The Social Cost of Carbon
... convergence, the impact of equity weights is significantly reduced (and this requires dynamic (or time varying) equity weighting). ...
... convergence, the impact of equity weights is significantly reduced (and this requires dynamic (or time varying) equity weighting). ...
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – Looking through
... SIDs show some additional vulnerability characteristics of climate change s their climate is influenced by large ocean-atmosphere interactions such as trade winds, El Niño and the monsoons (UNFCCC, 2007a). These climate characteristics, combined with their particular socioeconomic situations make SI ...
... SIDs show some additional vulnerability characteristics of climate change s their climate is influenced by large ocean-atmosphere interactions such as trade winds, El Niño and the monsoons (UNFCCC, 2007a). These climate characteristics, combined with their particular socioeconomic situations make SI ...
louisiana - American Security Project
... for oil refineries and responsible for 20% of all crude oil imports. Moving to a green energy economy could certainly hurt this part of the state’s economy.22 It is important to note, however, of the total economic loss severe weather is expected to cause by 2030 in the four Gulf Coast states—an agg ...
... for oil refineries and responsible for 20% of all crude oil imports. Moving to a green energy economy could certainly hurt this part of the state’s economy.22 It is important to note, however, of the total economic loss severe weather is expected to cause by 2030 in the four Gulf Coast states—an agg ...
Midterm Review
... young science!), but has been growing very fast! Now we have a global observational network with many satellites, ships, radars and surface stations, as well as very comprehensive prediction models running on the world’s fastest supercomputers. • The current status of weather and climate predictions ...
... young science!), but has been growing very fast! Now we have a global observational network with many satellites, ships, radars and surface stations, as well as very comprehensive prediction models running on the world’s fastest supercomputers. • The current status of weather and climate predictions ...
* Team Name - The Harker School
... curbed 50% by using Insecticide-Treated Bednets (ITNs). They are affordable at only $1.20 per person every year. A study from Ghana shows that although people in Africa are well aware of bednets and their positive effects on malaria prevention, many people shy away from using them because of cultura ...
... curbed 50% by using Insecticide-Treated Bednets (ITNs). They are affordable at only $1.20 per person every year. A study from Ghana shows that although people in Africa are well aware of bednets and their positive effects on malaria prevention, many people shy away from using them because of cultura ...
Case Study: Colombia`s National Climate Change Process
... Through the development of a well-planned and executed climate strategy, Colombia has positioned itself as a leader in the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions. These efforts go back as far as 1994, when Colombia joined the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Since ...
... Through the development of a well-planned and executed climate strategy, Colombia has positioned itself as a leader in the development of climate change mitigation and adaptation actions. These efforts go back as far as 1994, when Colombia joined the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Since ...
Low Carbon Schools - SEGfL Microsites 2
... Saves 41 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year ...
... Saves 41 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year ...
After Paris: Fiscal, Macroeconomic, and Financial Implications of Climate Change
... Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations increased from pre-industrial levels of 280 parts per million (ppm) to current levels of about 400 ppm. This increase mainly reflects fossil fuel CO2 emissions (half of which enter the atmosphere where they remain, on average, for about 100 years), the ...
... Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations increased from pre-industrial levels of 280 parts per million (ppm) to current levels of about 400 ppm. This increase mainly reflects fossil fuel CO2 emissions (half of which enter the atmosphere where they remain, on average, for about 100 years), the ...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin ADP 2-6
... ADP (ADP 2-4) took place from 10-14 March 2014, in Bonn, Germany. Under workstream 1 the meeting convened in open-ended consultations on agenda item 3, which addressed: adaptation; INDCs; finance, technology and capacity building (means of implementation); ambition and equity; mitigation; transparen ...
... ADP (ADP 2-4) took place from 10-14 March 2014, in Bonn, Germany. Under workstream 1 the meeting convened in open-ended consultations on agenda item 3, which addressed: adaptation; INDCs; finance, technology and capacity building (means of implementation); ambition and equity; mitigation; transparen ...
Images are courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center
... AP (and decreasing of sea-ice volume in the sea-ice edge region) intensifies. This result suggests that recent observed sea-ice trend around the AP could be associated to anthropogenic forcings. ...
... AP (and decreasing of sea-ice volume in the sea-ice edge region) intensifies. This result suggests that recent observed sea-ice trend around the AP could be associated to anthropogenic forcings. ...
Climate and Happiness
... explanatory variables were included to capture economic, cultural, institutional and demographic circumstances in addition to climate. Climate is represented by countryaveraged temperature and precipitation. This is the first study using cross-national data on self-reported happiness to evaluate the ...
... explanatory variables were included to capture economic, cultural, institutional and demographic circumstances in addition to climate. Climate is represented by countryaveraged temperature and precipitation. This is the first study using cross-national data on self-reported happiness to evaluate the ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been rising since pre-industrial times, and by an average of 1.6% per year for the last 30 years (Rogner et al., 2007). Without policy interventions, they are expected to continue to rise in the future, with the likely effect of increased average glo ...
... Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been rising since pre-industrial times, and by an average of 1.6% per year for the last 30 years (Rogner et al., 2007). Without policy interventions, they are expected to continue to rise in the future, with the likely effect of increased average glo ...
What Measures Can Be Taken To Improve The Understanding Of Observed Changes?
... ª Given the inhomogeneity in time of the reanalyses, a focus on regions of particularly large regional trends can provide robust evaluations of tropospheric trends, and can be compared with the surface temperature data in the same regions ª An emphasis on lower tropospheric temperature data and the ...
... ª Given the inhomogeneity in time of the reanalyses, a focus on regions of particularly large regional trends can provide robust evaluations of tropospheric trends, and can be compared with the surface temperature data in the same regions ª An emphasis on lower tropospheric temperature data and the ...
D1.1.2_Deliverable_Snow_Depth - MONARCH-A
... and Ice Data Center (NSIDC, www.nsidc.org) provides the SSM/I data mapped to the Equal Area (625 km² resolution) SSM/I Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) projection. An overview of the EASE-Grid projection can be found at the http://nsidc.org/data/ease/, and more detailed information at the http://nsidc.org/dat ...
... and Ice Data Center (NSIDC, www.nsidc.org) provides the SSM/I data mapped to the Equal Area (625 km² resolution) SSM/I Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) projection. An overview of the EASE-Grid projection can be found at the http://nsidc.org/data/ease/, and more detailed information at the http://nsidc.org/dat ...
Which Species Are Most At Risk?
... quickly than anywhere on the continent. As a result of warmer air, which holds more moisture, the refuge is already seeing more snow and freezing rain events that leave vital food plants thickly encased in ice. Coastal erosion is also ...
... quickly than anywhere on the continent. As a result of warmer air, which holds more moisture, the refuge is already seeing more snow and freezing rain events that leave vital food plants thickly encased in ice. Coastal erosion is also ...
A Secular Carbon Debt from Atmospheric high Temperature
... long lasting addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. When harvesting large extra amounts of stem tree for energetic use, a global as well as secular time frame is needed to assess overall consequences if due attention is to be given to biosphere processes, including the complex productivity of ...
... long lasting addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. When harvesting large extra amounts of stem tree for energetic use, a global as well as secular time frame is needed to assess overall consequences if due attention is to be given to biosphere processes, including the complex productivity of ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Urban Policies Background Paper
... the importance of addressing negative impacts of climate change. At Rio climate changes was seen as undermining the ability of all countries, in particular, developing countries, to achieve sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals. The problem Neither sufficient climate change re ...
... the importance of addressing negative impacts of climate change. At Rio climate changes was seen as undermining the ability of all countries, in particular, developing countries, to achieve sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals. The problem Neither sufficient climate change re ...
Connecting Changing Ocean Circulation with Changing Climate
... case, a region of reduced heat content appears in the northern North Atlantic and Nordic Seas and a band of high storage appears just to the south along the North American coast. This dipole pattern is closely related to the AMOC subsurface temperature fingerprint (Zhang 2008) and indicates a weaken ...
... case, a region of reduced heat content appears in the northern North Atlantic and Nordic Seas and a band of high storage appears just to the south along the North American coast. This dipole pattern is closely related to the AMOC subsurface temperature fingerprint (Zhang 2008) and indicates a weaken ...
What Role Do Property Rights Play In Climate Change?
... action was taken against the US Army Corps of Engineers for failing to build adequate flood levees to protect against sea level surges. The Court was quick to find the Army Corps responsible for much of the damage resulting from Hurricane Katrina, although they concluded that a 1928 Act granted the ...
... action was taken against the US Army Corps of Engineers for failing to build adequate flood levees to protect against sea level surges. The Court was quick to find the Army Corps responsible for much of the damage resulting from Hurricane Katrina, although they concluded that a 1928 Act granted the ...
CIRCE Stakeholder guidance document
... The definition of stakeholders provided by Carter et al. (2007) is very broad. It is envisaged that the category of stakeholders participating and contributing to RL11 will be much more focused and will be different to the much broader, strategic type of policy makers involved in the Paris stakehold ...
... The definition of stakeholders provided by Carter et al. (2007) is very broad. It is envisaged that the category of stakeholders participating and contributing to RL11 will be much more focused and will be different to the much broader, strategic type of policy makers involved in the Paris stakehold ...
Ocean of Grass: A Conservation Assessment for the Northern Great
... greater and faster changes than southern areas (Mitchell and Jones 2005, Meehl 2007). While averages cannot accurately depict changes in variability and extreme events, they can be useful for monitoring trends in key variables. For instance, based on spatially interpolated climate trend data from 19 ...
... greater and faster changes than southern areas (Mitchell and Jones 2005, Meehl 2007). While averages cannot accurately depict changes in variability and extreme events, they can be useful for monitoring trends in key variables. For instance, based on spatially interpolated climate trend data from 19 ...
Future Climate in the Yellowstone National Park Region and Its
... projections propose generalized elevational or latitudinal shifts of climate and vegetation zones (i.e., upward and northward in response to global warming), based on the broad-scale changes in climate. The paleoecologic record, however, argues against such simplistic biotic adjustments. Fossil data ...
... projections propose generalized elevational or latitudinal shifts of climate and vegetation zones (i.e., upward and northward in response to global warming), based on the broad-scale changes in climate. The paleoecologic record, however, argues against such simplistic biotic adjustments. Fossil data ...