Spanning `not-implausiblea futures to assess relative vulnerability to
... The global-change research community is beginning to turn its attention to assessing the vulnerability of social, economic, political and/or ecological systems to climate change and climate variability in ways that systematically incorporate their ability to adapt. The Workshop on Adaptation to Clim ...
... The global-change research community is beginning to turn its attention to assessing the vulnerability of social, economic, political and/or ecological systems to climate change and climate variability in ways that systematically incorporate their ability to adapt. The Workshop on Adaptation to Clim ...
Nordic Countries - Bibliothek der Friedrich-Ebert
... strong and early action against climate change. Let me address each of these assumptions in turn: Assumption number one: The world will have to produce more fossil fuels before it can make do with less. According to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2006, fossil fuels will remai ...
... strong and early action against climate change. Let me address each of these assumptions in turn: Assumption number one: The world will have to produce more fossil fuels before it can make do with less. According to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2006, fossil fuels will remai ...
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY IN AFRICA
... Government, having appreciated the gravity of the climate change challenge unfolding on the continent, made a number of seminal decisions to help Member States deal effectively, efficiently and equitably with the risks posed by climate change. Africa’s contribution to the design and development of t ...
... Government, having appreciated the gravity of the climate change challenge unfolding on the continent, made a number of seminal decisions to help Member States deal effectively, efficiently and equitably with the risks posed by climate change. Africa’s contribution to the design and development of t ...
Climate Change and Human Security
... 1. Introduction: Springtime for whom? This spring at the Earth’s higher latitudes sees the UN Security Council about to break new ground by taking up the issue of climate change. How will changing climate patterns affect both inter-state relations and international and national security in a narrow, ...
... 1. Introduction: Springtime for whom? This spring at the Earth’s higher latitudes sees the UN Security Council about to break new ground by taking up the issue of climate change. How will changing climate patterns affect both inter-state relations and international and national security in a narrow, ...
Issue 04 – Dec 2016 - Wicked Weather Watch
... enthusiasm to learn about climate change and the expedition. The children also had the opportunity to ask Ben, WWW Youth Ambassador, about what it was like being the youngest member of the POC crew at just 14, as well as having great fun piecing together a giant puzzle of the Arctic and testing ...
... enthusiasm to learn about climate change and the expedition. The children also had the opportunity to ask Ben, WWW Youth Ambassador, about what it was like being the youngest member of the POC crew at just 14, as well as having great fun piecing together a giant puzzle of the Arctic and testing ...
Committee on Climate Change: Review of the fourth carbon budget
... B. EU discussions on 2030 target and pathways through 2020s Building on its Roadmap, the EC published a Green Paper5 in March 2013, which highlighted the cost-effective path through 2030 would be a 40% reduction in EU emissions on 1990, and consulted on EU 2030 ambition. The UK‟s response to the Gr ...
... B. EU discussions on 2030 target and pathways through 2020s Building on its Roadmap, the EC published a Green Paper5 in March 2013, which highlighted the cost-effective path through 2030 would be a 40% reduction in EU emissions on 1990, and consulted on EU 2030 ambition. The UK‟s response to the Gr ...
2. The Irish Response to Climate Change
... their suitability in an Irish context. Examples include the decisions not to proceed with a proposed carbon tax at a national level and to continue coal firing at the ESB’s Moneypoint power station. As such, this review does not measure progress against the sectoral targets included in the Strategy, ...
... their suitability in an Irish context. Examples include the decisions not to proceed with a proposed carbon tax at a national level and to continue coal firing at the ESB’s Moneypoint power station. As such, this review does not measure progress against the sectoral targets included in the Strategy, ...
Report on Fifth Assessment Report 6
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Its main activity is to prepare comprehensive assessment reports about climat ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Its main activity is to prepare comprehensive assessment reports about climat ...
Introductory e-Course on Climate Change
... The interactive lessons are provided with the purpose of achieving the 4 to 5 specific learning objectives of each module, and contain 40-70 slides of content supported by case studies, videos, external links and exercises. The lessons take around 2-3 hours to complete. All modules are also availab ...
... The interactive lessons are provided with the purpose of achieving the 4 to 5 specific learning objectives of each module, and contain 40-70 slides of content supported by case studies, videos, external links and exercises. The lessons take around 2-3 hours to complete. All modules are also availab ...
North African Coastal Cities Embrace a Climate
... concerns about compounded and cumulative risks where two or more risk factors combine to imperil more people, livelihoods and structures. “We have threats of coastal erosion, and floods, the frequency of which is increasing,” he said. For all the cities, risks begin to multiply when seaboard protect ...
... concerns about compounded and cumulative risks where two or more risk factors combine to imperil more people, livelihoods and structures. “We have threats of coastal erosion, and floods, the frequency of which is increasing,” he said. For all the cities, risks begin to multiply when seaboard protect ...
Future climate in the Pacific Northwest
... incomplete so we used run 2 (CCSM3 A2 and B1, and PCM1 B1). This set of models is larger than the set available in 2005 when similar analysis was performed for the Northwest (Mote et al. 2005, ten models) and California (Cayan et al. 2007, 12 models but emphasizing two). Brekke et al. (2008) looked ...
... incomplete so we used run 2 (CCSM3 A2 and B1, and PCM1 B1). This set of models is larger than the set available in 2005 when similar analysis was performed for the Northwest (Mote et al. 2005, ten models) and California (Cayan et al. 2007, 12 models but emphasizing two). Brekke et al. (2008) looked ...
On summing the components of radiative forcing of climate change
... There have been signi®cant advances in our understanding of RF mechanisms. IPCC (1990) and IPCC (1994) presented estimates for well-mixed greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, and the halocarbons), stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, the direct and indirect eect of anthropogenic aerosols, and solar ac ...
... There have been signi®cant advances in our understanding of RF mechanisms. IPCC (1990) and IPCC (1994) presented estimates for well-mixed greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, and the halocarbons), stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, the direct and indirect eect of anthropogenic aerosols, and solar ac ...
Climate change, water and food security
... ‘‘A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” Clearly not all crop production is dedicated to food security. Industrial c ...
... ‘‘A situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” Clearly not all crop production is dedicated to food security. Industrial c ...
Climate change going beyond dangerous
... peaking dates. It is important to note that emissions in all of the scenarios continue to increase before they reach a global peak in 2015, 2020 or 2025, respectively.There remains considerable scientific uncertainty about the relation between greenhouse gas emissions and resulting temperature incre ...
... peaking dates. It is important to note that emissions in all of the scenarios continue to increase before they reach a global peak in 2015, 2020 or 2025, respectively.There remains considerable scientific uncertainty about the relation between greenhouse gas emissions and resulting temperature incre ...
National climate change legislation: The key to more ambitious international agreements
... of society that the UK Government was committed to tackling climate change; this in turn gave it confidence to plan and invest for the longer term, spurring action at the national level. It built confidence and certainty, not only at the political level but also among investors. Increased confidence ...
... of society that the UK Government was committed to tackling climate change; this in turn gave it confidence to plan and invest for the longer term, spurring action at the national level. It built confidence and certainty, not only at the political level but also among investors. Increased confidence ...
... future, agriculture could suffer even more from uneven weather patterns. Excessive rainfall during the harvest season damages crops, and monsoon torrents can wash away irrigation canals and deposit sand and gravel in rice fields. By altering soil temperature and moisture, climate change can also alt ...
Dorsey.18.2.Jun_.07
... Council, the Sunoco-funded Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and the World Resources Institute—to increase CO2 over the next five years and provides them a tacit license to do nothing for ten more years thereafter! Few newspapers that announced the “CAP” have commented on this presumably minor de ...
... Council, the Sunoco-funded Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and the World Resources Institute—to increase CO2 over the next five years and provides them a tacit license to do nothing for ten more years thereafter! Few newspapers that announced the “CAP” have commented on this presumably minor de ...
Environmental problems caused by anthropogenic changes
... Environmental problems caused by anthropogenic changes The principal greenhouse gas is СО2, and the temporal dynamics of its content is relatively well studied. During the industrial epoch there initially occurred slow, and later, the accelerated increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atm ...
... Environmental problems caused by anthropogenic changes The principal greenhouse gas is СО2, and the temporal dynamics of its content is relatively well studied. During the industrial epoch there initially occurred slow, and later, the accelerated increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atm ...
The relevance of climate change integrated assessment models in
... may be unrealistic because the US refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol. However, this scenario is useful to understanding what the consequences of climate change agreements could be if all ratifying Annex I countries were involved and committed to maintaining the same level of emissions over time. • ...
... may be unrealistic because the US refused to sign the Kyoto Protocol. However, this scenario is useful to understanding what the consequences of climate change agreements could be if all ratifying Annex I countries were involved and committed to maintaining the same level of emissions over time. • ...
PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
... rainfall to recharge limited groundwater resources. When there is too little rain, or too much at one time, these reservoirs are taxed, threatening food and water security. Indeed, Kiribati has recently suffered from a shortage of water that approached disaster levels. Flooding and droughts will ren ...
... rainfall to recharge limited groundwater resources. When there is too little rain, or too much at one time, these reservoirs are taxed, threatening food and water security. Indeed, Kiribati has recently suffered from a shortage of water that approached disaster levels. Flooding and droughts will ren ...
EPA WasteWise Endorser
... GHGs, the average temperature on Earth would be minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit, compared to the current average temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The average tem perature, however, has increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit during the last century as a result of the recent increase in GHG concentrations ...
... GHGs, the average temperature on Earth would be minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit, compared to the current average temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The average tem perature, however, has increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit during the last century as a result of the recent increase in GHG concentrations ...
