09/10 - Climate Change/Mitigation/Adaptation Flashcards
(20 cards)
an issue with familiar resolution and reachable solution
Tame Environmental Problem
regional short-term phenomena, state of the current atmosphere
data driven to develop a forecast, uniform and universal instrumentation use, expected anomalies and extremes
weather
a climate phenomenon characterized by irregular and periodic variations in sea surface temperatures and atmospheric pressure across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Pacific Ocean current variability
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
defined/understood in multiple ways, difficult to resolve
Wicked Environmental Problem
long-term weather pattern of a particular region
climate
regional long-term climate shifts (warmer, or cooler) and/or planetary
evidence that is 4G years old, >1°C increase current ~80y, glacial and periglacial melting shifting ecosystem regions, natural and anthropogenic-forced components
climate change
increasing average long-term temperatures of the planet
global warming
key atmosphere gasses trap heat, retard radiant energy loss to space
Greenhouse Effect
gas contributing to the greenhouse effect, e.g., water, carbon dioxide
Greenhouse Gas
rise of land masses depressed by the huge weight of past ice-age sheets
Isostatic Rebound
contrarian to activist, political, ideological, economic, etc. agenda approach/tactic often taken: act, before all facts are in, pro-organization support
change doomsayer
unconvinced, political, ideological, economic, etc. agenda approach/tactic often taken: don’t act, until all facts are in, counter-organization support
change denier
scientific inquiry, examine ideas/claims beyond mainstream science approach/tactic often taken: precautionary principle, silenced, unless in the public eye
change sceptic
consensus, agreeing with the majority, may miss the nature of science approach/tactic often taken: absolute resolve, unquestioning, no longer open to ideas
chance convinced
strategies to reduce or minimize the negative consequences of a natural hazard
migitation
agreed-upon carbon amount limiting global emission
carbon budget
form of carbon pricing, government set GHG limits can be bought/traded
cap-and-trade
carbon dioxide (CO2) is removed from the atmosphere and stored in carbon sinks, such as forests, soils, oceans, and geological formations. reforestation/afforestation/agricultural crops to ameliorate carbon
carbon sequestration
maladaptation, incremental adaptation, transformation adaptation
- Chosen action inadvertently increasing vulnerability for social groups/systems
- Build on existing means to reduce output in context of climate change
- New means approach/system to prepare for future climate risk
international agreement, limiting anthropocentric carbon dioxide amounts greenhouse gas intensity – ratio of greenhouse gas emissions to economic output
Kyoto Protocal