Getting to Zero - Forum for the Future
... energy sources with low- or zero-carbon alternatives, and then the use of highquality carbon offsets, as the preferred means for an organisation to address its contribution to climate change. Offsetting will play an important role in any neutrality strategy – if only for the simple fact that it’s cu ...
... energy sources with low- or zero-carbon alternatives, and then the use of highquality carbon offsets, as the preferred means for an organisation to address its contribution to climate change. Offsetting will play an important role in any neutrality strategy – if only for the simple fact that it’s cu ...
Hubbert`s Peak and Climate Change
... The UN Panel on Climate Change • The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes assessment reports that reflect the consensus on climate change • The 4th report is being released this year – Over one thousand authors – Over one thousand reviewers ...
... The UN Panel on Climate Change • The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change publishes assessment reports that reflect the consensus on climate change • The 4th report is being released this year – Over one thousand authors – Over one thousand reviewers ...
The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis
... It covers in specific detail the most critical areas of the global impact of climate change, namely on food, health, poverty, water, human displacement, and security. The third section of this report highlights the massive socio-economic implications of those impacts, in particular, that the worst a ...
... It covers in specific detail the most critical areas of the global impact of climate change, namely on food, health, poverty, water, human displacement, and security. The third section of this report highlights the massive socio-economic implications of those impacts, in particular, that the worst a ...
What happens in the arctic doesn`t stay in the arctic
... a reality for us all. Arctic ice, the northern cryosphere, is an integral part of the earth’s climate systems and has undergone rapid changes over the last century. The Arctic region has warmed more than two times as fast as any other area of the world in the previous few decades and is known to be ...
... a reality for us all. Arctic ice, the northern cryosphere, is an integral part of the earth’s climate systems and has undergone rapid changes over the last century. The Arctic region has warmed more than two times as fast as any other area of the world in the previous few decades and is known to be ...
Present-day and future Antarctic ice sheet climate and surface mass
... Hunke and Lipscomb (2010)]. The model infrastructure is set up similarly to CESM simulations performed in the framework of CMIP5 (Meehl et al. 2013): the atmosphere and land model are run at a zonal versus meridional resolution of 0.9◦ × 1.25◦, respectively, while the ocean and sea ice models have a ...
... Hunke and Lipscomb (2010)]. The model infrastructure is set up similarly to CESM simulations performed in the framework of CMIP5 (Meehl et al. 2013): the atmosphere and land model are run at a zonal versus meridional resolution of 0.9◦ × 1.25◦, respectively, while the ocean and sea ice models have a ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... Executive Summary Addressing climate change is arguably one of the most pressing issues facing our planet and its inhabitants. In bio and geophysical terms, climate change is defined as changes over time in the averages and variability of surface temperature, precipitation, and wind as well as assoc ...
... Executive Summary Addressing climate change is arguably one of the most pressing issues facing our planet and its inhabitants. In bio and geophysical terms, climate change is defined as changes over time in the averages and variability of surface temperature, precipitation, and wind as well as assoc ...
Tundra Vegetation Change near Barrow, Alaska
... winter seasons (Stenseth and Ims 1993). Like other factors controlling plant and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic, the role lemmings play in controlling vegetation structure and function over decadal time scales is poorly resolved due to a lack of sufficient time series data collected ...
... winter seasons (Stenseth and Ims 1993). Like other factors controlling plant and ecosystem structure and function in the Arctic, the role lemmings play in controlling vegetation structure and function over decadal time scales is poorly resolved due to a lack of sufficient time series data collected ...
US Senate Minority Report
... control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the Society's activities.” - Award-Winning NASA Astronaut/Geologist and Moonwalker Jack Schmitt who flew on the Apollo 17 mission and formerly of the Norwegian Geological Survey and for the U.S. Geological Survey. “Earth ha ...
... control over American lives, incomes and decision making. It has no place in the Society's activities.” - Award-Winning NASA Astronaut/Geologist and Moonwalker Jack Schmitt who flew on the Apollo 17 mission and formerly of the Norwegian Geological Survey and for the U.S. Geological Survey. “Earth ha ...
Carbon Cycle - La Spiga Edizioni
... are becoming more and more of a concern. Methane emissions are also especially concerning because methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, meaning that each molecule of methane warms the earth substantially more than each molecule of carbon dioxide. 2 __________________________ ...
... are becoming more and more of a concern. Methane emissions are also especially concerning because methane is a much stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, meaning that each molecule of methane warms the earth substantially more than each molecule of carbon dioxide. 2 __________________________ ...
AAA vol 2 CD.indb - Department of Geography
... The Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing one of the fastest increases in mean annual air temperatures (ca. 2.5ºC in the last 50 years) on Earth. If the observed warming trend continues as indicated by climate models, the region could suffer widespread permafrost degradation. This paper presents field ...
... The Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing one of the fastest increases in mean annual air temperatures (ca. 2.5ºC in the last 50 years) on Earth. If the observed warming trend continues as indicated by climate models, the region could suffer widespread permafrost degradation. This paper presents field ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... Executive Summary Addressing climate change is arguably one of the most pressing issues facing our planet and its inhabitants. In bio and geophysical terms, climate change is defined as changes over time in the averages and variability of surface temperature, precipitation, and wind as well as assoc ...
... Executive Summary Addressing climate change is arguably one of the most pressing issues facing our planet and its inhabitants. In bio and geophysical terms, climate change is defined as changes over time in the averages and variability of surface temperature, precipitation, and wind as well as assoc ...
Technology Needs Assessment For Climate Change Adaptation
... Table 4: Key vulnerabilities due to climate change within various sectors .......................................................................... 9 Table 5: Sector prioritization framework ............................................................................................................ ...
... Table 4: Key vulnerabilities due to climate change within various sectors .......................................................................... 9 Table 5: Sector prioritization framework ............................................................................................................ ...
downloaded here - Global Water Partnership
... households, between 2005 and 2009. While the proportion of underweight prevalence fell from 52 to 43 percent, the proportion among the poorest 20 percent fell by 64 to 60 percent only. Furthermore, children in the developing regions are twice likely to be underweight if they live in rural areas more ...
... households, between 2005 and 2009. While the proportion of underweight prevalence fell from 52 to 43 percent, the proportion among the poorest 20 percent fell by 64 to 60 percent only. Furthermore, children in the developing regions are twice likely to be underweight if they live in rural areas more ...
global financial integrity systems and global carbon integrity systems
... Attempts to address problems confronting a GFIS or GCIS are hampered by institutional and disciplinary specialisations, and the complex ways norms interact with the integrity system. Institutional specialisation reflects the fact that most institutional governance experts focus on one ‘level’ of gov ...
... Attempts to address problems confronting a GFIS or GCIS are hampered by institutional and disciplinary specialisations, and the complex ways norms interact with the integrity system. Institutional specialisation reflects the fact that most institutional governance experts focus on one ‘level’ of gov ...
sustainable and inclusive - EESC European Economic and Social
... On top of resources for development and climate change initially allocated to the Pacific, ACP countries for the period 2008-2013, the EU has made available a financial package of 110 million Euros in additional climate related resources committed by the Commission since 2008.(see annex EC Memo / 1 ...
... On top of resources for development and climate change initially allocated to the Pacific, ACP countries for the period 2008-2013, the EU has made available a financial package of 110 million Euros in additional climate related resources committed by the Commission since 2008.(see annex EC Memo / 1 ...
Regional Climate Information – Evaluation and Projections
... for the range of models and scenarios considered). In contrast, the warming will be less than the global mean in south and Southeast Asia in June-July-August (JJA), and in southern South America in winter. • It is likely that: precipitation will increase over northern midlatitude regions in winter a ...
... for the range of models and scenarios considered). In contrast, the warming will be less than the global mean in south and Southeast Asia in June-July-August (JJA), and in southern South America in winter. • It is likely that: precipitation will increase over northern midlatitude regions in winter a ...
For submission to Global Change Biology
... Woody thickening is a global phenomenon that influences landscape C density, regional ecohydrology and biogeochemical cycling. The aim of the work described here is to test the hypothesis that increased atmospheric CO2 concentration, with or without photosynthetic acclimation, can increase GPP and t ...
... Woody thickening is a global phenomenon that influences landscape C density, regional ecohydrology and biogeochemical cycling. The aim of the work described here is to test the hypothesis that increased atmospheric CO2 concentration, with or without photosynthetic acclimation, can increase GPP and t ...
lights out for the reef
... and marine organisms like sea snails use to make their skeletons. Since pre-industrial times ocean carbonate levels have dropped by twenty-five per cent. ...
... and marine organisms like sea snails use to make their skeletons. Since pre-industrial times ocean carbonate levels have dropped by twenty-five per cent. ...
Modelling the impacts of weather and climate variability on crop
... modelling methods (low input data requirements, validity over large areas) with the benefits of a process-based approach (the potential to capture variability due to different subseasonal weather patterns and hence increased validity under future climates), resulting in a general large-area model (G ...
... modelling methods (low input data requirements, validity over large areas) with the benefits of a process-based approach (the potential to capture variability due to different subseasonal weather patterns and hence increased validity under future climates), resulting in a general large-area model (G ...
Technical Expert Meetings and Climate Action Fair
... years, and that a growing number of such technologies have achieved a level of maturity to enable large-scale deployment. As such, renewable energy technologies could play a significant role in achieving the goal of limiting global warming to below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. A shift to renewab ...
... years, and that a growing number of such technologies have achieved a level of maturity to enable large-scale deployment. As such, renewable energy technologies could play a significant role in achieving the goal of limiting global warming to below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. A shift to renewab ...
Effect of increased fire activity on global warming in the
... Abstract: Forest fires are an important disturbance in the boreal forest. They are influenced by climate, weather, topography, vegetation, surface deposits, and human activities. In return, forest fires affect the climate through emission of gases and aerosols, and changes in surface albedo, soil proce ...
... Abstract: Forest fires are an important disturbance in the boreal forest. They are influenced by climate, weather, topography, vegetation, surface deposits, and human activities. In return, forest fires affect the climate through emission of gases and aerosols, and changes in surface albedo, soil proce ...
Addressing Climate Change in National Urban Policy
... List of NATIONAL URBAN POLICY BOXES Box 4. National Urban Policy Excerpt – Chile (2014)......................................................................................... 7 Box 6. National Urban Policy Excerpt: Germany (2012)..................................................................... ...
... List of NATIONAL URBAN POLICY BOXES Box 4. National Urban Policy Excerpt – Chile (2014)......................................................................................... 7 Box 6. National Urban Policy Excerpt: Germany (2012)..................................................................... ...
AdaptHCMC
... The City is located downstream of the Saigon-Dongnai River with a relatively flat terrain; the hydrology of its rivers and canals is highly affected not only by the East Sea tide but also by water reservoirs upstream at the present and in the future. In the context of global climate change, adaptati ...
... The City is located downstream of the Saigon-Dongnai River with a relatively flat terrain; the hydrology of its rivers and canals is highly affected not only by the East Sea tide but also by water reservoirs upstream at the present and in the future. In the context of global climate change, adaptati ...
Connecting on Climate
... Bill McKibben’s book The End of Nature in 1989, brought the issue to the public’s eye.1 Hansen and McKibben framed global warming in dramatic terms— rising sea levels, melting Arctic sea ice, and extreme flood and droughts— and ushered in an era of framing climate change as planetary destruction. Th ...
... Bill McKibben’s book The End of Nature in 1989, brought the issue to the public’s eye.1 Hansen and McKibben framed global warming in dramatic terms— rising sea levels, melting Arctic sea ice, and extreme flood and droughts— and ushered in an era of framing climate change as planetary destruction. Th ...