The Global Politics of Climate Change: Challenge for Political Science
... climate change, an increase in uncertainty about the magnitude of its effects emerged. For instance, scientists are more uncertain than 10 years ago about whether the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets could become unstable, generating massive sea level rise.5 Bad news keeps coming. Yet 17 years afte ...
... climate change, an increase in uncertainty about the magnitude of its effects emerged. For instance, scientists are more uncertain than 10 years ago about whether the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets could become unstable, generating massive sea level rise.5 Bad news keeps coming. Yet 17 years afte ...
FROM THE HARPOON TO THE HEATEAT
... viability of cetaceans. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the IWC’s efforts in the context of one of these threats, climate change. Climate change is likely to pose serious threats to cetaceans. In the Antarctic, a doubling of greenhouse gas emissions from pre-industrial times, projected to o ...
... viability of cetaceans. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the IWC’s efforts in the context of one of these threats, climate change. Climate change is likely to pose serious threats to cetaceans. In the Antarctic, a doubling of greenhouse gas emissions from pre-industrial times, projected to o ...
The University of St Andrews has a goal to become carbon
... University will self-sufficient for electrical energy ...
... University will self-sufficient for electrical energy ...
M B V C
... society, the environment and its shareholders. It has been suggested that there are discrepancies between what companies say and what they actually do, as they are challenged to move from policy to action. This paper evaluates the extent to which the private sector in South Africa adheres to volunta ...
... society, the environment and its shareholders. It has been suggested that there are discrepancies between what companies say and what they actually do, as they are challenged to move from policy to action. This paper evaluates the extent to which the private sector in South Africa adheres to volunta ...
Activity 5 How Do Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in the
... Figure 3 Global carbon cycle. Fluxes are given in billion metric tons per year and reservoirs in billion metric tons. ...
... Figure 3 Global carbon cycle. Fluxes are given in billion metric tons per year and reservoirs in billion metric tons. ...
The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment
... The LPFA manages the pensions of City Hall employees (including the Mayor of London and the London Assembly) as well as many other local authorities. It handles £4.8 billion worth of assets, millions of which are direct investments in fossil fuel companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Shell.2 ...
... The LPFA manages the pensions of City Hall employees (including the Mayor of London and the London Assembly) as well as many other local authorities. It handles £4.8 billion worth of assets, millions of which are direct investments in fossil fuel companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Shell.2 ...
North American Plant Distributions
... shifted too. Biomes map of ice-age periods and current conditions are strikingly different. Mean annual temperature during the last full-glacial period was about 6ºC lower. An ice sheet covered the northern half of North America. When warming began 18,000 years ago, this ice sheet retreated to the A ...
... shifted too. Biomes map of ice-age periods and current conditions are strikingly different. Mean annual temperature during the last full-glacial period was about 6ºC lower. An ice sheet covered the northern half of North America. When warming began 18,000 years ago, this ice sheet retreated to the A ...
Climate Impact Research—Contributions and Options of the German ESB Martin P
... the availability of the sample species itself can also be endangered by climate impact. This applies, for example, to the eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) in the marine sampling areas, which is known to be displaced by increases in water temperature through the oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance (Pör ...
... the availability of the sample species itself can also be endangered by climate impact. This applies, for example, to the eelpout (Zoarces viviparus) in the marine sampling areas, which is known to be displaced by increases in water temperature through the oxygen limitation of thermal tolerance (Pör ...
- OpenKnowledge@NAU
... snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased”. The conclusions of the IPCC along with many other scientists are that climate change is real and well advanced. It is not just a future possibility. Evidence for climate change is observati ...
... snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased”. The conclusions of the IPCC along with many other scientists are that climate change is real and well advanced. It is not just a future possibility. Evidence for climate change is observati ...
Amtrak Greenhouse
... emissions by 2050. • About 28% of greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. Highway travel generates 75% of carbon emissions and consumes 75% of total sector energy use. • Energy efficiency is the lowest-cost alternative to developing lowcarbon and zero-carbon alternative fuels ...
... emissions by 2050. • About 28% of greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. Highway travel generates 75% of carbon emissions and consumes 75% of total sector energy use. • Energy efficiency is the lowest-cost alternative to developing lowcarbon and zero-carbon alternative fuels ...
Carlo_Vadehavsforskning 2013_v1
... •Quantification of the current and recent net gain of sediment (sediment budget) in front of Wadden Sea Islands and on shoals and ebb-tidal deltas and of the potential sources (Sylt, Germany and Skallingen/Jutland West Coast); • Modeling of sediment transport changes, sediment redistribution and mor ...
... •Quantification of the current and recent net gain of sediment (sediment budget) in front of Wadden Sea Islands and on shoals and ebb-tidal deltas and of the potential sources (Sylt, Germany and Skallingen/Jutland West Coast); • Modeling of sediment transport changes, sediment redistribution and mor ...
Radiative Forcing: negative
... Ozone exists in upper atmosphere – Ozone layer (stratospheric ozone) – Ozone layer protects the earth from harmful UV radiation – Ozone layer responsible for heating the stratosphere – Stratospheric ozone levels have been declining over last 20 years (ozone depletion) ...
... Ozone exists in upper atmosphere – Ozone layer (stratospheric ozone) – Ozone layer protects the earth from harmful UV radiation – Ozone layer responsible for heating the stratosphere – Stratospheric ozone levels have been declining over last 20 years (ozone depletion) ...
CLIMATIC EXPOSURE OF FORESTS IN THE CARPATHIANS
... four regional climate models used indicated the same large-scale pattern, though different medium-scale patterns in differences between future and reference climate can be seen. This indicates higher climatic exposure of forests in the latter geomorphologic units. Match of areas where critical value ...
... four regional climate models used indicated the same large-scale pattern, though different medium-scale patterns in differences between future and reference climate can be seen. This indicates higher climatic exposure of forests in the latter geomorphologic units. Match of areas where critical value ...
ALEC Quote - Union of Concerned Scientists
... the problem of global warming. Climate experts from around the world synthesize the most recent climate science findings in periodic reports. In 2014, IPCC concluded that “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “It is extremely likely [95-100% probability] that more than half of the ...
... the problem of global warming. Climate experts from around the world synthesize the most recent climate science findings in periodic reports. In 2014, IPCC concluded that “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “It is extremely likely [95-100% probability] that more than half of the ...
amicus brief
... interests are broad and generally relate to the human dimensions of the carbon cycle, such as the impacts of past, present, and future land use and fossil fuel use on climate, as well as mitigation of anthropogenic climate change via changes in these activities. Dr. Kharecha has served as a co-lead ...
... interests are broad and generally relate to the human dimensions of the carbon cycle, such as the impacts of past, present, and future land use and fossil fuel use on climate, as well as mitigation of anthropogenic climate change via changes in these activities. Dr. Kharecha has served as a co-lead ...
IEAGHG Information Paper: 2016-IP10; CCAC Annual Science Update 2015 11/04/2016
... our knowledge of SLCPs and their impacts. This section present the findings from some of these publications. 1.1. Methane emissions and inventories A recent study1 on methane emissions from the 2015 Aliso Canyon blowout in California, US, indicates that the incident resulted in an unprecedented meth ...
... our knowledge of SLCPs and their impacts. This section present the findings from some of these publications. 1.1. Methane emissions and inventories A recent study1 on methane emissions from the 2015 Aliso Canyon blowout in California, US, indicates that the incident resulted in an unprecedented meth ...
Development of an Environmental Geoportal
... On average thermoelectric power generation (coal, nuclear, natural gas, concentrating solar) accounts for 39% of all freshwater withdrawals in the Image courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy U.S ...
... On average thermoelectric power generation (coal, nuclear, natural gas, concentrating solar) accounts for 39% of all freshwater withdrawals in the Image courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy U.S ...
Compensation for "Meaningful Participation" in
... In the international negotiations over the control of climate change, the developing countries so far have assumed few obligations. In the Kyoto Protocol on limiting greenhouse gas ŽGHG. emissions, only a subset of the world’s economies, the so-called Annex I countries Žthe highly developed economie ...
... In the international negotiations over the control of climate change, the developing countries so far have assumed few obligations. In the Kyoto Protocol on limiting greenhouse gas ŽGHG. emissions, only a subset of the world’s economies, the so-called Annex I countries Žthe highly developed economie ...
37_PressRelease
... The “Dealing with Climate Change” Website features data on energy-related policies and measures taken or planned by the IEA’s 26 Member countries, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It contains more than 800 records collected between 1999 and 2002. The second Website, “Renewable Energy Policies and ...
... The “Dealing with Climate Change” Website features data on energy-related policies and measures taken or planned by the IEA’s 26 Member countries, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It contains more than 800 records collected between 1999 and 2002. The second Website, “Renewable Energy Policies and ...
Alcohol and greenhouse gas emissions: exploring the
... supply chains • What can we do to reduce food chain emissions? • What’s going on: Government & industry ...
... supply chains • What can we do to reduce food chain emissions? • What’s going on: Government & industry ...
Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.
... undernourishment are small-scale farmers, fishers and pastoralists who are hardest hit by higher temperatures and in weatherrelated disasters. These disasters are exacerbated by climate change and are increasing in frequency and intensity. Without concerted action to build resilience, many of the wo ...
... undernourishment are small-scale farmers, fishers and pastoralists who are hardest hit by higher temperatures and in weatherrelated disasters. These disasters are exacerbated by climate change and are increasing in frequency and intensity. Without concerted action to build resilience, many of the wo ...