The future is here: climate change in the Pacific
... The Australian and New Zealand governments must set higher medium and long-term emissions reduction targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Preventing catastrophic climate change in the Pacific means keeping warming as far below 2oC as possible compared to pre-industrial temperatures. To achieve ...
... The Australian and New Zealand governments must set higher medium and long-term emissions reduction targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Preventing catastrophic climate change in the Pacific means keeping warming as far below 2oC as possible compared to pre-industrial temperatures. To achieve ...
Assessing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities for Investors
... Table 1: Climate change risks, forecast change, potential impacts and adaptation strategies................................................................................3 Table 2: Energy cost risks, forecast change, potential impacts and mitigation strategies....................................... ...
... Table 1: Climate change risks, forecast change, potential impacts and adaptation strategies................................................................................3 Table 2: Energy cost risks, forecast change, potential impacts and mitigation strategies....................................... ...
Climatic warming strengthens a positive feedback between alpine
... In alpine and arctic ecosystems, warming experiments and long-term monitoring have documented significant increases in the growth and cover of woody species (Sturm et al., 2001; Walker et al., 2006; Myers-Smith et al., 2011). The frequency and extent of wildfires in these environments have also incr ...
... In alpine and arctic ecosystems, warming experiments and long-term monitoring have documented significant increases in the growth and cover of woody species (Sturm et al., 2001; Walker et al., 2006; Myers-Smith et al., 2011). The frequency and extent of wildfires in these environments have also incr ...
An Analysis of Black Carbon Mitigation as a Response to Climate
... rise, changes in precipitation, polar melting, and probability of severe weather events. It is also necessary to understand how these physical phenomena will affect conditions of human life and ecosystems, including health, agricultural productivity, property loss, changes in heating and cooling cos ...
... rise, changes in precipitation, polar melting, and probability of severe weather events. It is also necessary to understand how these physical phenomena will affect conditions of human life and ecosystems, including health, agricultural productivity, property loss, changes in heating and cooling cos ...
Winter 2016
... Sarmiento’s, will present an overview of the symposium format. Over the course of the two days, invited talks will provide a broad context for panel discussions and poster sessions that will address five topics related to Sarmiento’s major research interests: Ocean ventilation – From the North Atlan ...
... Sarmiento’s, will present an overview of the symposium format. Over the course of the two days, invited talks will provide a broad context for panel discussions and poster sessions that will address five topics related to Sarmiento’s major research interests: Ocean ventilation – From the North Atlan ...
The Energy Crisis and Climate Change
... The future global economy is likely to consume ever more energy, especially due to the rising energy demand of developing countries such as China and India. At the same time, the tremendous risk of climate change associated with the use of fossil fuels makes supplying this energy increasingly diffic ...
... The future global economy is likely to consume ever more energy, especially due to the rising energy demand of developing countries such as China and India. At the same time, the tremendous risk of climate change associated with the use of fossil fuels makes supplying this energy increasingly diffic ...
The Voter - League of Women Voters
... League” with guest speaker Timothy Burroughs, Berkeley’s Climate Action Coordinator, who gave an update on the City’s Climate Action Plan. We have joined the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition which includes more than twenty groups, including the City of Berkeley. This group will take very specific a ...
... League” with guest speaker Timothy Burroughs, Berkeley’s Climate Action Coordinator, who gave an update on the City’s Climate Action Plan. We have joined the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition which includes more than twenty groups, including the City of Berkeley. This group will take very specific a ...
Macroeconomic Implic - Centro Studi Luca d`Agliano
... global demand slowdown coupled with the increase in supply (especially from North America) and lack of adjustment from the OPEC. The sharp fall in prices between 2014 and 2015 is reflected in a weaker dynamic for oil prices at the beginning of the projection period for all the different scenarios, a ...
... global demand slowdown coupled with the increase in supply (especially from North America) and lack of adjustment from the OPEC. The sharp fall in prices between 2014 and 2015 is reflected in a weaker dynamic for oil prices at the beginning of the projection period for all the different scenarios, a ...
Effects of land use/land cover and climate changes on surface runoff
... (Zuo et al., 2014) and Loess Plateau (Liang et al., 2015), which included the JRB as a sub-basin, have identified the response of runoff to climate change and human activities by using a climate elasticity model based on the Budyko framework. Zuo et al. (2014) found that runoff in the JRB decreased ...
... (Zuo et al., 2014) and Loess Plateau (Liang et al., 2015), which included the JRB as a sub-basin, have identified the response of runoff to climate change and human activities by using a climate elasticity model based on the Budyko framework. Zuo et al. (2014) found that runoff in the JRB decreased ...
Corporate Responses in an Emerging Climate Regime
... Companies at the vanguard no longer question how much it will cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but how much money they can make doing it. Financial markets are starting to reward companies that are moving ahead on climate change, while those lagging behind are being assigned more risk. (Coga ...
... Companies at the vanguard no longer question how much it will cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but how much money they can make doing it. Financial markets are starting to reward companies that are moving ahead on climate change, while those lagging behind are being assigned more risk. (Coga ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... assessment shows that changes in weather patterns, including higher than normal temperatures and significant reduction in precipitation can easily lead to drought conditions. These when coupled with an expected increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as storms and hur ...
... assessment shows that changes in weather patterns, including higher than normal temperatures and significant reduction in precipitation can easily lead to drought conditions. These when coupled with an expected increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as storms and hur ...
In Search of Shelter - Center for International Earth Science
... frameworks for dealing with displacement and migration. The unique challenges posed by climate change must be factored into norms and legal instruments dealing with displacement and migration. Especially important conundrums surround: • disappearing states and non-viable homelands. Unlike some peop ...
... frameworks for dealing with displacement and migration. The unique challenges posed by climate change must be factored into norms and legal instruments dealing with displacement and migration. Especially important conundrums surround: • disappearing states and non-viable homelands. Unlike some peop ...
Chapter 10 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... for Iceland. (These country-by-country targets are listed in Annex B of the Protocol.) These targets apply, not on a yearly basis, but to the fiveyear, 2008–2012 commitment period, and apply to a basket of six greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and three trace gases or groups ...
... for Iceland. (These country-by-country targets are listed in Annex B of the Protocol.) These targets apply, not on a yearly basis, but to the fiveyear, 2008–2012 commitment period, and apply to a basket of six greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and three trace gases or groups ...
The effect of climate and climate change on ammonia emissions in
... aerosols (Xu and Penner, 2012). However, the impact of climate change on future ammonia emission was not studied, thus neglecting a potential feedback mechanism between the nitrogen cycle and climate change. Such feedback mechanisms in the climate system that involves the nitrogen cycle have, in a r ...
... aerosols (Xu and Penner, 2012). However, the impact of climate change on future ammonia emission was not studied, thus neglecting a potential feedback mechanism between the nitrogen cycle and climate change. Such feedback mechanisms in the climate system that involves the nitrogen cycle have, in a r ...
Resolution booklet - European Student Parliaments
... operate and exchange information more efficiently; that the citizens have little interest in participating in the decision-making process regarding the issues relevant to the development of the city, which is caused by the lack of active interaction between citizens and institutions; that we are con ...
... operate and exchange information more efficiently; that the citizens have little interest in participating in the decision-making process regarding the issues relevant to the development of the city, which is caused by the lack of active interaction between citizens and institutions; that we are con ...
Presentation
... is also a specialized agency of the UN (as are ITU, WMO and UNESCO). • Charter is broader than regional agencies, have funded telecom projects • Repeated attempts to reach key individuals within the World Bank were unsuccessful, but recommend continued efforts since most promising (grants possible). ...
... is also a specialized agency of the UN (as are ITU, WMO and UNESCO). • Charter is broader than regional agencies, have funded telecom projects • Repeated attempts to reach key individuals within the World Bank were unsuccessful, but recommend continued efforts since most promising (grants possible). ...
kg/ha/yr - Clinton Devon Estates
... the last two years, we have moved out of the era of surplus production – of intervention and set-aside - to one where the political debate is again focusing on food as well as energy security. The prospect of scarcity has transformed commodity markets, with food prices closely linked to burgeoning o ...
... the last two years, we have moved out of the era of surplus production – of intervention and set-aside - to one where the political debate is again focusing on food as well as energy security. The prospect of scarcity has transformed commodity markets, with food prices closely linked to burgeoning o ...
2.0 Climate Change: Scenarios for the Indian Ocean Territories
... east-north-east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and is the top of a seamount rising to 361 m above sea level at its highest point. Christmas Island lies approximately 360 m south of Java. Despite their different elevation and morphology, the two Island Territories share similarities (small physical s ...
... east-north-east of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and is the top of a seamount rising to 361 m above sea level at its highest point. Christmas Island lies approximately 360 m south of Java. Despite their different elevation and morphology, the two Island Territories share similarities (small physical s ...
Mixed Messages - National Center for Science Education
... Oakland, CA: National Center for Science Education. http://ncse.com/files/MixedMessages.pdf ...
... Oakland, CA: National Center for Science Education. http://ncse.com/files/MixedMessages.pdf ...
Consequences of treeline shifts for the diversity and
... Treeline position is strongly dependent on temperature (Tranquillini, 1979; Körner, 1998; Jobbágy and Jackson, 2000; MacDonald et al., 2008), although other factors such as precipitation levels and drought (Daniels and Veblen, 2004), nutrient availability (Sveinbjörnsson et al., 1992), and orographi ...
... Treeline position is strongly dependent on temperature (Tranquillini, 1979; Körner, 1998; Jobbágy and Jackson, 2000; MacDonald et al., 2008), although other factors such as precipitation levels and drought (Daniels and Veblen, 2004), nutrient availability (Sveinbjörnsson et al., 1992), and orographi ...
Global air temperature variability independent of sea
... reflects SST variability in the tropical and extratropical eastern Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the western tropical Atlantic Ocean (Figure 1a). Given the large positive loadings in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and the pronounced interannual variability (Figure 1a), this mode of SST va ...
... reflects SST variability in the tropical and extratropical eastern Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the western tropical Atlantic Ocean (Figure 1a). Given the large positive loadings in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and the pronounced interannual variability (Figure 1a), this mode of SST va ...
Status Description Total Funding Strengthening Communities
... functional and self-sustaining USD$200,000 More information on this project ...
... functional and self-sustaining USD$200,000 More information on this project ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... In just the last hundred years the world’s population has grown from just over 1 billion people to more than 7 billion people. We now live on a planet dominated by human activity, which has transformed vast areas of the Earth’s surface, altered the atmosphere, and resulted in the extinction of thous ...
... In just the last hundred years the world’s population has grown from just over 1 billion people to more than 7 billion people. We now live on a planet dominated by human activity, which has transformed vast areas of the Earth’s surface, altered the atmosphere, and resulted in the extinction of thous ...
GCOS Switzerland
... Switzerland shows a total warming of +1.6 ◦ C from 1864 to 2010. In the terrestrial domain, substantial advances were made in all three subdomains hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere. As example for the use of satellite data within GCOS Switzerland, the 10-yr MODIS monthly mean cloud fraction clim ...
... Switzerland shows a total warming of +1.6 ◦ C from 1864 to 2010. In the terrestrial domain, substantial advances were made in all three subdomains hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere. As example for the use of satellite data within GCOS Switzerland, the 10-yr MODIS monthly mean cloud fraction clim ...