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. Understanding the Science and Impacts of Global Warming
. Evidence of Global Warming in the Dominican Republic


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Global Foundation for Democracy and Development - GFDD

Articles

“Sedimentation as an important environmental influence on Dominican Republic Reefs.”
Ruben Torres, Mark Chiappone, Francisco Geraldes, Yira Rodríguez, and Monica Vega. Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 69, No. 2, Sept. 2001, pp. 805-815.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2001/...

“Mass mortality of tropical marine communities in Morrocoy, Venezuela.” Eddie N. Laboy-Nieves, Eduardo Klein, Jesús E. Conde, Freddy Losada, and Juan Cruz. Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 68, No. 2, March 2001, pp. 163-179.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2001/...

“Is There Still Time to Avoid ‘Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference’ with Global Climate?” James E. Hansen. NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Columbia University Earth Institute, 2005.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:iqHV4C-xoWMJ:www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/...

“Earth’s Energy Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications.” J. Hansen, L. Nazarenko, R. Ruedy, Mki. Sato, J. Willis, A. Del Genio, D. Koch, A. Lacis, K. Lo, S. Menon, T. Novakov, Ju. Perlwitz, G. Russell, G.A. Schmidt, and N. Tausnev. Science, Vol. 308, June 2005.
http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2005/2005_Hansen_etal_1.pdf

"Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions." The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. 2005.
http://www.climatechangefutures.org/pdf/CCF_Report_Final_10.27.pdf

"Climate Change and Human Health." Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Director, The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. The New England Journal of Medicine, Oct. 6, 2005.
http://chge.med.harvard.edu/about/faculty/journals/nejm.pdf

"Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Supply." Cynthia Rozenweig and Daniel Hillel. Consequences Vol. 1, No.2, Summer 1995.
http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/summer95/agriculture.html

“Assessment of Human Health Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change in Cuba.” Paulo Lázaro Ortíz Bultó, Antonio Pérez Rodríguez, Alina Rivero Valencia, Nicolás León Vega, Manuel Díaz Gonzalez, and Alina Pérez Carrera. Environmental Health Perspectivas, Dec. 2006; 114(12).
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1764156

"Cambio Climático y Adaptación." Michael C. MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs.
http://www.climate.org/PDF/MacCracken2007march.pdf

National Security and Threat of Climate Change. The CNA Corporation, 2007.
http://securityandclimate.cna.org/report/...

Our Changing Planet. The Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 2006.
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2003.pdf

Health and Global Environmental Change,
Series No. 1: Methods of Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and
Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change.
World Health Organization, 2003.
www.euro.who.int/document/e81923.pdf

The Stern Report, Part I-IV
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/...

Stern Report Executive Summary
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/8AC/F7/Executive_Summary.pdf

Stern Report Summary of Conclusions
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/8A8/C1/Summary_of_Conclusions.pdf

 

Reviews of the Stern Report:

“The Case for Action to Reduce the Risks of Climate Change”
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/B6F/58/paper_a.pdf

“Value Judgements, Welfare Weights and Discounting: Issues and Evidence” 
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/C06/00/Paper_B.pdf

“Building an Effective International Response to Climate Change” 
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/B71/79/paper_c.pdf

 

IPCC Reports:

Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis: Summary for Policy Makers.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.ipcc.ch/SPM2feb07.pdf

Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
http://www.ipcc.ch/SPM6avr07.pdf

Climate Change 2007: Scientific Basis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.ipcc.ch/WG1_SPM_17Apr07.pdf

IPCC Special Report on Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues Related to Hydrofluorocarbons and Perflourocarbons. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2005.
www.ipcc.ch/activity/sroc/index.htm

IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
http://arch.rivm.nl/env/int/ipcc/pages_media/SRCCS-final/...

IPCC Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/tectran/index.htm

IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/emission/index.htm

IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ippc/land_use/index.htm

IPCC Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/aviation/index.htm

IPCC Special Report on Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/index.htm

Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm

Climate Change 2001: Mitigation. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg3/index.htm

Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/vol4/english/index.htm

Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg2/index.htm

 

Reportajes del IPCC:

La Protección de la Capa de Ozono y el Sistema Climático Mundial: Cuestiones Relativas a los Hidrofluorocarbonos y a los Perfluorocarbonos. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.ipcc.ch/activity/specialrprt05/IPCC_low.sp.pdf

Cambio climático 2001: La base científica. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/vol4/spanish/pdf/wg1sum.pdf

Cambio climático 2001: Mitigación. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/vol4/spanish/pdf/wg3sum.pdf

Cambio climático 2001: Informe de síntesis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/vol4/spanish/index.htm

Cambio climático 2001: Impactos, adaptación y vulnerabilidad. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
www.grida.no/climate/ipcc­_tar/vol4/spanish/pdf/wg2sum.pdf