Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Overview; Introduction; Perceptions and Impacts of Weather Shocks on Households; Tables; Table O.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Last Five Years, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table O.2 Economic Impacts of Weather Shocks, Five...

Climate Variability and the Global Harvest provides a comprehensive coverage of the interactions between the major climate oscillations - especially the El Niño -Southern Oscillation - and climate change, and agriculture. It describes climate system processes, effects of the major oscillations...

Presenting extensive new research, this ground-breaking study addresses the critical dimensions of participatory and democratic processes in the field of trade-sustainability relationships and sustainability assessments of trade rules. The specific issues in trade include social and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Why the Earth Is Getting Warmer -- Just a tiny little bit -- The greenhouse effect -- Why it all comes down to carbon dioxide -- Other greenhouse gases -- The human influence -- One more degree already -- The past 800,000 years -- Correlation and...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Energy Challenge -- 2 Energy Choices -- 3 What People Want -- 4 Price and Consequence -- 5 Why Do People Hate Coal and Love Solar? -- 6 The Chicken and the Egg -- 7 Two Minds about Climate Change -- 8 What to Do? -- 9 A Way Forward -- Appendix --...

Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Forewords -- Chapter One. The First Electric Revolution -- Chapter Two. Deregulation, Past and Prologue -- Part One: The Smart Grid and Electricity Sales -- Chapter Three. The New Paradigm -- Chapter Four. Smart Electric...

We investigate financial experts' beliefs about climate risk pricing and analyze how those beliefs influence stock return expectations. In a comprehensive survey, we elicit experts' beliefs using both structured and open-ended questions. We establish that most experts share the view that climate...

Die Auswirkungen der Erderwärmung - wie Dürren, Ernteausfälle und Waldbrände, aber auch Starkregen und Überschwemmungen - treten immer häufiger und heftiger auf. Im Zukunftsimpuls "Klimafolgenanpassung: gutes Leben in einer sich rasant verändernden Welt absichern" zeigen Forschende des...