However, a growing deficit in peace, development, security and governance, together with interwinding conventional and non-conventional security issues such as regional conflicts, arms races, food security, terrorism, cyber-attacks, climate change, energy crises, major infectious diseases, and artificial...
the United States, Canada, and European countries are essentially climate “free-riders”: causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions, while incurring few of the costs such as climate change’s impact on food and water. ...
More than 30 countries pledged to support nuclear energy, a controversial energy source seen as a potential solution to climate change, during a summit in Brussels.
The 2007 Report of the IPCC on that subject shows clearly that accelerated process and tries to identify its main causes, most of them of anthropogenic nature. Even if the rate of change could be slower, the changes are already affecting entire regions all over the world, causing unexpected ...
As countries around the world work to lower their pollution in order to take on the climate crisis (危机), someunusual groups are joining the effort — the same companies that are causing the most pollution.Last week, the BP oil company and Delta Airlines both announced plans to become “ca...
How richcountriescan better help poor regions reduce climate hazards 出自-2011年6月阅读原文 W : We mainly deal with large volume buyers from westerncountriesand our products have been well received. 出自-2013年12月听力原文 There were also differences in the most popular outdoor pursuits between ...
The variation in scale efficiency by an increase in input can cause a significant increase in scale efficiency, causing SECH to be greater than 1. However, a less than one scale efficiency represents a decrease in efficiency because of a change in input scale. The situation where the pure tec...
aHow the “Common but Differentiated Responsibility” acknowledges that rich nations have emitted most of the greenhouse gases that are causing climate change, that developing countries’ emissions are likely to rise on their path to industrialization and trying to meet basic social and development ...
Regular training helps students escape from earthquake-stricken areas without causing any stampedes (踩踏). AustraliaMost students in Australia take first-aid courses at school. They learn basic first-aidknowledge in the class, such as how to call an ambulance (救护车) and what to do when ...
Most communities in the region remain largely unaware of climate-change challenges although many are actively responding to its manifestations. While it is desirable to drive adaptation to climate change at the community level, there are barriers to this associated with culture (particularly the ...