MEMORANDUM TO: President Barack Obama FROM: DATE: April 12‚ 2012 RE: Recommendations for Executive Action on Climate Change Introduction and Summary Chapter One of the National Research Council’s report‚ entitled America’s Climate Choices‚ begins with the following: “The United States lacks an overarching national strategy to respond to climate change.”1 The report recommends that the U.S. address this policy problem (in essence‚ a problem of omission) in part through a reduction of greenhouse gas
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September 2008 Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Weather‚ climate and climate change Defining climate change For most people‚ the expression “climate change” means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing‚ through fossil fuel burning‚ clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG)1 in the atmosphere. This is in line with the official definition by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that
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101-14 McKella Koho Prof. Moonwomon September 5‚ 2011 “We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change” Al Gore In 2010‚ Al Gore wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times claiming that global warming is a matter our generation must concentrate on in order to halt the rapid increases of change to our planet’s climate. He creates a strong‚ convincing argument by addressing and exemplifying issues pertaining to global climate change. Al Gore‚ the forty-fifth vice president of the United States‚ is one of
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Climate change in Russia’s Arctic tundra 1. Key words Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. Tundra‚ permafrost‚ swamp‚ wilderness‚ landslide‚ Catastrophic‚ indigenous‚ itinerant‚ unmistakeable‚ impenetrable 1. The _______________ people of a particular place have lived there for a very long time before other people came to live there. 2. A _______________ situation or event causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer. 3. A _______________ is
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Climate Change and the Ross River Virus Climate change may be a politically contentious issue‚ but the scientific community has reached a consensus: it is real and the effects could be disastrous (Hughes‚ 2003). Within the next century‚ there will be changes in rainfall patterns‚ rising sea-levels and significant temperature increases‚ as well as the impact these conditions will have on flora‚ fauna and disease transmission (Hughes‚ 2003). Of particular concern to Australia is how these changes
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Climate change is controversial for a myriad number of reasons‚ but the main controversy is is it real. According to Sallie Baliunas‚ Ph.D. and Senior Scientist at George C. Marshall Institute‚ the warming of the earth is not due to human-made greenhouse gases. Furthermore‚ Baliunas asserts sunspots and the natural cycles of warming and cooling in the Pacific cause it. Baliunas makes this argument by deducing from from scientific studies‚ facts‚ and computer models; presenting the studies and models
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movements of energy like wind and precipitation. Climate is the generally prevailing weather patterns of a region. The climate of a region is made up of the different weather patterns. The weather patterns are usually repetitive according to the seasons. Where I’m from in southwest Nebraska it snows in the winter‚ rains in the spring‚ and is hot in the summer. The question is‚ has the weather and climate always been like this in Nebraska? We have proof that climate has changed in the past. Seventy million
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Climate Change Peoples Attitudes towards Climate Change A group paper is presented to the faculty of Mindanao University of Science and Technology – Jasaan Campus presented by Steven Castino‚ Geneth Caturan‚ Marjohn Deleon‚ John Henry Mercado‚ Julan Aricayos‚ Kimbert Pacana‚ Joseph Sumayang‚ June Rey Tarpin‚ Richard Nacua‚ Joel Cabelto‚ and Rey Carlou Cailing. I. Introduction Climate Change or Global warming is the increase of the average temperature of earth’s atmosphere‚ oceans‚ and
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Climate is a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature‚ humidity‚ atmospheric pressure‚ wind‚ precipitation‚ atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. Climate is different from weather‚ in that weather only describes the short-term conditions of these variables in a given region. A region’s climate is generated by the climate system‚ which has five components: atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ cryosphere‚ land surface‚ and biosphere
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Project Proposal: Effects of Climate Change The final research paper generated from the Project Proposal: Effects of Climate Change will discuss the question‚ what Americans can do to reduce climate change health effects? Various research publications by credible sources advise‚ global warming climate change has an affect on human health. Climate change and the impact on human health can be connected through direct or indirect variables. The Importance I feel as though if we start at a young
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