Statement
... the UN has termed “the defining issue of our era”. Climate change science In response to the three assessment reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year, there has been an overall acknowledgement that there is a need for a more comprehensive internatio ...
... the UN has termed “the defining issue of our era”. Climate change science In response to the three assessment reports released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year, there has been an overall acknowledgement that there is a need for a more comprehensive internatio ...
Useful Approaches in Dealing with the Public Provide Solid Science
... What Must be Done to Avert Catastrophic Climate Change Averting catastrophic climate change” is defined as limiting the increase in average global surface temperature to 2° C (3.6° F) above the pre-industrial level (pre-1750). This will require stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of carbon di ...
... What Must be Done to Avert Catastrophic Climate Change Averting catastrophic climate change” is defined as limiting the increase in average global surface temperature to 2° C (3.6° F) above the pre-industrial level (pre-1750). This will require stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of carbon di ...
Slide 1
... Disconnected global and national agendas and efforts (climate, energy, biodiversity loss, agricultural development, poverty alleviation, food security and population) Fractured opportunities and missed synergies Scant attention to specific interventions and innovations needed for community participa ...
... Disconnected global and national agendas and efforts (climate, energy, biodiversity loss, agricultural development, poverty alleviation, food security and population) Fractured opportunities and missed synergies Scant attention to specific interventions and innovations needed for community participa ...
Evidence for climate change - University at Albany Atmospheric
... (confidence range [0.65-1.06K], units are kelvin)* • Virtually certain that the troposphere has warmed since mid-20th century, but highest confidence is limited to the well observed extratropical Northern Hemisphere • Precipitation over Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes has increased: • since 1951wi ...
... (confidence range [0.65-1.06K], units are kelvin)* • Virtually certain that the troposphere has warmed since mid-20th century, but highest confidence is limited to the well observed extratropical Northern Hemisphere • Precipitation over Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes has increased: • since 1951wi ...
Grantham Briefing Note 2 – September 2013 Climate sensitivity
... The TCRE is likely to be between 0.8 - 2.5°C for every trillion tonnes of carbon (1000PgC) emitted, for emissions less than about 2000PgC until the time at which temperature peaks. Limiting the warming caused by human emissions of carbon dioxide alone with a probability of more than 33 percent, more ...
... The TCRE is likely to be between 0.8 - 2.5°C for every trillion tonnes of carbon (1000PgC) emitted, for emissions less than about 2000PgC until the time at which temperature peaks. Limiting the warming caused by human emissions of carbon dioxide alone with a probability of more than 33 percent, more ...
Tuvalu: first casualty of climate change
... climate change, institutions like the Group of Eight could set up a fund for environmental refugees. Additionally, there will have to be programs to support the settlement and cultural adaptation of the refugees. For the Pacific Islanders, fairness is irrelevant. Climate change is not a future conce ...
... climate change, institutions like the Group of Eight could set up a fund for environmental refugees. Additionally, there will have to be programs to support the settlement and cultural adaptation of the refugees. For the Pacific Islanders, fairness is irrelevant. Climate change is not a future conce ...
Climate trends, variations and climate change
... statistically significant at 5% are marked by crosses. Source: Zhang et al, 2000 ...
... statistically significant at 5% are marked by crosses. Source: Zhang et al, 2000 ...
IPCC101
... Human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions in snow and ice, in global mean sea level rise, and in changes in some climate extremes. This evidence for human influence has grown since AR4. It is extremely likely tha ...
... Human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions in snow and ice, in global mean sea level rise, and in changes in some climate extremes. This evidence for human influence has grown since AR4. It is extremely likely tha ...
2016 UK Consultation on Fifth carbon budget
... premium/investment into renewable energy generation. It also placed UK GHG reporting guidance out of line with global best practice. 11. We would also like to see UK GHG conversion factors as used in legislation and mandatory carbon reporting fixed for each term of the legislated carbon budget perio ...
... premium/investment into renewable energy generation. It also placed UK GHG reporting guidance out of line with global best practice. 11. We would also like to see UK GHG conversion factors as used in legislation and mandatory carbon reporting fixed for each term of the legislated carbon budget perio ...
Slide 1
... About half of this can be explained by the decrease in rainfall (due to a decrease in cloud cover). About half (0.3°C) is added warming Analysis of annual frequency of days >35°C and >40°C not significant All days under 30°C have become significantly warmer During summer (DJF) almost 1°C warmer ...
... About half of this can be explained by the decrease in rainfall (due to a decrease in cloud cover). About half (0.3°C) is added warming Analysis of annual frequency of days >35°C and >40°C not significant All days under 30°C have become significantly warmer During summer (DJF) almost 1°C warmer ...
policy17
... transparent to incoming solar energy, but trap infrared energy reflected from the earths surface ...
... transparent to incoming solar energy, but trap infrared energy reflected from the earths surface ...
Impacts and Effects of Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
... outdoor workers, and those with asthma and other chronic lung diseases are particularly at risk. – Because warm, stagnant air tends to increase the formation of ozone, climate change is likely to increase levels of ground-level ozone in already-polluted areas of the United States and increase the nu ...
... outdoor workers, and those with asthma and other chronic lung diseases are particularly at risk. – Because warm, stagnant air tends to increase the formation of ozone, climate change is likely to increase levels of ground-level ozone in already-polluted areas of the United States and increase the nu ...
NESCCP minutes 31 August 2011
... is a big part. One project includes looking at the impact of Climate Change on water including water quality in the Dee. BS referred to two documents which have been published recently the Royal Society of Edinburgh report on Climate Change and the Climate Change Committee Scotland report. Another p ...
... is a big part. One project includes looking at the impact of Climate Change on water including water quality in the Dee. BS referred to two documents which have been published recently the Royal Society of Edinburgh report on Climate Change and the Climate Change Committee Scotland report. Another p ...
Cool It - Ning.com
... • January 2006 findings: – Peak electric demand is projected to increase at an annual rate of about ...
... • January 2006 findings: – Peak electric demand is projected to increase at an annual rate of about ...
Document
... • Methane (CH4 ), from natural and man-made causes • Nitrous oxide (N2O ), from pollution • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), from air conditioners * refrigerators • Ozone (O3 ), from pollution and natural causes ...
... • Methane (CH4 ), from natural and man-made causes • Nitrous oxide (N2O ), from pollution • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), from air conditioners * refrigerators • Ozone (O3 ), from pollution and natural causes ...
Climate Change and Energy - Florida Department of
... Global average temperature and sea level have increased, and precipitation patterns have changed ...
... Global average temperature and sea level have increased, and precipitation patterns have changed ...
Current Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives Carole McCauley
... Office of Water (including Climate Ready Estuaries) Office of Research and Development Office of Air and Radiation ...
... Office of Water (including Climate Ready Estuaries) Office of Research and Development Office of Air and Radiation ...
Up a gum tree with climate change (PDF File 85.1 KB)
... to explore eucalypt growth reactions to increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and climate change through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. ‘Climate change and rates of increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations will accelerate during this century, with unknown consequences for Australia’s plantat ...
... to explore eucalypt growth reactions to increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and climate change through a three-year ARC Discovery Project. ‘Climate change and rates of increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations will accelerate during this century, with unknown consequences for Australia’s plantat ...
Climate Control and Ozone Depletion
... • Important climate role of floating sea ice • Mountain glaciers affected by – Average snowfall – Average warm temperatures • Europe’s Alps – Glaciers are disappearing • South America – Glaciers are disappearing • Greenland – Warmer temperatures ...
... • Important climate role of floating sea ice • Mountain glaciers affected by – Average snowfall – Average warm temperatures • Europe’s Alps – Glaciers are disappearing • South America – Glaciers are disappearing • Greenland – Warmer temperatures ...
DELIBERATELY CREATING AN ALIEN PLANET John Cairns, Jr
... HAS BEEN CHANGING MORE RAPIDLY THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. How did Homo sapiens become so powerful that it is capable of seriously damaging Earth’s life support system, the present Biosphere? “Humanity’s rise to dominance is a result of both genetic and cultural evolutio ...
... HAS BEEN CHANGING MORE RAPIDLY THAN EVER, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. How did Homo sapiens become so powerful that it is capable of seriously damaging Earth’s life support system, the present Biosphere? “Humanity’s rise to dominance is a result of both genetic and cultural evolutio ...