REPORT ON KEY OPACE2 ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALENGES AND
... A report for the donors has been produced A scientific regional assessment is underway. A second one was held in Guatemala, October 2015 (was attended by all the Mesoamerican met services. Progress is underway for advancing in QC and homogenisation to better assess changes in extremes over Meso ...
... A report for the donors has been produced A scientific regional assessment is underway. A second one was held in Guatemala, October 2015 (was attended by all the Mesoamerican met services. Progress is underway for advancing in QC and homogenisation to better assess changes in extremes over Meso ...
Climate Change: Evidence and Causes February 2014
... atmospheric CO2 increased by about 40% from 1800 to 2012. Measurements of different forms of carbon (isotopes, see Question 3) reveal that this increase is due to human activities. Other greenhouse gases (notably methane and nitrous oxide) are also increasing as a consequence of human activities. Th ...
... atmospheric CO2 increased by about 40% from 1800 to 2012. Measurements of different forms of carbon (isotopes, see Question 3) reveal that this increase is due to human activities. Other greenhouse gases (notably methane and nitrous oxide) are also increasing as a consequence of human activities. Th ...
Microsoft PowerPoint - poster_discontinuit
... climate is represented by abrupt changes with different phases separated by breakpoints as shown for example by Sneyers, Palmieri and Siani (1993) and Lockwood (2001). Each breakpoint splits the time-series in homogeneous sub-series whose trends must be analysed separately. Some methods for disconti ...
... climate is represented by abrupt changes with different phases separated by breakpoints as shown for example by Sneyers, Palmieri and Siani (1993) and Lockwood (2001). Each breakpoint splits the time-series in homogeneous sub-series whose trends must be analysed separately. Some methods for disconti ...
John Sweeney - INTACT project
... 5-yearly average temperature differences relative to 1951–1980 from ...
... 5-yearly average temperature differences relative to 1951–1980 from ...
Role of forests in global carbon cycle and mitigation
... plus targeted reforestation would reduce total emissions by as much as 5 billion tonnes of carbon each year, i.e. a reduced source of 1 billion tonnes and an increased sinks of 4 billion tonnes each year Absorption of carbon by tropical forests could equate to much of the release of fossil fuel carb ...
... plus targeted reforestation would reduce total emissions by as much as 5 billion tonnes of carbon each year, i.e. a reduced source of 1 billion tonnes and an increased sinks of 4 billion tonnes each year Absorption of carbon by tropical forests could equate to much of the release of fossil fuel carb ...
1 June 29, 2015 The Honourable John Kerry Secretary of State U.S.
... B. Industry Policy and Technological Initiatives Directed Toward Carbon Reduction The oil and gas industry has taken the initiative to address carbon emissions from a policy and technological perspective. Significant industry participants, including oil sands developers, have publicly called for a ...
... B. Industry Policy and Technological Initiatives Directed Toward Carbon Reduction The oil and gas industry has taken the initiative to address carbon emissions from a policy and technological perspective. Significant industry participants, including oil sands developers, have publicly called for a ...
Forests Absorb Third Of World`s CO2 Emissions
... For comparison, total emissions from fossil fuels are currently above eight billion tonnes of carbon per year. Dr Canadell said emissions from deforestation are much larger than previously thought, suggesting that the potential benefits of avoiding deforestation through the United Nations-backed Red ...
... For comparison, total emissions from fossil fuels are currently above eight billion tonnes of carbon per year. Dr Canadell said emissions from deforestation are much larger than previously thought, suggesting that the potential benefits of avoiding deforestation through the United Nations-backed Red ...
Tackling climate change in England`s regions
... change, but will have emitted way beyond prudent limits of what the climate can take well before we are anywhere near that target date. This also means that unless we start making cuts in the near future, cuts further ahead will have to be far more severe. Using data from the International Panel on ...
... change, but will have emitted way beyond prudent limits of what the climate can take well before we are anywhere near that target date. This also means that unless we start making cuts in the near future, cuts further ahead will have to be far more severe. Using data from the International Panel on ...
Climate change: the global public good
... response to the White House, points out in the Summary that air and ocean temperatures are rising due to the higher concentrations of GHGs which «are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities». Moreover «human-induced warming and associated sea level rise are expected to con ...
... response to the White House, points out in the Summary that air and ocean temperatures are rising due to the higher concentrations of GHGs which «are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities». Moreover «human-induced warming and associated sea level rise are expected to con ...
Climate Change Impacts on East Africa
... the past century and 0.6°C in the past three decades (Hansen et al., 2006), in large part because of human activities (IPCC, 2001). A recent report produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences confirms that the last few decades of the 20th century were in fact the warmest in the past 400 years ...
... the past century and 0.6°C in the past three decades (Hansen et al., 2006), in large part because of human activities (IPCC, 2001). A recent report produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences confirms that the last few decades of the 20th century were in fact the warmest in the past 400 years ...
Link - www7
... Importantly, particulate matter size categories (i.e., PM10 or PM-2.5) are directly linked to the pollutant’s potential for causing health problems. Black carbon falls into the smallest size fraction regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (PM-2.5), which is among the particles that can ...
... Importantly, particulate matter size categories (i.e., PM10 or PM-2.5) are directly linked to the pollutant’s potential for causing health problems. Black carbon falls into the smallest size fraction regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (PM-2.5), which is among the particles that can ...
Population Change and Environmental Issues in Malaysia
... were polluted, 3,177 open burning cases were lodged, and about 12 illegal disposals of scheduled wastes were still practiced by unscrupulous offenders ...
... were polluted, 3,177 open burning cases were lodged, and about 12 illegal disposals of scheduled wastes were still practiced by unscrupulous offenders ...
Taking a risk on the weather
... designed as a temporary measure, a tool to “buy time”, but in its current form the scheme will not help to address the underlying causes of flooding problems. This matters because if such schemes only transfer risk, they can generate moral hazard. Moral hazard can arise at government level, where th ...
... designed as a temporary measure, a tool to “buy time”, but in its current form the scheme will not help to address the underlying causes of flooding problems. This matters because if such schemes only transfer risk, they can generate moral hazard. Moral hazard can arise at government level, where th ...
Value of information for climate observing systems
... ton of CO2 equivalent depending on the discount rate.2 The SCC estimate also provides a 95th percentile value for low probability but high economic impacts as might be found for high CS and/or climate tipping points such as destabilization of major ice sheets. ...
... ton of CO2 equivalent depending on the discount rate.2 The SCC estimate also provides a 95th percentile value for low probability but high economic impacts as might be found for high CS and/or climate tipping points such as destabilization of major ice sheets. ...
Food for Thought Learn about… Climate Change Secondary
... 35kg at the market to pay for other food and things like clothes. The past few years, the rain has been irregular and for shorter periods of time. Last year the rain didn’t come until July, which meant that planting was delayed. These changes have meant they can only now grow about 19kg of food a ye ...
... 35kg at the market to pay for other food and things like clothes. The past few years, the rain has been irregular and for shorter periods of time. Last year the rain didn’t come until July, which meant that planting was delayed. These changes have meant they can only now grow about 19kg of food a ye ...
Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Research Initiative
... major driver of Earth’s climate and sea level, much effort has been expended in deriving models of its behaviour. Some of these models have been successfully validated against modern conditions. Modelling the past record of ice-sheet behaviour in response to changes in climate (inferred from ice cor ...
... major driver of Earth’s climate and sea level, much effort has been expended in deriving models of its behaviour. Some of these models have been successfully validated against modern conditions. Modelling the past record of ice-sheet behaviour in response to changes in climate (inferred from ice cor ...
(Michael Oppenheimer) (January 2014)
... Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report Panel on Climate Variability and Change, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences Executive Committee, Environmental Studies Program, Princeton University Executive Committee, Center for Information Techn ...
... Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report Panel on Climate Variability and Change, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences Executive Committee, Environmental Studies Program, Princeton University Executive Committee, Center for Information Techn ...
Debunking the myths of Climate Change
... Everyone jumps on the negative effects of Climate Change there’s no need for urgent action. ...
... Everyone jumps on the negative effects of Climate Change there’s no need for urgent action. ...
GEF factsheets english
... to become even more severe in coming years. This will have environmental, social and economic consequences. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, which represent the milestones of the global policy response to climate change, are based on two pill ...
... to become even more severe in coming years. This will have environmental, social and economic consequences. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, which represent the milestones of the global policy response to climate change, are based on two pill ...
Biodiversity and climate change
... Development,1 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030,2 the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Paris Agreement,3 Further recognizing the need for the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities including through prior informed consen ...
... Development,1 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030,2 the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Paris Agreement,3 Further recognizing the need for the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities including through prior informed consen ...