Plan B 4.0 - Earth Policy Institute
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
North East England Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baselines and
... the Government’s international and domestic commitments to tackling climate change. It includes existing and new additional measures for the energy supply sector, business, transport, domestic emissions, the public sector, agriculture, forestry and land management, and measures to encourage action b ...
... the Government’s international and domestic commitments to tackling climate change. It includes existing and new additional measures for the energy supply sector, business, transport, domestic emissions, the public sector, agriculture, forestry and land management, and measures to encourage action b ...
Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biological Diversity
... services is of a concern for human well-being, especially for the poorest Costs borne by society due to biodiversity loss is often greater than the benefits gained through ecosystem change The drivers of change are steady or, more often, increasing Many successful response options have been used, bu ...
... services is of a concern for human well-being, especially for the poorest Costs borne by society due to biodiversity loss is often greater than the benefits gained through ecosystem change The drivers of change are steady or, more often, increasing Many successful response options have been used, bu ...
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
Fuel Taxation Inquiry - Fuel Tax Inquiry Website
... coal, oil and gas.2 Climate change is predicted to have far reaching and on balance negative economic, social and environmental consequences. Human health and settlements, agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, water and coastal resources will be affected. The threat of global climate change demands a ...
... coal, oil and gas.2 Climate change is predicted to have far reaching and on balance negative economic, social and environmental consequences. Human health and settlements, agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, water and coastal resources will be affected. The threat of global climate change demands a ...
pri climate change strategy project
... The information contained in this report is meant for the purposes of information only and is not intended to be investment, legal, tax or other advice, nor is it intended to be relied upon in making an investment or other decision. This report is provided with the understanding that the authors and ...
... The information contained in this report is meant for the purposes of information only and is not intended to be investment, legal, tax or other advice, nor is it intended to be relied upon in making an investment or other decision. This report is provided with the understanding that the authors and ...
Guidelines for Writing Introductory Philosophy Papers One major
... second pass, begin by identifying the conclusion(s) being defended. In English we tend to identify conclusions with words like “therefore”, “thus”, “it follows that”, or “in conclusion”. Once you have identified the conclusion, you can work backwards to identify the premises. But be careful. Sometim ...
... second pass, begin by identifying the conclusion(s) being defended. In English we tend to identify conclusions with words like “therefore”, “thus”, “it follows that”, or “in conclusion”. Once you have identified the conclusion, you can work backwards to identify the premises. But be careful. Sometim ...
Simulation of regional climate change under the IPCC A2 scenario
... Zou et al. (2010), but relaxed to ERA-40 data from 1958 to 2001. Zou et al. (2010) concluded that such a dynamical downscaling improves not only the climatology of monsoon major rain band but also the inter-annual variability modes of rainfall over eastern China in comparison to that of ERA40. The a ...
... Zou et al. (2010), but relaxed to ERA-40 data from 1958 to 2001. Zou et al. (2010) concluded that such a dynamical downscaling improves not only the climatology of monsoon major rain band but also the inter-annual variability modes of rainfall over eastern China in comparison to that of ERA40. The a ...
Arctic Climate Issues 2014: Short-Lived Climate
... carbon and ozone precursors in Arctic countries since 2000. The technology exists to further reduce SLCP emissions, some of which would reduce emissions of other pollutants, including carbon dioxide, as well. Projections of future emissions compare scenarios based on current legislation with those b ...
... carbon and ozone precursors in Arctic countries since 2000. The technology exists to further reduce SLCP emissions, some of which would reduce emissions of other pollutants, including carbon dioxide, as well. Projections of future emissions compare scenarios based on current legislation with those b ...
Managing adaptation to environmental change in coastal
... September 2008 Report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence states that “Canadians have no assurance that essential government operations will function during emergencies.” (Canada 2008, p.6) Severe weather events, e.g., Hurricanes Katrina-August 2005, Ike-September 2008, ...
... September 2008 Report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence states that “Canadians have no assurance that essential government operations will function during emergencies.” (Canada 2008, p.6) Severe weather events, e.g., Hurricanes Katrina-August 2005, Ike-September 2008, ...
PFCs
... system and the ozone layer. In particular, this provides a context for understanding how replacement options could affect global warming. The report does not attempt to cover comprehensively the effect of replacement options on the ozone layer. The report considers, by sector, options for reducing h ...
... system and the ozone layer. In particular, this provides a context for understanding how replacement options could affect global warming. The report does not attempt to cover comprehensively the effect of replacement options on the ozone layer. The report considers, by sector, options for reducing h ...
md461E
... and especially in the Near East region. Two billion people in the dry areas mainly depend on agriculture and exploitation of natural resources for their livelihood and are hit hard by desertification. The major causes include climate change, high population growth, urbanization, and intensive agricu ...
... and especially in the Near East region. Two billion people in the dry areas mainly depend on agriculture and exploitation of natural resources for their livelihood and are hit hard by desertification. The major causes include climate change, high population growth, urbanization, and intensive agricu ...
Modes of the wintertime Arctic temperature variability Report No. 343
... The ongoing global warming during the last three decades exhibits highest trends in the Arctic [Hansen et al., 1999; Jones et al., 1999]. The surface air temperature, SAT, increase is accompanied by significant changes of the Arctic sea ice cover [Johannessen et al, 1999] and of the northern extratr ...
... The ongoing global warming during the last three decades exhibits highest trends in the Arctic [Hansen et al., 1999; Jones et al., 1999]. The surface air temperature, SAT, increase is accompanied by significant changes of the Arctic sea ice cover [Johannessen et al, 1999] and of the northern extratr ...
Arctic greening can cause earlier seasonality of Arctic amplification
... surface albedo [Levis et al., 2000; Chapin et al., 2005; Bonan, 2008]. Transpiration of water vapor and feedbacks from the ocean and sea ice also contribute to amplifying high-latitude warming [Swann et al., 2010, hereafter ALS10; Loranty et al., 2011]. These studies confined their analysis to the an ...
... surface albedo [Levis et al., 2000; Chapin et al., 2005; Bonan, 2008]. Transpiration of water vapor and feedbacks from the ocean and sea ice also contribute to amplifying high-latitude warming [Swann et al., 2010, hereafter ALS10; Loranty et al., 2011]. These studies confined their analysis to the an ...
Confidence, uncertainty and decision-support relevance in climate predictions
... what we mean by ‘climate’. Five sources of uncertainty are then described together with, where appropriate, the practical methods by which they may be explored in modelling experiments. Finally, we consider how we might communicate and increase our confidence in predictions using current models and c ...
... what we mean by ‘climate’. Five sources of uncertainty are then described together with, where appropriate, the practical methods by which they may be explored in modelling experiments. Finally, we consider how we might communicate and increase our confidence in predictions using current models and c ...
Review Copy
... The impact of global warming on the energy consumption of a country for space heating and cooling depends on the current and future regional climate, the required thermal comfort inside buildings, and technical building features such as thermal insulation quality. Quantitative projections of future ...
... The impact of global warming on the energy consumption of a country for space heating and cooling depends on the current and future regional climate, the required thermal comfort inside buildings, and technical building features such as thermal insulation quality. Quantitative projections of future ...
Report from the launching conference
... What may be of particular interest to note here is that what the participants found most useful (with an average score of 4.63) was to be able to meet the programme administrators and funders face-to-face. This underlines perhaps more than any others the need for us administrators to be "visible" an ...
... What may be of particular interest to note here is that what the participants found most useful (with an average score of 4.63) was to be able to meet the programme administrators and funders face-to-face. This underlines perhaps more than any others the need for us administrators to be "visible" an ...
Final-Coastal-Resources-2012-07-12
... Research since AR4 has suggested that dynamic processes, particularly the loss of shelf ice that buttresses outlet glaciers, can lead to more rapid loss of ice than melting of the top surface ice alone. There is growing consensus in the science community that sea-level rise at the upper end of t ...
... Research since AR4 has suggested that dynamic processes, particularly the loss of shelf ice that buttresses outlet glaciers, can lead to more rapid loss of ice than melting of the top surface ice alone. There is growing consensus in the science community that sea-level rise at the upper end of t ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 7: Climate-smart crop production system
... productivity will decrease even with a relatively minor change in temperature (IPCC, 2007). Localized extreme events and sudden pest and disease outbreaks are already causing greater unpredictability in production from season to season and year to year, and require rapid and adaptable management res ...
... productivity will decrease even with a relatively minor change in temperature (IPCC, 2007). Localized extreme events and sudden pest and disease outbreaks are already causing greater unpredictability in production from season to season and year to year, and require rapid and adaptable management res ...
Cosmic Rays, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate
... the mean state (caveat iii) cannot be avoided, but it is a more serious problem for the time period considered by Shaviv and Veizer [2003] with conditions very different from the modern climate system. Positions of continents shifted, ocean currents took a different course, and estimated CO levels w ...
... the mean state (caveat iii) cannot be avoided, but it is a more serious problem for the time period considered by Shaviv and Veizer [2003] with conditions very different from the modern climate system. Positions of continents shifted, ocean currents took a different course, and estimated CO levels w ...
Junk Mail`s Impact on Global Warming
... 1. United States Postal Service (USPS). “The Household Diary Study: Mail Use & Attitudes in FY 2006.” March 2007, pp.1. 2. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates average carbon dioxide equivalent emissions as 8.8 kilograms per gallon of gas, and average fuel economy of passenger cars an ...
... 1. United States Postal Service (USPS). “The Household Diary Study: Mail Use & Attitudes in FY 2006.” March 2007, pp.1. 2. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates average carbon dioxide equivalent emissions as 8.8 kilograms per gallon of gas, and average fuel economy of passenger cars an ...
EPA`s Proposed New Source Performance Standard
... Since the Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, human activities have contributed substantially to climate change by adding carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere11. These greenhouse gas emissions have increased the greenhouse effect thereby causing Earth’s surface ...
... Since the Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century, human activities have contributed substantially to climate change by adding carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere11. These greenhouse gas emissions have increased the greenhouse effect thereby causing Earth’s surface ...
Sarewitz
... the area of global warming, where a highly touted (but, as will be shown, illusory) "consensus" of experts has publicly warned of the need to take international action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, powerful opposing interests in the United States have ensured that no meaningful action has bee ...
... the area of global warming, where a highly touted (but, as will be shown, illusory) "consensus" of experts has publicly warned of the need to take international action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, powerful opposing interests in the United States have ensured that no meaningful action has bee ...
Report on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Victoria
... Climate variations that occur from year-to-year are largely linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes affecting the three oceans surrounding Australia, such as El Niño in the Pacific Ocean. Longer term changes, are linked to a range of factors including decadal to multi-decadal fluctuations i ...
... Climate variations that occur from year-to-year are largely linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes affecting the three oceans surrounding Australia, such as El Niño in the Pacific Ocean. Longer term changes, are linked to a range of factors including decadal to multi-decadal fluctuations i ...
Years of Living Dangerously
Years of Living Dangerously is a documentary television series focusing on global warming. The first season premiered on April 13, 2014, consisted of 9 episodes, and ran on Showtime. It won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The second season, consisting of 8 episodes, is expected to air on the National Geographic Channel in late 2016, with broader distribution than the first season. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and clean energy investor and environmental activist Daniel Abbasi are executive producers of the series, as was the late Jerry Weintraub for the first season. Joel Bach and David Gelber, former 60 Minutes producers, are co-creators of the series as well as executive producers. Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen are the chief science advisors.The weekly episodes feature celebrity investigators, who each have a history of environmental activism, and well-known journalists, each of whom have a background in environmental reportage. These ""correspondents"" travel to areas around the world and throughout the U.S. affected by global warming to interview experts and ordinary people affected by, and seeking solutions to, the effects of global warming. They act as proxies for the audience, asking questions to find out people's opinions and to discover the scientific evidence. The celebrities in season 1 included Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall, Olivia Munn and Schwarzenegger. The journalists include Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes and Mark Bittman. The final episode of season 1 featured an interview by Friedman of President Barack Obama. In season 2, David Letterman has agreed to travel to India to interview the prime minister and examine how the country plans to distribute solar power to its entire population over the next decade. The show will send Schwarzenegger as a correspondent to China. Other hosts for season 2 include Cameron, Somerhalder, Munn, Friedman, Cheadle, and newcomers Jack Black, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Cecily Strong and Ty Burrell in an episode about electric cars. Season 2 is expected to cover more impacts of climate change, like hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but Bach noted that the season will ""focus much more ... on solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change.""Schwarzenegger reflected on how the series tries to make the issue of climate change resonate with the public: ""I think the environmental movement only can be successful if we are simple and clear and make it a human story. We will tell human stories in this project. The scientists would never get the kind of attention that someone in show business gets."" Cameron elaborated: ""We didn’t use our celebrities as talking head experts, because they’re not climate experts. They were concerned, intelligent, curious citizens who were out to find answers. They were functioning as journalists."" Newsweek said that the celebrity reporters ""lend sparks to an issue that sends most viewers for the exits"".