech john kerry Kerry on climate change Kerry's speach trump Trump climate change UN"This is not pre-ordained. It’s not written in the stars. This is about choices choices that we still have.". MORE
I write a lot about climate change on my other blog , and so I don’t really feel a strong need to touch on this topic very often here. But when you think about it, climate change might be more important to the people who read 10,000 Birds than a lot of other groups of people. People like to deny the reality of climate change, but it is real, and sea level rise is part of that. Climate change is the biggest threat to migratory birds this century. MORE
We often consider climate change in terms of. But arguably the most significant effects of a warming planet and changing weather patterns will be on other living species; plants, animals, birds and marine life. Quick Navigation for Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity. MORE
government has started programs to pay for the relocation of those located in particularly vulnerable areas : In January, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants totaling $1 billion in 13 states to help communities adapt to climate change, by building stronger levees, dams and drainage systems. The U.S. MORE
Analysts have attributed all these calamities to climate change as a result of human destructive activities. He says with the unpredictability of the climate nowadays, it is essential to diversify crops to ensure food security by planting sweet potato which is drought resistant. MORE
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Climate change and environmental destruction are contentious and disputed topics. In the US, for instance, there is a powerful faction of Republican politicians who flat-out deny that climate change even exists. MORE
Arnold Schwarzenegger climate change science MORE
Just got around to reading the Hsiang et al piece in Science on the inequitable economics impacts of climate change. Here's the abstract: Estimates of climate change damage are central to the design of climate policies. MORE
The increase in nutritional deficiencies these drops could cause “represents the most significant health threat ever shown to be associated with climate change,” according to a Harvard press release. climate change food nutrition MORE
But many other fishermen do not blame climate change. Years of overfishing have winnowed some fish populations, muddling efforts to measure climate change’s impact. Fishermen, scientists and regulators often disagree over whether the current changes are temporary or the new normal. Weather records document a steady, if slow warming of the region’s waters since the 1850s, and a 50- to-70-year climatic cycle set off unusual ocean warming in the 1950s. MORE
David Roberts: It's fairly well-established at this point that there's a robust scientific consensus about the threat of climate change. Now the New York–based Institute for Policy Integrity has tried to remedy that situation with just such a large-scale survey of economists who have published work on climate change. Like scientists, economists agree that climate change is a serious threat and that immediate action is needed to address it. MORE
While “personal solutions” have some effect, even the smallest things, but they will not really change anything unless we are, all together, prepared to change the system. But less than hundred years later the Vikings seem to have abandoned Greenland for climatic reasons. MORE
When climate changes, causing habitats to move, birds can get up and fly away to a new habitat, so really, they’ll be fine. I’ve been working on climate change lately (not causing it, but reading and writing about it) and birds have come up in a few places. MORE
For years, I have understood the causes and consequences of climate change – intellectually at least – yet something always nagged at me. Like so many other things that we take on faith or on professional credentials, sometimes talking about climate change felt more ritual than real. MORE
He believes that this is due to climate change and environmental degradation in the area. Further reading: Malawian Farmers Fight Climate Change Head On. Climate ChangeClean and safe water is essential. item if we are to have a healthier population. MORE
Gaia Education are holding a free webinar on climate change solutions. Their next project is to launch a series of free webinars with the first one exploring Climate Change Solutions. MORE
this week has generated a lot of questions about climate change. Does the polar vortex disprove the theory of climate change? However, it does highlight the important distinction between weather and climate. The impacts of climate change will be felt by everyone. MORE
Abstract: This article reviews the economic impacts of climate change and the policy implications of the results. Current estimates indicate that climate change will likely have a limited impact on the economy and human welfare in the twenty-first century. In fact, the initial impacts of climate change may well be positive. Poverty reduction complements greenhouse gas emissions reduction as a means to reduce climate change impacts. MORE
Interesting read in the WSJ on the demise of relevance for climate change as an issue : The descent of climate change into the abyss of social-justice identity politics represents the last gasp of a cause that has lost its vitality. Climate alarm is like a car alarm—a blaring noise people are tuning out*. *I MORE
Climate change is impacting fisheries, but regulating agencies are ill-equipped to respond to the challenges. Climate Change Fish & Fisheries Climate Fisheries Oceans MORE
Weitzman has also been working on environmental economics and most recently, in a series of widely cited academic papers, on the economics of global warming; the most famous, on the "Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change." Does it portend catastrophic climate change? MORE
Climate Change Related Topics 10,000 Birds
AUGUST 21, 2018
We expect climate change to have a mostly negative effect on natural habitats, at least short and medium term. Yes, there has “always” been climate change. But we also know that rapid change can have long term devastating effects.
Environmental Economics
MAY 29, 2018
Last week ( or at least that's when it was covered in the popular press ), climate scientist Ed Hawkins put out a simple illustration of changes in global temperatures since 1850.
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Climate change and environmental destruction are contentious and disputed topics. In the US, for instance, there is a powerful faction of Republican politicians who flat-out deny that climate change even exists.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 7, 2017
While “personal solutions” have some effect, even the smallest things, but they will not really change anything unless we are, all together, prepared to change the system. But less than hundred years later the Vikings seem to have abandoned Greenland for climatic reasons.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 20, 2011
When climate changes, causing habitats to move, birds can get up and fly away to a new habitat, so really, they’ll be fine. I’ve been working on climate change lately (not causing it, but reading and writing about it) and birds have come up in a few places.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 18, 2013
I write a lot about climate change on my other blog , and so I don’t really feel a strong need to touch on this topic very often here. But when you think about it, climate change might be more important to the people who read 10,000 Birds than a lot of other groups of people. People like to deny the reality of climate change, but it is real, and sea level rise is part of that. Climate change is the biggest threat to migratory birds this century.
Environmental Economics
JULY 11, 2017
Just got around to reading the Hsiang et al piece in Science on the inequitable economics impacts of climate change. Here's the abstract: Estimates of climate change damage are central to the design of climate policies.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 23, 2015
We are invited to “change direction” by taking on the beauty and responsibility of the task of “caring for our common home”. climate change Climate Change Encyclical Holy Father Pope Francis
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
In a related story, a recent study notes that Kauai, an Island of Hawaii, have lost a lot of birds due to climate change. Birds climate change Conservation Hawaii tool useHawaiian Crows Use Tools.
Environmental Economics
MAY 28, 2015
I like when The Daily Show makes my job easy: The Daily Show Daily Show Full Episodes , More Daily Show Videos , Comedy Central Full Episodes
Nature Conservancy - Science
AUGUST 29, 2018
Climate change is impacting fisheries, but regulating agencies are ill-equipped to respond to the challenges. Climate Change Fish & Fisheries Climate Fisheries Oceans
Green Home Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2012
Censorship on Climate Change. Denial Whatever you choose to call it – climate change or global warming – it’s a hot-button issue as divisive and discordant in its arena (e.g., Tagged: climate change , ecofriendly , G.
Environmental Economics
DECEMBER 19, 2016
adaptation. https://t.co/hslh2bpBht. hslh2bpBht. — (((Richard Tol))) (@RichardTol) December 12, 2016
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
From a profile of "the Risky Business Project, an unusual collection of business and policy leaders determined to prepare American companies for climate change": In May 2014, the committee members gathered at the Bloomberg Philanthropies offices in Manhattan to hear two of the authors commissioned by the Rhodium Group — Robert E. Kopp, a climate scientist at Rutgers University, and Solomon M.
Environmental Economics
MAY 29, 2013
Weitzman has also been working on environmental economics and most recently, in a series of widely cited academic papers, on the economics of global warming; the most famous, on the "Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change." Does it portend catastrophic climate change?
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
Climate change and environmental destruction are contentious and disputed topics. In the US, for instance, there is a powerful faction of Republican politicians who flat-out deny that climate change even exists. In Britain, the Environment Secretary, Owen Patterson , is also a climate change sceptic, oddly enough. The 2011 Durban Climate Change Conference is a case in point – we’re three years later and no agreements have been reached.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 22, 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger climate change science
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
My research on environmental economics is in solar geoengineering , health effects of air pollution and climate change , behavioral economics , and some other stuff. Lastly, when allowing for adaptation (gray bars), climate change isn't as bad.
Environmental Economics
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
Hey, ignoring the potential for climate change doesn't make me look like a complete idiot ( Trump's infrastructure. )! Since the beginning of his administration, Mr. Trump and his appointees have steadily worked to roll back climate change regulations. chief, Scott Pruitt, has taken the lead role in the administration’s efforts to undo climate policies and question the validity of climate science.
Greentumble
AUGUST 6, 2018
We often consider climate change in terms of. But arguably the most significant effects of a warming planet and changing weather patterns will be on other living species; plants, animals, birds and marine life. Quick Navigation for Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity.
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 25, 2017
From the EPA's climate change website : EPA funds climate change research grants to improve knowledge of the health and environment effects of climate change, and provide sustainable solutions for communities to effectively manage and reduce the impacts of a changing climate. Understanding the underlying factors contributing to changes air pollution and water quality.
Green Prophet
AUGUST 12, 2018
Wheat and corn harvests are diminishing all over the planet, due to extreme weather changes and pests that thrive in heat. Some Champagne farmers are pruning the vines less drastically, to create a leafier, more favorable micro-climate for the grapes.
Conservancy Talk
JANUARY 9, 2014
this week has generated a lot of questions about climate change. Does the polar vortex disprove the theory of climate change? However, it does highlight the important distinction between weather and climate. The impacts of climate change will be felt by everyone.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2016
I want to alert you to a recent study (from April) that looks at the plight of bird populations under conditions of climate change in Europe and North America. From the Abstract and summary: Changes in climate can cause populations of species to decline, to increase, or to remain steady. Despite many differences between the two regions, expectations about how a species might respond to climate change did predict actual responses.
Greentumble
MARCH 14, 2018
Analysts have attributed all these calamities to climate change as a result of human destructive activities. He says with the unpredictability of the climate nowadays, it is essential to diversify crops to ensure food security by planting sweet potato which is drought resistant.
Environmental Economics
MAY 4, 2016
government has started programs to pay for the relocation of those located in particularly vulnerable areas : In January, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants totaling $1 billion in 13 states to help communities adapt to climate change, by building stronger levees, dams and drainage systems. The U.S.
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 29, 2014
While governments, scientists, civil society and others convened at the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the U.N.’s s climate. disasters and higher costs to adapt to and mitigate climate change impacts.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 30, 2015
The increase in nutritional deficiencies these drops could cause “represents the most significant health threat ever shown to be associated with climate change,” according to a Harvard press release. climate change food nutrition
Environmental Economics
JUNE 23, 2014
Paul Krugman: On Sunday Henry Paulson, the former Treasury secretary and a lifelong Republican, had an Op-Ed article about climate policy in The New York Times. In the article, he declared that man-made climate change is “the challenge of our time,” and called for a national tax on carbon emissions to encourage conservation and the adoption of green technologies. Considering the prevalence of climate denial within today’s G.O.P.,
Greentumble
OCTOBER 15, 2018
He believes that this is due to climate change and environmental degradation in the area. Further reading: Malawian Farmers Fight Climate Change Head On. Climate ChangeClean and safe water is essential. item if we are to have a healthier population.
Environmental Economics
DECEMBER 15, 2014
But many other fishermen do not blame climate change. Years of overfishing have winnowed some fish populations, muddling efforts to measure climate change’s impact. Fishermen, scientists and regulators often disagree over whether the current changes are temporary or the new normal. Weather records document a steady, if slow warming of the region’s waters since the 1850s, and a 50- to-70-year climatic cycle set off unusual ocean warming in the 1950s.
Environmental Economics
DECEMBER 8, 2015
David Roberts: It's fairly well-established at this point that there's a robust scientific consensus about the threat of climate change. Now the New York–based Institute for Policy Integrity has tried to remedy that situation with just such a large-scale survey of economists who have published work on climate change. Like scientists, economists agree that climate change is a serious threat and that immediate action is needed to address it.
Elephant Journal
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Enlightened Society Green Inspiring (Wow) WAYLON: Today Only action climate change fighting Climate Change global warming Inspiring Speech john kerry Kerry on climate change Kerry's speach trump Trump climate change UN"This is not pre-ordained. It’s not written in the stars. This is about choices choices that we still have.".
Environmental Economics
JUNE 5, 2018
Interesting read in the WSJ on the demise of relevance for climate change as an issue : The descent of climate change into the abyss of social-justice identity politics represents the last gasp of a cause that has lost its vitality. Climate alarm is like a car alarm—a blaring noise people are tuning out*. *I
Environmental Economics
AUGUST 21, 2015
I don't think adaption to climate change can be accomplished efficiently by government taking a hands off approach. day conference on the economics of climate change adaptation. Matt Kahn: Adam Nagourney appears to be an adherent of the ideas of the Club of Rome.
Nature Conservancy - Science
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
New research shows that we have vastly underestimated the potential for nature to fight climate change. Climate Change Adaptation Agriculture Climate Forest Carbon Research Restoration Wetlands
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 6, 2015
We are the generation of change.” In December, HBO will debut the music video “Be the Change,” by Martinez’ hip-hop group, Voice of Youth. In These Times spoke to Martinez about how to stop climate change. activism climate change green living
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
In case you missed the debate Monday night (I wish I had), I think this was the only environmental economics: Donald Trump on Monday sparred with Hillary Clinton over whether he has called climate change a hoax as they debated the nation's energy policy. She predicted that “some country is going to be the clean energy superpower of the 20th century,” adding that, “Donald Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.”
Environmental Economics
JANUARY 29, 2018
Abstract: This article reviews the economic impacts of climate change and the policy implications of the results. Current estimates indicate that climate change will likely have a limited impact on the economy and human welfare in the twenty-first century. In fact, the initial impacts of climate change may well be positive. Poverty reduction complements greenhouse gas emissions reduction as a means to reduce climate change impacts.
Environmental Economics
MARCH 10, 2015
In other words, some people don't like measuring the benefits of climate change mitigation: Senate Republicans are criticizing the Obama administration for using what they see as an opaque, secretive process to calculate the costs associated with climate change. The administration uses social cost of carbon to calculate the societal benefits of regulations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are believed to cause climate change.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 26, 2014
Gaia Education are holding a free webinar on climate change solutions. Their next project is to launch a series of free webinars with the first one exploring Climate Change Solutions.
Environmental Economics
MAY 6, 2014
This paper estimates the impact of climate change on the prevalence of criminal activity in the United States. Between 2010 and 2099, climate change will cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 Based on these per-offense valuations, the right-hand side of Table 3 shows estimates of the social cost of the climate-related crime that is likely to occur between 2010 and 2099. Matthew Ranson in JEEM : Abstract.
Conservancy Talk
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
For years, I have understood the causes and consequences of climate change – intellectually at least – yet something always nagged at me. Like so many other things that we take on faith or on professional credentials, sometimes talking about climate change felt more ritual than real.
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