| Titre : | AMBIO 41(1) - FEB 2012 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
Dépouillements
Article
Mark Nuttall, Auteur
The term "tipping point" has become increasingly popular in scientific and media usage to refer to the world in which we live, to describe the probable effects of the processes arising from the consequences of the ways we live with and transform[...]
Article
Alf Hakon Hoel, Auteur ;
Erik Olsen, Auteur
The prospects of rapid climate change and the potential existence of tipping points in marine ecosystems where nonlinear change may result from them being overstepped, raises the question of strategies for coping with ecosystem change. There is [...]
Article
Eddy Carmack, Auteur ;
Fiona McLaughlin, Auteur ;
Gail Whiteman, Auteur ;
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Auteur
It seems inevitable that the ongoing and rapid changes in the physical environment of the marine Arctic will push components of the region's existing social-ecological systems-small and large-beyond tipping points and into new regimes. Ongoing c[...]
Article
Oran R. Young, Auteur
Interacting forces of climate change and globalization are transforming the Arctic. Triggered by a non-linear shift in sea ice, this transformation has unleashed mounting interest in opportunities to exploit the region's natural resources as wel[...]
Article
Timothy M. Lenton, Auteur
There is widespread concern that anthropogenic global warming will trigger Arctic climate tipping points. The Arctic has a long history of natural, abrupt climate changes, which together with current observations and model projections, can help [...]
Article
Carlos M. Duarte, Auteur ;
Susana Agusti, Auteur ;
Paul Wassmann, Auteur ;
Jesus M. Arrieta, Auteur ;
Miquel Alcaraz, Auteur ;
Alexandra Coello, Auteur ;
Nuria Marba, Auteur ;
Iris E. Hendriks, Auteur ;
Johnna Holding, Auteur ;
Inigo Garcia-Zarandona, Auteur ;
Emma Kritzberg, Auteur ;
Dolors Vaque, Auteur
The Arctic marine ecosystem contains multiple elements that present alternative states. The most obvious of which is an Arctic Ocean largely covered by an ice sheet in summer versus one largely devoid of such cover. Ecosystems under pressure typ[...]
Article
Henry P. Huntington, Auteur ;
Eban Goodstein, Auteur ;
Eugenie Euskirchen, Auteur
Climate change incurs costs, but government adaptation budgets are limited. Beyond a certain point, individuals must bear the costs or adapt to new circumstances, creating political-economic tipping points that we explore in three examples. Firs[...]
Article
Jacob Carstensen, Auteur ;
Agata Weydmann, Auteur
Arctic ecosystems have experienced and are projected to experience continued large increases in temperature and declines in sea ice cover. It has been hypothesized that small changes in ecosystem drivers can fundamentally alter ecosystem functio[...]
Article
Peter Wadhams, Auteur
We summarize the latest results on the rapid changes that are occurring to Arctic sea ice thickness and extent, the reasons for them, and the methods being used to monitor the changing ice thickness. Arctic sea ice extent had been shrinking at a[...]
Article
Paul Wassmann, Auteur ;
Timothy M. Lenton, Auteur
We provide an introduction to the volume The Arctic in the Earth System perspective: the role of tipping points. The terms tipping point and tipping element are described and their role in current science, general debates, and the Arctic are elu[...]
Article
Daniel F. Morris, Auteur ;
Nisha Krishnan, Auteur
The need for transparency is taking more prominence in international climate negotiations as developed countries pledge large sums of money to foster adaptation efforts in developing countries. Tools that provide accurate and up-to-date spatial [...]
Article
Bjorn-Ola Linner, Auteur ;
Neha Pahuja, Auteur
This article examines key issues in operationalizing a registry of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) undertaken by developing countries party to the United Nations framework convention on climate change. It analyzes goals, outcom[...]
Article
Christer Karlsson, Auteur ;
Mattias Hjerpe, Auteur ;
Charles Parker, Auteur ;
Bjorn-Ola Linner, Auteur
Leadership is an essential ingredient in reaching international agreements and overcoming the collective action problems associated with responding to climate change. In this study, we aim at answering two questions that are crucial for understa[...]
Article
Carolyn Fischer, Auteur ;
Asbjorn Torvanger, Auteur ;
Manish Kumar Shrivastava, Auteur ;
Thomas Sterner, Auteur ;
Peter Stigson, Auteur
Article
Lars Zetterberg, Auteur ;
Markus Wrake, Auteur ;
Thomas Sterner, Auteur ;
Carolyn Fischer, Auteur ;
Dallas Burtraw, Auteur
We use economic analysis to evaluate grandfathering, auctioning, and benchmarking approaches for allocation of emissions allowances and then discuss practical experience from European and American schemes. In principle, auctions are superior fro[...]
Article
Markus Wrake, Auteur ;
Dallas Burtraw, Auteur ;
Asa Lofgren, Auteur ;
Lars Zetterberg, Auteur
The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) demonstrated the ability to design and launch a large-scale trading system in a short period of time. The path from initial reticence about emissions trading to implementation of the world's largest program [...]
Article
Peringe Grennfelt, Auteur ;
Bo Kjellen, Auteur ;
Bjorn-Ola Linner, Auteur ;
Lars Zetterberg, Auteur
Mistra's Climate Policy Research Program, Clipore, is one of the largest research programs directed to support international climate policy development, involving research groups in Sweden, Norway, United States and India. It has been running fr[...]
