Earth System Visioning » mitigation http://www.icsu-visioning.org   Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 What are the regional vulnerabilities in the availability of fresh water to support human needs and sustain freshwater biodiversity, and how can these vulnerabilities be mitigated? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/regional-vulnerability-fresh-water-availability-mitigation/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/regional-vulnerability-fresh-water-availability-mitigation/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:25:46 +0000 Davi Dudgeon http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1121 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/regional-vulnerability-fresh-water-availability-mitigation/feed/ 1 Where is the missing atmospheric carbon dioxide? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/where-is-the-missing-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/where-is-the-missing-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:53:59 +0000 CarbonMaven http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=931 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/where-is-the-missing-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide/feed/ 0 Is there a critical global temperature rise at which the biosphere will switch from being a net sink of CO2 to being a net source? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/biosphere-carbon-sink-to-carbon-source/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/biosphere-carbon-sink-to-carbon-source/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:25:27 +0000 MartinJuckes http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=901 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/biosphere-carbon-sink-to-carbon-source/feed/ 0 How can we better monitor, model, and predict the interdependent impacts of alternative strategies for managing the global environment in support of future decision making? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/better-monitor-model-predict-interdependent-impacts-of-alternative-strategies/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/better-monitor-model-predict-interdependent-impacts-of-alternative-strategies/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:13:29 +0000 bchen http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2159 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/better-monitor-model-predict-interdependent-impacts-of-alternative-strategies/feed/ 0 Given the predominant theme:”to take action against global environmental change”, and the fact that environmental change is an ongoing process with long term consequences, what is being done in terms of research to find solutions leading to adaptation as well as mitigation of the effects on the earth and humanity to these changes? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/what-is-being-done-in-terms-of-research-to-allow-adaptation/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/what-is-being-done-in-terms-of-research-to-allow-adaptation/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:20:56 +0000 phylos http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1435 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/what-is-being-done-in-terms-of-research-to-allow-adaptation/feed/ 0 Can the biotic component of ecosystems make a difference in the ways that global change impacts wellbeing, and in the way we mitigate these impacts? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/can-biotic-component-of-ecosystems-make-a-difference-in-ways-global-change-impacts-wellbeing/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/can-biotic-component-of-ecosystems-make-a-difference-in-ways-global-change-impacts-wellbeing/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:30:09 +0000 sandradiaz http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2141 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/can-biotic-component-of-ecosystems-make-a-difference-in-ways-global-change-impacts-wellbeing/feed/ 0 Are there scientifically and politically viable ways to counter-act the most serious consequences of human-induced climate change (i.e., loss of the Arctic, diversion of storm tracks, intensification of weather extremes, acidification of the environment, etc.) for at least the several decades of peak climate change that are inevitable even in the face of aggressive international action? How much more intensive would the impacts and counter-acting actions have to be if international action is delayed for several decades? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/are-there-scientifically-politically-viable-ways-to-counteract-most-serious-consequences-of-human-induced-climate-change/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/are-there-scientifically-politically-viable-ways-to-counteract-most-serious-consequences-of-human-induced-climate-change/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:09:49 +0000 MikeMacCracken http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1705 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/are-there-scientifically-politically-viable-ways-to-counteract-most-serious-consequences-of-human-induced-climate-change/feed/ 0 How will promising mitigation strategies be optimized through methodologies and approaches that truly reflect the needs and dynamics of humanity outside the scientific community? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/mitigation-reflect-needs-of-humanity/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/mitigation-reflect-needs-of-humanity/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:54:44 +0000 Andrew Fynn http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=819 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/mitigation-reflect-needs-of-humanity/feed/ 0 How can we foster social change on the scale needed to mitigate climate change, curtail the loss of biological diversity, and halt the destruction of large terrestrial and marine ecosystem, without diminishing efforts to achieve other fundamental goals, such as the MDGs? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-we-foster-social-change-on-the-scale-needed-to-mitigate-climate-change/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-we-foster-social-change-on-the-scale-needed-to-mitigate-climate-change/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:56:53 +0000 Oran Young http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1585 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-we-foster-social-change-on-the-scale-needed-to-mitigate-climate-change/feed/ 0 How will Carbon markets improve adaptation to climate change in Africa? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-will-carbon-markets-improve-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-africa/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-will-carbon-markets-improve-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-africa/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:29:37 +0000 cmbow http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1839 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-will-carbon-markets-improve-adaptation-to-climate-change-in-africa/feed/ 0