The Partnership for Market Readiness
... and to foster collective action toward global GHG mitigation efforts post-2012 using such mechanisms. Workshops are one way that such an open forum is fostered. The PMR’s first technical workshop was held in October 2011 and focused on mitigation programs for scaled-up crediting mechanisms using cas ...
... and to foster collective action toward global GHG mitigation efforts post-2012 using such mechanisms. Workshops are one way that such an open forum is fostered. The PMR’s first technical workshop was held in October 2011 and focused on mitigation programs for scaled-up crediting mechanisms using cas ...
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
... Executive Summary Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1940, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, from 1976 through 1998, more likely did. Both warmings were of simi ...
... Executive Summary Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1940, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, from 1976 through 1998, more likely did. Both warmings were of simi ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... the vegetation of the lowland tropics are currently poorly understood. Changes in animal distributions have also been projected, in response to both direct impacts of climate change and indirect impacts though changes in the availability of suitable habitats. Coastal and marine systems in Asia are u ...
... the vegetation of the lowland tropics are currently poorly understood. Changes in animal distributions have also been projected, in response to both direct impacts of climate change and indirect impacts though changes in the availability of suitable habitats. Coastal and marine systems in Asia are u ...
A Game of Preferences:
... issue area by strategically exploiting the structure of the U.S. political system. This loose coalition of actors primarily consists of the fossil fuel industry and related sectors, as well as a large segment of the U.S. conservative movement, particularly its most rightwing elements. The opposition ...
... issue area by strategically exploiting the structure of the U.S. political system. This loose coalition of actors primarily consists of the fossil fuel industry and related sectors, as well as a large segment of the U.S. conservative movement, particularly its most rightwing elements. The opposition ...
Resilience Strategies for Communities at Risk
... available on climate change. Its findings include the following: Climate change. Global climate is changing and is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. Temperature. The average temperature has risen about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, with 80 percent of this increase oc ...
... available on climate change. Its findings include the following: Climate change. Global climate is changing and is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. Temperature. The average temperature has risen about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, with 80 percent of this increase oc ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... How would you describe the effect of changes to the climate on your local community? Would you say the effects of the changes have been very negative, somewhat negative, neither negative nor positive, somewhat positive, or very positive? Looking first at the overall results, a plurality of responden ...
... How would you describe the effect of changes to the climate on your local community? Would you say the effects of the changes have been very negative, somewhat negative, neither negative nor positive, somewhat positive, or very positive? Looking first at the overall results, a plurality of responden ...
Resilience Strategies for Communities at Risk
... available on climate change. Its findings include the following: Climate change. Global climate is changing and is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. Temperature. The average temperature has risen about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, with 80 percent of this increase oc ...
... available on climate change. Its findings include the following: Climate change. Global climate is changing and is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond. Temperature. The average temperature has risen about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, with 80 percent of this increase oc ...
Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change... Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York,
... Industrial Revolution. The release of greenhouse gases and the results in changes in global climate have made it a challenge for parks and protected areas to respond to the potential negative impacts to ecological integrity. The predicted rate of climate change is forecasted to be faster than the ra ...
... Industrial Revolution. The release of greenhouse gases and the results in changes in global climate have made it a challenge for parks and protected areas to respond to the potential negative impacts to ecological integrity. The predicted rate of climate change is forecasted to be faster than the ra ...
ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States AD
... Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1945, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, beginning in 1977, most likely did. Both warmings were of similar magnitude statistic ...
... Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1945, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, beginning in 1977, most likely did. Both warmings were of similar magnitude statistic ...
The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
... science/index.html (last visited Jan. 23, 2008); see Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Frequently Asked Questions, in CLIMATE CHANGE 2007, supra note 7, at 93,98, available at http:/ /ipcc-wgl.ucar.edu/wg1/ReportlAR4WGl_Print]AQs.pdf (describing the greenhouse effect). 17. U.S. Envtl. Prot. ...
... science/index.html (last visited Jan. 23, 2008); see Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Frequently Asked Questions, in CLIMATE CHANGE 2007, supra note 7, at 93,98, available at http:/ /ipcc-wgl.ucar.edu/wg1/ReportlAR4WGl_Print]AQs.pdf (describing the greenhouse effect). 17. U.S. Envtl. Prot. ...
Changes to the tropical circulation in the mid
... The response is evaluated using monthly mean climatologies computed over all available years of simulation (typically 150 years in most models). Meridional wind data were available on 10 common vertical levels between 1000 and 100 hPa for all models listed in Table 1. Lastly, if a model did not cont ...
... The response is evaluated using monthly mean climatologies computed over all available years of simulation (typically 150 years in most models). Meridional wind data were available on 10 common vertical levels between 1000 and 100 hPa for all models listed in Table 1. Lastly, if a model did not cont ...
the Resource ()
... Yes, it could make a significant difference. We’d have to put more land over to growing energy crops, and farmers would have to get used to it, and the public would have to get used to seeing energy crops, particularly bio diesel – lots of fields of bright yellow oilseed rape, myscanthus grass g ...
... Yes, it could make a significant difference. We’d have to put more land over to growing energy crops, and farmers would have to get used to it, and the public would have to get used to seeing energy crops, particularly bio diesel – lots of fields of bright yellow oilseed rape, myscanthus grass g ...
doc - WMnet
... webcast are obviously top Secondary students Years 11, going on into 6th Form, so aged roughly 16 to 18, many of them preparing for higher education and degree courses. Lets turn to you Paul, what advice would you give in terms of subjects, preparation … someone who wants to work in this field or in ...
... webcast are obviously top Secondary students Years 11, going on into 6th Form, so aged roughly 16 to 18, many of them preparing for higher education and degree courses. Lets turn to you Paul, what advice would you give in terms of subjects, preparation … someone who wants to work in this field or in ...
Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2
... minimum temperatures are found to be more pronounced than in indices based on daily maximum temperatures. Extreme precipitation generally increases faster than total wet-day precipitation. In regions, such as Australia, Central America, South Africa, and the Mediterranean, increases in consecutive d ...
... minimum temperatures are found to be more pronounced than in indices based on daily maximum temperatures. Extreme precipitation generally increases faster than total wet-day precipitation. In regions, such as Australia, Central America, South Africa, and the Mediterranean, increases in consecutive d ...
Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison Please share
... This paper summarizes the results of a model intercomparison project undertaken in support of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Fifteen groups running Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) participated in the intercomparison. ...
... This paper summarizes the results of a model intercomparison project undertaken in support of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Fifteen groups running Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) participated in the intercomparison. ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... countries, may therefore represent a significant proportion of global emissions. For example, London’s emissions of GHGs are estimated at 44 megatonnes or 8% of the United Kingdom’s total in 2006 (31) and are considered to be on a par with those of some European countries such as “Greece or Portugal” ...
... countries, may therefore represent a significant proportion of global emissions. For example, London’s emissions of GHGs are estimated at 44 megatonnes or 8% of the United Kingdom’s total in 2006 (31) and are considered to be on a par with those of some European countries such as “Greece or Portugal” ...
Effects of systematic biases in the stratosphere on the tropospheric
... Climate science makes use of observations, theory, and modelling to understand better the functioning of the climate system on Earth in present and past conditions, and to explore possible future climates. Comprehensive climate models developed for this purpose integrate the knowledge on the process ...
... Climate science makes use of observations, theory, and modelling to understand better the functioning of the climate system on Earth in present and past conditions, and to explore possible future climates. Comprehensive climate models developed for this purpose integrate the knowledge on the process ...
Developing countries and energy efficiency potential: Strategies for
... Energy efficiency is gaining momentum as it remains at the centre of international policy discussions. As of 2015, 146 countries had some form of energy efficiency policy and 128 countries had at least one energy efficiency target.4 In the lead-up to COP21, the G20 developed an energy efficiency act ...
... Energy efficiency is gaining momentum as it remains at the centre of international policy discussions. As of 2015, 146 countries had some form of energy efficiency policy and 128 countries had at least one energy efficiency target.4 In the lead-up to COP21, the G20 developed an energy efficiency act ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... Colombia’s response to growing climate risks is the Plan Nacional de Adaptación al Cambio Climático (PNACC). The plan is designed to establish the country as a pioneer in Latin America on climate change and a leader in terms of its national disaster risk management system (Box 1). The PNACC is compl ...
... Colombia’s response to growing climate risks is the Plan Nacional de Adaptación al Cambio Climático (PNACC). The plan is designed to establish the country as a pioneer in Latin America on climate change and a leader in terms of its national disaster risk management system (Box 1). The PNACC is compl ...
Glacier response to climate change
... circulation over New Zealand. This has increased snowfall just enough to overcome the temperature increase and allowed the glaciers to gain mass. Very reactive glaciers like Fox, Franz Josef, and hundreds of steep mountain glaciers, which rapidly pass their ice gains down to their termini, have all ...
... circulation over New Zealand. This has increased snowfall just enough to overcome the temperature increase and allowed the glaciers to gain mass. Very reactive glaciers like Fox, Franz Josef, and hundreds of steep mountain glaciers, which rapidly pass their ice gains down to their termini, have all ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... strategic considerations such as new technology, new competitors, and changing consumer expectations and regulations (Berkhout et al. 2006, Hertin et al. 2003). Existing case study literature has supported these theoretical considerations and has advanced our understanding of the dynamics of adaptat ...
... strategic considerations such as new technology, new competitors, and changing consumer expectations and regulations (Berkhout et al. 2006, Hertin et al. 2003). Existing case study literature has supported these theoretical considerations and has advanced our understanding of the dynamics of adaptat ...
The Green Arms Race: Reorienting the Discussions on Climate
... create steady demand for clean energy technology, a consistent force that has never before existed. Alas, money is also a potential critical shortfall. Shrinking federal budgets and world economies limping out of recession may make large-scale and long-term investments in research and development of ...
... create steady demand for clean energy technology, a consistent force that has never before existed. Alas, money is also a potential critical shortfall. Shrinking federal budgets and world economies limping out of recession may make large-scale and long-term investments in research and development of ...
