...These five strategies examine what can be done within the city of Chicago that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions leading as a prominent example for other cities to follow. Mitigation strategies/actions are found all throughout each strategy being to transform, educate, promote, improve and monitor current and future ideas. The adaptive strategy allows us to understand the consequences of today from how many lived in the past and what we can do now to improve the circumstance while coping. From the chicagoclimateaction.org website it says, “Chicago’s goal is to reach a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2020, and 80% reduction from 1990 levels by 2050”. The plan is all about ways to reach this goal and how everyone...
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...Reports (St. Petersburg Times, March 4, 1970). 1970 – Pollution Called Ice Age Threat (St. Petersburg Times, June 26, 1970). 1970 – Dirt Will.Bring New Ice Age (The Sydney Morning Herald, October 19, 1970). 1971 – Ice Age Refugee Dies Underground (The Montreal Gazette, Febuary 17, 1971). 1971 – U.S. Scientists Sees New Ice Age Coming (The Washington Post, July 9, 1971). 1971 – Ice Age Around the Corner (Chicago Tribune, July 10, 1971). 1971 – New Ice Age Coming – It’s Already Getting Colder (L.A. Times, October 24, 1971). 1971 – Another Ice Age? Pollution Blocking Sunlight (The Day, November 1, 1971). 1971 – Air Pollution Could Bring An Ice Age (Harlan Daily Enterprise, November 4, 1971). 1972 – Air pollution may cause ice age (Free-Lance Star, February 3, 1972). 1972 – Scientist Says New ice Age Coming (The Ledger, February 13, 1972). 1972 – Scientist predicts new ice age (Free-Lance Star, September 11, 1972). 1972 – British expert on Climate Change says Says New Ice Age Creeping Over Northern Hemisphere (Lewiston Evening Journal, September 11, 1972). 1972 – Climate Seen Cooling For Return Of Ice Age (Portsmouth Times, September 11, 1972). 1972 – New Ice Age Slipping Over North (Press-Courier, September 11, 1972). 1972 – Ice Age Begins A New Assault In North (The Age,...
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...Heated debate The costs of climate change can be mitigated if economic activity moves in response Dec 8th 2012 | from the print edition • • Tweet [pic] WHEN Superstorm Sandy roared ashore in late October and the lights of lower Manhattan went out, New Yorkers were given a stark vision of a possible future. Climate-change science is still a realm of great uncertainty but there is consensus that the planet is warming dangerously and that people are to blame. A recent report commissioned by the World Bank warned that the world is on track to have a global mean temperature that is 4°C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. If so, sea levels could rise by between half a metre and a metre by the end of the century, threatening hundreds of millions of people in coastal cities. Other regions would face the threats of droughts, bigger storms and changing rainfall patterns. That entails not just human costs but economic ones, too. The question that preoccupies Klaus Desmet of the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg of Princeton University in a new NBER working paper* is whether there are ways to manage the impact of changing weather patterns by moving the location of economic activity. They note that roughly 90% of global production uses just 10% of available land. If that 10% is threatened, activity may at least theoretically shift to bits of the 90% made more hospitable by climate change. In this section • Monti’s medicine • Just a...
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...Public Interest/Government Resume and Cover Letter Tips All of the general rules that apply to resumes and cover letters to prospective employers apply equally to public interest and government employers. Your materials should be error-free, clearly organized, easy to read, and concise. However, there are some additional qualities that public interest and government employers are specifically looking for. You need to demonstrate your commitment to the mission and work of the organization and that you have the skills for the position. Your resume and cover letter must convey your interest, enthusiasm and knowledge of the specific employer you are applying to. It is imperative that you customize your materials to show that your education, experience, and volunteer work have provided you with the skills that relate to the duties of the position. You can convey this commitment by carefully tailoring your materials to the job description. If there is no job posting, use the website to learn all that you can about the organization’s work and the clients they serve. Talk to other students who have worked or volunteered with the organization. (You can find this information by looking at the lists of where students worked in previous summers). Use this information to highlight your relevant experience and illustrate that you can “hit the ground running.” In your resume, you may want to highlight relevant coursework from law school or undergraduate...
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...THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE UK HEALTH By Name Course Professor’s Name Institution State Date In the modern society, human practices influence the environment in a negative way. Specifically, industrial, agricultural and domestic activities exacerbate the ecological system, affecting humans, animals, and plants. Greenhouse emissions, agricultural chemicals, and domestic toxics cause air and water pollutions that affect human health. Therefore, climate change is an imperative factor that needs proper redress in protecting the health of the UK citizen. Accordingly, this paper examines the holistic health experience associated with climate change. Particularly, the paper explores climatic changes such as pollution and flooding and their direct influence in human health through infection and diseases. Climate change in the twenty-first century plays a vital role in the issue of public health. The rapid population growth rate of the modern world endangers human development and weakening the capacity of the contemporary communities to adapt and respond to climate change. The interrelation of population and climate changes lies in mitigation and adaptation. For this reason, people should reduce the levels of greenhouse emission and subsequently decrease the vulnerability of the population to the effects of climatic change. The science of climate changes integrates profoundly with the dynamics of the population. For example, the mass...
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...1.0 Introduction Google image, Healthy people,2010 :http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/html/volume1/08environmental.htm Nowadays we are facing with environmental and ecological problems which lead us to such effect like air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, smog, water pollution, overpopulation, animal extinctions and forest destruction. But people are so blind that they do not want to see how they are destroying our Earth and they do not even try to change themselves; they think that for each problem there is specific organization which will solve it or government whose responsibility is to protect their own nations. Very sad to say, that most of population are taking our “home nature” for granted. They want to consume and never contribute, so here is a base of problem that is why many people suffering from global warming which lead climate change. One issue which caused Global Warming is amount of carbon dioxide in atmosphere which increasing from one year to another, because people burn vast amounts of fossil fuels - coal and petroleum and its derivatives (GCRIO website, 2010). So, our planet temperature rising very fast and this might be a reason of Global Warming. Another reason of...
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...Name: ___________________________ Assignment 4 Earth'sDynamic Atmosphere (Chapters16, 17, 18, 19 and 20) This assignment isgoing to look at the atmosphere, its structure, features, weather patterns, storms and climate. Weather isa feature that impactseveryone acrossthe world, and as such issomething that isgood to have an understanding of. Part 1 - The Atmosphere: C omposition, Structure andTemperature 1) Answer the following questions using the diagram to the right. S elect the letter that identifies each specified part of the atmosphere: a) S tratosphere: b) Thermosphere: c) Tropopause: d) Mesosphere: e) Troposphere: f) Mesopause: g) S tratopause: In which layersdoes the temperature decrease? In which layersdoes the temperature increase? 2) The accompanying graph shows average monthly high temperatures for Urbana, Illinois, and S Francisco, an California. Although both citiesare located at about the same latitude, the temperatures they experience are quite different. Which line on the graph represents Urbana and which represents S Francisco? How did you figure this an out? 3) Determine which statements refer to weather and which Name: ___________________________ refer to climate. a) The baseball game was rained out today. b) January isOmaha's coldest month. c) North Africa isa desert. d) The high this afternoon was25°C. e) Last evening a tornado ripped through central Oklahoma. f) I am moving to southern Arizona because it...
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...Beyond COP21: What does Paris mean for future climate change policy A response paper highlighting the future issues of major environmental disasters and the backdrop of what the future looks like. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Sushrut S. Vaidya (20155042) Introduction: The changes caused by the terror of the human realm revealed itself to the world at the COP21 (21st Conference Of the Parties), known otherwise as the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference that was held from the 30th of November to the 11th of December 2015. Although people’s awareness of climate change and perceptions about its effects vary at the regional and national levels, the overall change patterns illustrate how climate change is truly a global issue. The issues discussed during the conference were related to what the Earth faced because of climate changes, the result of which was the regulation of global temperatures upto 2 degrees Celsius as compared to those of pre-industrial levels. All the 196 parties that attended the conference signed the Paris Agreement, the document responsible for the regulatory measures, for the very first time. It was with the highest concern that the motion for a global change was put forth. History of COP and the start of the concern towards climate change: The history of global concern towards climate changes dates back to the late 60’s and early 70’s. In response to growing...
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...southern shores of Lake Michigan. The park is comprised of over 15,000 acres of dunes, oak savannas, swamps, bogs, prairies, rivers, and forests. This park is a great example of a vast and unique environment resulting from the retreat of the last great continental glacier some 14,000 years ago. (1) This park is also located within an urban setting and is closely located to the highly populated industrialized cities of Gary, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois. Early, overharvesting of forests and farming impacted the area’s ecology and resources. Residential and industrial developments over time coupled with climate change have altered natural processes for the environment. Today the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has a challenge associated with balancing impacts of human actions within fragile natural environments. Restoration plans by resource managers for the area have been focused on mitigating the damage done in the past. The key in restoring the area is planning for the future, limiting new developments, and considering future climate will help aid in the restoration. (1) Background Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore was established by Congress as a national lakeshore in 1966. (2) Prior to industrial and residential development along Lake Michigan, the shoreline was comprised of a highly diverse landscape. This area is considered one of the most extensive geologic records of the glacial period in the creation of the Great Lakes area. Biological diversity is one...
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...Global Warming Global warming is one of the most controversial topics of this decade. Global warming is the idea that the pollution that humans create is slowly making the earth warmer. Climate change has been happening for many years, but it did not become a major political issue until recently. Jonathan Patz, director of the global health institute, states that Climatologists think global warming will not only increase the average temperature, but it will also increase the intensity and frequency of extreme climatic events (1269). Storms, floods, and droughts have killed millions of people in the past 20 years and have cost huge amounts of property damage. Floods in Europe left over two hundred thousand people homeless. These floods are...
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...Hamza Ufitabe Gafurama 14002299 Information Systems Independent Learning and Role of the University Library in Conducting Research Assignment 1. How to Narrow Information When a topic is too broad that is not manageable you will find that there is too much information and therefore the focus would have to be narrowed. To help narrow focus a few simple questions can help achieve this • what you know or don’t know about the topic? • what time period you covering • what place or geographic area you will be covering • trying to focus your topic in terms of specific type or class, people, places or things e.g study of traffic patterns • choose one lens through which to view the research problem, e.g rather than studying the role of government in Eastern religions, study the role of government in Hinduism You can apply one or two of strategies above to determine if that gives you a manageable research problem to investigate. Combining multiple strategies risks creating the opposite problem, your topic may become too narrowly defined and you can't locate enough research or data to support your study. 2. How to Evaluate Information Questions that should be asked when evaluating sources. • • • • • • 3. How information was found - where information was found web or library catalog? where you found the information will help in determining its usefulness. Who is the intended audience - knowing the intended audience will help decide the usefulness...
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...Research Articles Emissions Trading and Carbon Credit Accounting for Sustainable Energy Development With Focus on India A. N. Sarkar Senior Professor (International Business), Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi, India Abstract Global climate change is inextricably linked with the enhanced build-up of greenhouse gases. Emissions- trading in the form of carbon credits or CERs is opening up a new vista of trade opportunities with prospect for gradual reduction of emissions particularly by the developed nations under Annexure-I categories. Various national and international programmes undertaken by the government and voluntarily by the non-government agencies have positively impacted on progressive reduction of emissions in many parts of the world. The paper highlights the emerging issues linked to the modalities of emission-trading, together with scope for developing sound accounting procedures for trading carbon credits. Paper discusses the opportunities for developing a sound marketing system of carbon credits with built-in efficiency in transactions, accountability and transparency in reporting systems with focus on India. Paper also GMJ,VOL 4,ISSUE 1 & 2, JANUARY - DECEMBER 2010 underlines the need to comply with the Global Accounting Standards, Tax Planning, access to Multi-commodity Exchange Market, certification, verification and enforcement procedures for proper execution of emission-trading initiatives aimed at achieving carbon neutrality. The aspects...
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... Global warming is a threat to mankind and its existence; although we are yet to see or feel the effects. However, understanding the cause, and implementing measures to save the planet are of dire urgency otherwise, the impact will be imminent in the near future. In approximately 1,000 years ahead due to rapid growth in the world’s population, and Man’s ever-growing chemical technologies, the impact of global warming is predictable. Global warming can be defined as the gradual increase of the earth’s atmospheric temperature due to the release of carbon dioxide, methane gas, fossil fuels, and other toxic chemical emissions trapped in atmosphere that causes correspondence changes in climate. These changes are rapid in the global atmosphere over a relatively short period of time, and becoming more prevalent in the world presently. There are numerous records that show that our world as a whole is getting incredibly warmer, poor health conditions, strangulated economy, and environmental degradation. Some say the world will end in water due to melting ice, some say it will end in fire as a result of radiation. From my observation and understanding, I hold with those who favor fire. Global warming affects human health, the world economy, our environment, and the planet as a whole. Health is the general condition of body and mind (Dictionary.com). The environment plays a significant role to our health...
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...1. Introduction Over the last century, climate change has become one of the greatest threats facing the world. There is overwhelming scientific consensus that the increasing global temperature and the variable weather condition are closely related to the increase of greenhouse gases. In order to tackle the issue of climate change effectively, the Kyoto Protocol has been established. However, the rate of climate change is beyond prediction and the adverse impacts of climate change are increasingly serious. Besides, the debate about the main cause of climate change is significant. As the main driver of climate change is difficult to identify, countries face the challenge to formulate practical strategies to reduce greenhouse gases. This report will define climate change and explore what is the main driver of climate change as well as focus on climate change response strategies in Kenya. 2. Definition of Climate Change Climate change is characterized as observed increase in global average temperature of the earth. Climate is totally different from weather. Weather is the state of atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, wind and rain (CCIR-NYC 2005, p. 1). However, climate is a region’s weather patterns in a relatively long period (CCIR-NYC 2005, p. 1). The CCIR-NYC (2005, p. 1) claims that the variations of the state of climate on space and time are the dominant features of climate change. It is reported that global average temperature has...
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...Museum of Science+Industry Chicago In the museum of Science+Industry Chicago, scientist are looking for alternative solutions in how to produce the sufficient energy that people need in Chicago while keeping in mind the balance of the cost and the impact on the environment. For instance, in the Energy Garden people can transform energy from one form to another just by riding a bike. The generator works to transform the kinetic energy that people provide by riding the bikes there to a different form of energy that scientist can use and take advantage of. Also, at the museum scientists use the Hand-Crank. The Hand-Crank is a generator that used to power a dazzling array of visual effects. People there can see their own energy by looking at different types of light bulbs while riding the bikes that are provided there. Challenges that the scientists are facing in energy demand are so many. The increasing population is of the main challenges. For example, in the last forty years the population has increased three times over to reach seven billions people averaging over a two hundred thousand new energy consumer increasing every day. Scientists are expecting the population to increase two billions more by the next forty years. One more challenge that people are facing is heating up the planet and changing the climate because of the ways that people are using and consuming energy. Those are some of the reasons that make people think of how to change the way they consume energy and...
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