Climate Change in the American Christian Mind: March 2015
... “Set strict carbon dioxide emission limits on existing coal-fired power plants to reduce global warming and improve public health. Power plants would have to reduce their emissions and/or invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The cost of electricity to consumers and companies would likel ...
... “Set strict carbon dioxide emission limits on existing coal-fired power plants to reduce global warming and improve public health. Power plants would have to reduce their emissions and/or invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The cost of electricity to consumers and companies would likel ...
U. S. Senate Report Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man
... "The [IPCC] ‘Summary for Policymakers' might get a few readers, but the main purpose of the report is to provide a spurious scientific backup for the absurd claims of the worldwide environmentalist lobby that it has been established scientifically that increases in carbon dioxide are harmful to the ...
... "The [IPCC] ‘Summary for Policymakers' might get a few readers, but the main purpose of the report is to provide a spurious scientific backup for the absurd claims of the worldwide environmentalist lobby that it has been established scientifically that increases in carbon dioxide are harmful to the ...
Comparative carbon cycle dynamics of the present and last interglacial
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward
... the mean estimates of Nordhaus [1994] without further explanation and remapped the 3°C probability to 2.5°C. They estimated that, due to risk aversion, the willingness to pay to avoid such ‘catastrophic’ losses would be ~2-3 times the expected loss. ...
... the mean estimates of Nordhaus [1994] without further explanation and remapped the 3°C probability to 2.5°C. They estimated that, due to risk aversion, the willingness to pay to avoid such ‘catastrophic’ losses would be ~2-3 times the expected loss. ...
Nota di lavoro 2012.013 - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... prices in the farer future to decline more than in the present and nearer future, they may decide to bring forward the sales of their fossil fuels. Consequentially, the accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases occurs faster and worsens the problem of climate change – a phenomenon that he denomin ...
... prices in the farer future to decline more than in the present and nearer future, they may decide to bring forward the sales of their fossil fuels. Consequentially, the accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases occurs faster and worsens the problem of climate change – a phenomenon that he denomin ...
Comparative carbon cycle dynamics of the present and last interglacial
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
... Holocene mechanisms, except for forcings linked to anthropogenic activity, are natural processes that should be active during all other interglacial periods as well. The confidence in the significance of these mechanisms during interglacials is quite different. Some of these processes are quantified in ...
Project Management
... stakeholders to become educated about climate change and the potential importance of climate change related issues in their sector. As such, there is a much better understanding among most stakeholders about what the informational needs are which would assist in developing climate change related pr ...
... stakeholders to become educated about climate change and the potential importance of climate change related issues in their sector. As such, there is a much better understanding among most stakeholders about what the informational needs are which would assist in developing climate change related pr ...
Appendix 3: Climate Science Supplement
... are now the dominant agents of change. Human activities are affecting climate through increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping gases and other substances, including particles. The Earth’s climate has long been known to change in response to natural external forcings. These include variations i ...
... are now the dominant agents of change. Human activities are affecting climate through increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping gases and other substances, including particles. The Earth’s climate has long been known to change in response to natural external forcings. These include variations i ...
Carbon and Climate System Coupling on Timescales from
... CO2 , CH4 , and other radiative gases (N2 O, chlorofluorocarbons) arises because they can absorb radiation in those windows. As atmospheric CO2 levels grow, CO2 absorption begins to saturate specific bands, increasing the mean elevation at which infrared radiation can escape to space. Because the atmo ...
... CO2 , CH4 , and other radiative gases (N2 O, chlorofluorocarbons) arises because they can absorb radiation in those windows. As atmospheric CO2 levels grow, CO2 absorption begins to saturate specific bands, increasing the mean elevation at which infrared radiation can escape to space. Because the atmo ...
Reasonably foreseeable futures
... 1969, is one of the most important environmental and government transparency laws in the United States. At its core, NEPA recognizes the importance of a healthy environment to our well-being and our economy and lays out a sound set of procedures to ensure the federal government has thought through t ...
... 1969, is one of the most important environmental and government transparency laws in the United States. At its core, NEPA recognizes the importance of a healthy environment to our well-being and our economy and lays out a sound set of procedures to ensure the federal government has thought through t ...
Contrasting responses of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration
... Received 12 March 2013 and accepted 27 May 2013 ...
... Received 12 March 2013 and accepted 27 May 2013 ...
My Little COP Pocket Book
... Just like human relationships, there were issues that were involved in the “separation” of the countries. The “South” countries blamed the “North” countries for being supremely responsible for most of the GHG emissions since the Industrial Revolution. So, what did this mean? Well, it meant that the ...
... Just like human relationships, there were issues that were involved in the “separation” of the countries. The “South” countries blamed the “North” countries for being supremely responsible for most of the GHG emissions since the Industrial Revolution. So, what did this mean? Well, it meant that the ...
A Teacher`s Guide for the Video Sila Alangotok— Inuit Observations
... Climate change can be defined as “…a change in the average weather that a given region experiences” (Environment Canada, 1995, 11). Average weather includes elements such as temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation. In the media, the terms global warming and climate change are often used interc ...
... Climate change can be defined as “…a change in the average weather that a given region experiences” (Environment Canada, 1995, 11). Average weather includes elements such as temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation. In the media, the terms global warming and climate change are often used interc ...
Assessing Future Climate Risks
... Climate change assessments are permeated by uncertainty, requiring the use of specialised methods such as climate scenarios. This is a principle reason to recommend that adaptation assessments be anchored with an understanding of current climate risk; it helps to provide a road map from known territ ...
... Climate change assessments are permeated by uncertainty, requiring the use of specialised methods such as climate scenarios. This is a principle reason to recommend that adaptation assessments be anchored with an understanding of current climate risk; it helps to provide a road map from known territ ...
National Capacity Self-Assessment
... Identification and submission of technology needs; Capacity building to assess technology needs, modalities to acquire and absorb them, design, evaluate and host projects; Capacity building for participation in systematic observation networks; and Preparation of programs to address climate change. ...
... Identification and submission of technology needs; Capacity building to assess technology needs, modalities to acquire and absorb them, design, evaluate and host projects; Capacity building for participation in systematic observation networks; and Preparation of programs to address climate change. ...
Impacts of greenhouse gases and aerosol direct and indirect effects
... century. For the same reason, our reference simulation is a simulation where observed or analysed greenhouse gases and aerosols are being used. In order to isolate the impacts of aerosols and greenhouse gases, we have also added two more sets of simulations where we fix first the aerosol distributio ...
... century. For the same reason, our reference simulation is a simulation where observed or analysed greenhouse gases and aerosols are being used. In order to isolate the impacts of aerosols and greenhouse gases, we have also added two more sets of simulations where we fix first the aerosol distributio ...
Rainfall in Australia`s eastern seaboard: a review of confidence in
... occurs throughout Australia, with a maximum during the warmer months and a minimum during the cooler months (Kuleshov et al. 2006; Dowdy and Kuleshov 2014). The central Eastern Seaboard region experiences about 20-50 days a year on average, depending on location, which is higher than most other loca ...
... occurs throughout Australia, with a maximum during the warmer months and a minimum during the cooler months (Kuleshov et al. 2006; Dowdy and Kuleshov 2014). The central Eastern Seaboard region experiences about 20-50 days a year on average, depending on location, which is higher than most other loca ...
Carnegie Mellon University
... In that way… …I could construct a PDF and CDF for future San Diego rainfall that would look roughly like this. ...
... In that way… …I could construct a PDF and CDF for future San Diego rainfall that would look roughly like this. ...
Using the IPCC`s Assessment Report data and climate change
... Future Pathways for Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development Adaptation and Mitigation ...
... Future Pathways for Adaptation, Mitigation and Sustainable Development Adaptation and Mitigation ...
a survey of regional planning for climate adaptation
... The focus on the municipal level reflects the networking of cities through efforts such as ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability U.S.A.’s (ICLEI) Cities for Climate Protection Campaign. The Campaign, which includes an estimated 600 U.S. cities, encourages cities to adopt climate change and su ...
... The focus on the municipal level reflects the networking of cities through efforts such as ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability U.S.A.’s (ICLEI) Cities for Climate Protection Campaign. The Campaign, which includes an estimated 600 U.S. cities, encourages cities to adopt climate change and su ...
Media coverage of climate change: current trends, strengths
... al. 2001). That adjustment can be anticipatory or reactive, planned or grass-roots/spontaneous, public or private. Disaster management can be either based on preparation and prevention or relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (recovery) (Muller and Hepburn 2006). There is much debate about what ...
... al. 2001). That adjustment can be anticipatory or reactive, planned or grass-roots/spontaneous, public or private. Disaster management can be either based on preparation and prevention or relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (recovery) (Muller and Hepburn 2006). There is much debate about what ...
A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future
... rises and reductions in the diurnal cycle within the built environment can have lifethreatening consequences and require a substantial response from emergency services [3,4]. In the absence of any human modification of climate, temperatures such as those seen in Europe in 2003 have been estimated to ...
... rises and reductions in the diurnal cycle within the built environment can have lifethreatening consequences and require a substantial response from emergency services [3,4]. In the absence of any human modification of climate, temperatures such as those seen in Europe in 2003 have been estimated to ...
The cost of inaction: Recognising the value at risk
... reduced, but fortunately, mitigation can greatly reduce these risks. Lower greenhouse gas emissions decrease the probability of temperature increases and thus the expected harms. Provided that warming from climate change can be kept under 2°C, the average projected losses can be cut in half, while t ...
... reduced, but fortunately, mitigation can greatly reduce these risks. Lower greenhouse gas emissions decrease the probability of temperature increases and thus the expected harms. Provided that warming from climate change can be kept under 2°C, the average projected losses can be cut in half, while t ...
DOC - World bank documents
... the pilots are being implemented at the kabupaten level and the private sector is seeking guidance on how best to move forward with their respective initiatives. There is recognition among private sector proponents that the national government needs to maintain some control over the process of deve ...
... the pilots are being implemented at the kabupaten level and the private sector is seeking guidance on how best to move forward with their respective initiatives. There is recognition among private sector proponents that the national government needs to maintain some control over the process of deve ...