Using such knowledge will increase our chances of protecting ecosystems, which in turn will help us mitigate the impacts of climate change, and cope with its aftermath. Building on existing traditional knowledge not only satisfies local communities’ expectations, but also provides a solid basis...
Munich Greenhouse-gas emissions could be stabilized cheaply, but inertia is impeding a change to energy-saving policies and technologies. This is the main conclusion of a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). . 2001 Nature Publishing GroupQuirin Schiermeier...
The founder of that laboratory, Thomas Crowther, told The Agenda with Stephen Cole why he believes that planting trees is one of the most effective ways of mitigating climate change. "There is huge potential for carbon drawdown," he says, "larger than any other carbon dra...
As these problems have been stressed in plenty of media articles, some environmental protection organizations, like Greenpeace, have even called for an end to all the nature-based solutions to climate change. However, nature is not the problem. Trees are not the problem. The problem is our mis...
Using technofixes to tinker with global climate systems is an excuse to avoid unpopular but necessary measures to reduce carbon emissions
Climate change economicsJohn Broome claims that there is a sacrifice-free solution to climate change. He says this is a consequence of elementary economics. After explaining the economic argument in somewhat more detail than Broome, I show that the argument is unsound. A main problem with it ...
C.Toshowtheinfluenceofwhaling.D.Tocallonpeopletosavewhales. 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 【答案】(1)细节理解题。根据第一段内容"To fight against climate change,scientists have suggested whales as a solution.It turns out that whales are excellent at controlling CO2."(为了应对气候变化,科学家们...
If successful, the benefits would be twofold: it would help farmers on the sharp end of the climate crisis facing increasingly unpredictable weather patterns from droughts, floods and extreme temperatures. It would also mitigate the environmental impact of a food system that contributes up to a thi...
indicates a method for addressing the issue of climate change. Option **b**, "a way of solving a problem," aligns perfectly with this meaning. 题目要求选出与“One solution to the problem...”意思最接近的词语。 - 选项a“a result of something” 指的是某件事的结果。 - 选项b“a way ...
However, during the 1990s government and other mainstream institutions have become interested in sustainable housing as a solution to a range of policy problems. This paper examines the framing of sustainable housing as 'low carbon housing', i.e. as a solution to climate change. Actors involved ...