A chronology of significant events related to climate change from 1970 to 2009 is presented. Events include the celebration of the first Earth Day, establishment of the U.S. Environemntal Protection Agency, adoption of a resolution by the United Nations, series of Conference of the Parties, ...
The Role of Economics in Climate Change Policy. The article focuses on the role of economics in climate change policy. Many policy problems have a history of inefficient regulation that can be difficult ... McKibbin,Warwick,J.,... - 《Journal of Economic Perspectives》...
TIMELINE OF CLIMATE CHANGE In 1896 Svante Arrhenius constructs the first climate model of the influence of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). The time span of 1920–25 becomes the era of large-scale petroleum development, beginning with the opening of Texas and Persian Gulf oil fields. ...
One year later, in 1989, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established under the United Nations to provide a scientific view of climate change and its political and economic impacts. As global warming gained currency as a real phenomenon, researchers dug into possible ramific...
Greenpeaceannouncesthat Miller will travel to the North Pole in early April to plant a “flag for the future” — a capsule containing a petition with nearly three million signatures to protect the Arctic.They will trekwith other activists who are on the front lines of climate change. Maybe...
Simon lends his vocals to the “Beds R Burning” charity single to support Tck Tck Tck Time for Climate Change. The crew of the space shuttle Endeavor listen to Duran Duran’s “Reach Up for the Sunrise” on their last day in space. ...
Climate FAQ, Katharine Hayhoe xkcd.com is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.0 or below on a Pentium 3±1 emulated in Javascript on an Apple IIGSat a screen resolution of 1024x1. Please enable your ad blockers, disable high-heat drying, and remove your devicefrom Airplane Mode and set...
The article discusses issues related to a review by economist Sir Nicholas Stern regarding climate change. A sequence of images from the Met Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Change clearly show that Stern's timeline for action is wrong. Fa...
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SOCIAL JUSTICE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND THE WORLD OF SVEVI AVATAR Through the stories ofSvevi Avatar, Maya Svevak explores many of the compelling issues of our time, such as climate change, injustice, racism, misogyny, violence, economic inequality, and oppression. Maya aspires to reshape min...