Friday, February 17, 2012 3:30 p.m. Room 426, Burnside Hall McGill University 805 Sherbrooke Street West

Friday, February 3, 2012 3:30 pm Room 426, Burnside Hall McGill University

All are welcome to attend.

and ancient hurricanes in Cuba

Dr. Matthew Peros

Assistant Professor, Bishop’s University Canada Research Chair in Climate and Environmental Change

Friday, January 20, 2012 3:30 pm Room 426, Burnside Hall McGill University

All are welcome to attend.

OFFRE DE DOCTORAT (Ph.D.) au CARTEL

Comparing Public Rationales for

Justice in Mitigation and Adaptation

Climate Policy Dilemmas

Dr. Sonja Klinsky

Post-Doctoral Researcher Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge

The ideal relationship between climate change adaptation and mitigation policy has [...]]]> Vinaigrette or Oil and Vinegar?

Post-Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge

The ideal relationship between climate change adaptation and mitigation policy has been long debated. Are they substitutes for each other, in which case the policy task is to find the optimal trade-off between the two, or can they be integrated to take advantage of win-win overlaps?

Instead of proposing how these policies should relate to one another from an abstract policy perspective, this study examines public rationales about justice and burden-sharing in each case. What arguments about justice resonate from a mitigation perspective, which ones are dominant from an adaptation perspective, and what might this suggest about the contours of politically acceptable climate policy?

Using think-aloud protocols and a structured elicitation approach with members of the lay public, this study provides evidence that the two types of climate policy trigger different sets of arguments about justice. When asked about mitigation burden-sharing participants overwhelmingly depending on arguments about causality. In contrast, in discussions of adaptation participants emphasized ideas of need and ability, and used social and spatial distance to modify the allocation of responsibility. Two considerations emerge from these findings.

First, the public is able to engage with the justice dilemmas of climate policy, suggesting that predictions of political palatability or public responses need to consider these concerns. Second, it is important to recognize that support for adaptation and mitigation policies stem from different arguments. This could make transition between mitigation and adaptation potentially much more difficult, especially if treated as complete substitutes.

Friday, March 25, 2011
3:30 pm
Room 426, Burnside Hall
McGill University

All are welcome to attend.

Nous nous intéresserons aux régulations climatiques qui ont permis de maintenir à la surface de la Terre des conditions (température, [...]]]> Université de Montréal
Département d’anthropologie
Équipe de recherche FQRSC
« Dispersion des Hominidés »
Conférences par
Dr. Gilles Ramstein
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LCSE)
Les climats de la Terre: l’impact des changements
climatiques passés sur l’Homme

Nous nous intéresserons aux régulations climatiques qui ont permis de maintenir à la surface de la Terre des conditions (température, cycle hydrologique…) compatibles avec la vie. Nous montrerons que par deux fois, cette régulation a failli au cours des 4 premiers milliards d’années. Enfin nous montrerons la spécificité du Quaternaire, les oscillations glaciaires interglaciaires, les impacts sur l’Homme et les conséquences à long terme du bouleversement climatique en cours.

&

Dre. Masa Kageyama (LSCE),
W. Banks (U. Bordeaux), J. Mignot (LOCEAN, Paris),
D. Swingedouw, M.-N. Woillez (LSCE).
Comprendre l’environnement des derniers
Néanderthals: modélisation du
climat et de la végétation du LGM.

Le climat de la dernière période glaciaire est connu pour avoir été sujet à des fluctuations rapides et importantes. Dans ce séminaire, nous montrerons qu’il est possible, à l’aide de modèles numériques, de mieux comprendre ces variations et en particulier le lien entre l’évolution du climat en différents endroits du globe. L’impact de ces variations sur la végétation a également été simulé. Enfin, ces résultats en termes de climat seront interprétés en termes de niches écologiques ou écoculturelles en Europe de l’Ouest.

Le 10 mars, 16 heures,
B-3340, Pavillon 3200 Jean-Brillant