Monthly Archive for October, 2011

Editing Services Available

Published on October 31, 2011 in Journal and Newsletter. 0 Comments

The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses is pleased to offer editing services for authors who would like to have their work professionally edited. The services offered can help authors at the point of initial submission or during the revision stage, before the final submission of their paper. Please contact journals@on-climate.com for more information.

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Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change Fall Short Of Vital Goal

Published on October 28, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

Press Release from the United Nations

International efforts to mitigate climate change are insufficient to meet the goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a United Nations report warned today, just a month before a major conference on the issue is held in Durban, South Africa.

The report laid out a list of options to achieve the target, including more cuts in greenhouse gases from additional sectors, stronger accounting rules both within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and through other multilateral and domestic strategies, sharing mitigation efforts based on countries’ capacities or contributions to the problem, and legally binding commitments.

The report, Building the Climate Change Regime: Survey and Analysis of Approaches, was published by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), a global environmental think tank with the support of the Irish Government. It reviewed more than 130 proposals put forward by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and academics to design a climate regime capable of delivering adequate mitigation.

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Call for Book Reviewers

Published on October 28, 2011 in Book and Newsletter. 0 Comments Tags: .

Common Ground Publishing is seeking distinguished peer reviewers to evaluate book manuscripts submitted to the On Climate Book Series.

As part of our commitment to intellectual excellence and a rigorous review process, Common Ground sends book manuscripts that have received initial editorial approval to peer reviewers to further evaluate and provide constructive feedback. The comments and guidance that these reviewers supply is invaluable to our authors and an essential part of the publication process.

Common Ground recognizes the important role of referees by acknowledging book reviewers as members of the On Climate Book Series Editorial Review Board for a period of at least one year. The list of members of the Editorial Review Board will be posted on our website. In addition, Common Ground also offers a US$200 voucher for each completed review which meets the standards set out by the Commissioning Editor at the commencement of assignment. Vouchers may be used in the Common Ground Bookstore or for registration at one of our international conferences.

If you would like to referee book manuscripts submitted to On Climate, please email books@on-climate.com. Please make sure to include:

  1. a brief description of your professional credentials
  2. a list of your areas of interest and expertise
  3. a copy of your CV with current contact details

If we feel you are qualified and we require refereeing for manuscripts within your purview, we will contact you.

With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors

Published on October 20, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

By Justin Gillis from The New York Times

The trees spanning many of the mountainsides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn.

But these trees are not supposed to turn red. They are evergreens, falling victim to beetles that used to be controlled in part by bitterly cold winters. As the climate warms, scientists say, that control is no longer happening.

Across millions of acres, the pines of the northern and central Rockies are dying, just one among many types of forests that are showing signs of distress these days.

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Wedges Reaffirmed

Published on October 14, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

Illustration by Climate Central

By Robert Socolow from The Bulletin of Atomic Science

In August 2004 Steve Pacala and I published a paper in Science about climate change mitigation. Its core messages are as valid today as seven years ago, but they have not led to action. Here, I suggest that public resistance can be partially explained by shortcomings in the way advocates of forceful action have presented their case. Addressing these shortcomings might put the world back on the course we identified.

Let’s review the messages in our 2004 paper in Science. The paper assumes that the world wishes to act decisively and coherently to deal with climate change. It makes the case that “humanity already possesses the fundamental scientific, technical and industrial know-how to solve the carbon and climate problem for the next half-century.” This core message surprised many people, because our paper arrived at a time when the Bush administration was asserting that, unfortunately, the tools available were not suited for addressing climate change. Indeed, at a conference I attended at that time, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham insisted that a discovery akin to the discovery of electricity was required.

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UNESCO Helps Small Islands Educate for Climate Change

Published on October 4, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments

From UNESCO

Climate change represents a real threat to Small Island Developing states.  A UNESCO expert meeting (21-23 September, Nassau, The Bahamas) will address the vital role of education in helping populations from the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Oceans adapt to this challenge.

Adaptation to climate change requires that individuals understand why? and how the climate is changing, and the implications of these changes ?for their lives. This three-day meeting will focus on the essential role of education in increasing the ?adaptation capacity of communities and nations in regard to climate? change by enabling individuals to make informed decisions.

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Temperature Rising: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors

Published on October 1, 2011 in News and Newsletter. 0 Comments
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Photo by Jami Dwyer

From Justin Gillis, The New York Times

The trees spanning many of the mountainsides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn.

But these trees are not supposed to turn red. They are evergreens, falling victim to beetles that used to be controlled in part by bitterly cold winters. As the climate warms, scientists say, that control is no longer happening.

Across millions of acres, the pines of the northern and central Rockies are dying, just one among many types of forests that are showing signs of distress these days.

To Read More…