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(IPCC), endorsed even by governments the world over, that GHG concentrations in the atmosphere are on the verge of causing …
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Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. Most of the observed increase in globally-averaged temperatures since the mid-20th...
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global economy more effective, more legitimate, and more responsive to the needs of the bottom half of the world’s population …
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This study assesses the economic implications of China's changing population in the 21st century using a numerical …
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The objective of this paper is to identify climate change related threats and vulnerabilities associated with agriculture as a sector and agriculture as people’s livelihoods (exposure, sensitivity, adaptive capacity). The paper analyses the connections between the nature of human action...
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This paper examines the impact of population growth on global climate change. The author employs the Global Change … Assessment Model (GCAM) to estimate the effects of population growth on the change global average temperature by 2100. Observing … that a larger population supports a larger economy, which translates in close proportion into additional releases of carbon …
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A simple evolutionary model is used to understand the critical rate of environmental change beyond which a population … environment, and identify research needs for improved predictions based on projected changes in environmental variables. …
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environment is associated with population size (P) coupled with manner of function (f), which is shaped by elements such as …The IPAT equation developed in the early 1970s by Ehrlich and Holdren suggests that the impact (I) of society on the … affluence (A) and available technology (T). To date, most studies that have used the IPAT framework have either focused on its …
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