CARE brief on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction
... countries works in food production, the consequences of adverse impacts of climate change, such as loss of harvests or food price increases due to weather disasters, hit women particularly hard. The fact that women often don’t own land, or poorer quality land and only receive a small share of agricu ...
... countries works in food production, the consequences of adverse impacts of climate change, such as loss of harvests or food price increases due to weather disasters, hit women particularly hard. The fact that women often don’t own land, or poorer quality land and only receive a small share of agricu ...
International Aviation
... Addressing emissions while respecting equity issues Aviation and climate change Science tells us that aviation accounts for about 5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions be cause of the CO2 that is emitted when jet fuel is burned. But aviation not only causes global warm ing through CO2 emissi ...
... Addressing emissions while respecting equity issues Aviation and climate change Science tells us that aviation accounts for about 5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions be cause of the CO2 that is emitted when jet fuel is burned. But aviation not only causes global warm ing through CO2 emissi ...
nature11018
... meaningful in predicting the biotic future over human generations. The pre-transition global state lasted ,2,000,000,000 yr and was characterized by primary lifeforms consisting of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. The post-transition global state is about 540,000,000 yr old and ongoing. The glob ...
... meaningful in predicting the biotic future over human generations. The pre-transition global state lasted ,2,000,000,000 yr and was characterized by primary lifeforms consisting of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes. The post-transition global state is about 540,000,000 yr old and ongoing. The glob ...
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... climate, energy and technology policies. The investment strategies are thus optimised by taking into account both economic and environmental externalities (e.g. CO2, exhaustible resources, international R&D spillovers, etc). The investment profile for each technology is the solution of an inter-temp ...
... climate, energy and technology policies. The investment strategies are thus optimised by taking into account both economic and environmental externalities (e.g. CO2, exhaustible resources, international R&D spillovers, etc). The investment profile for each technology is the solution of an inter-temp ...
X - The Heartland Institute`s International Conferences on Climate
... and anthropogenic causes. The simulations represented by the band in (a) were done with only natural forcings: solar variation and volcanic activity. Those encompassed by the band in (b) were done with anthropogenic forcings: greenhouse gases and an estimate of sulphate aerosols, and those encompass ...
... and anthropogenic causes. The simulations represented by the band in (a) were done with only natural forcings: solar variation and volcanic activity. Those encompassed by the band in (b) were done with anthropogenic forcings: greenhouse gases and an estimate of sulphate aerosols, and those encompass ...
Sensitivity of Twentieth-Century Sahel Rainfall to
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 12 December 2010, in final form 6 April 2011) ABSTRACT A full understanding of the causes of the severe drought seen in the Sahel in the latter part of the twentiethcentury remains elusive some 25 yr after the h ...
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 12 December 2010, in final form 6 April 2011) ABSTRACT A full understanding of the causes of the severe drought seen in the Sahel in the latter part of the twentiethcentury remains elusive some 25 yr after the h ...
The contribution of low-carbon cities to Brazil`s greenhouse gas
... Cities around the world are growing almost twice as fast as the global population. More than half of people already live in urban areas, and each week this number increases by nearly 1.5 million. This fast-growing population will require new infrastructure, energy and transportation, all of which ar ...
... Cities around the world are growing almost twice as fast as the global population. More than half of people already live in urban areas, and each week this number increases by nearly 1.5 million. This fast-growing population will require new infrastructure, energy and transportation, all of which ar ...
Modeling the Monsoons in a Changing Climate
... temperature and atmospheric moisture content are inherently related the obvious question is how the global hydrological cycle will respond to changes in temperature. Observations over the last 1000 years indicate that carbon dioxide (CO2) amount has increased by 25% since the industrial revolution, ...
... temperature and atmospheric moisture content are inherently related the obvious question is how the global hydrological cycle will respond to changes in temperature. Observations over the last 1000 years indicate that carbon dioxide (CO2) amount has increased by 25% since the industrial revolution, ...
The Fifth Carbon Budget - Call for Evidence Question and Response
... develop options that may need to be deployed at scale by 2050. These scenarios, reviewed in detail in the Committee’s report The Fourth Carbon Budget Review – the cost-effective path to the 2050 target, include substantial investment in low-carbon power generation, roll-out of low-carbon heat (heat ...
... develop options that may need to be deployed at scale by 2050. These scenarios, reviewed in detail in the Committee’s report The Fourth Carbon Budget Review – the cost-effective path to the 2050 target, include substantial investment in low-carbon power generation, roll-out of low-carbon heat (heat ...
Local Authority Energy Partnership Home Energy Conservation Act
... Derbyshire. The LAEP was formed in 1996 in response to drivers such as the introduction of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 and increasing awareness of the impact of fuel poverty across the two counties. Partnership activities are delivered via a membership service and a communications service ...
... Derbyshire. The LAEP was formed in 1996 in response to drivers such as the introduction of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 and increasing awareness of the impact of fuel poverty across the two counties. Partnership activities are delivered via a membership service and a communications service ...
`2°c capital stock` for electricity generation
... therefore anticipated (Solomon & Krishna, 2011) and necessary to curtail future climate impacts. How rapid does this transition need to be for reasonable odds of limiting temperature increases to safe levels? There are two critical inertias associated with addressing climate change that create two s ...
... therefore anticipated (Solomon & Krishna, 2011) and necessary to curtail future climate impacts. How rapid does this transition need to be for reasonable odds of limiting temperature increases to safe levels? There are two critical inertias associated with addressing climate change that create two s ...
Climate change impacts on water for horticulture Climate
... orbit, fluctuations in incoming radiation, and volcanic activity. These forces will continue to have a major influence on our future climate. More recent changes though are thought to be man-made and the result of increasing ‘greenhouse’ gas emissions (mainly carbon dioxide and methane) and the exte ...
... orbit, fluctuations in incoming radiation, and volcanic activity. These forces will continue to have a major influence on our future climate. More recent changes though are thought to be man-made and the result of increasing ‘greenhouse’ gas emissions (mainly carbon dioxide and methane) and the exte ...
Climate Change PowerPoint
... them susceptible to infestation by pine bark beetles • This example shows how a stressful event can trigger dramatic ecological change when an ecosystem is subject to many interacting stresses ...
... them susceptible to infestation by pine bark beetles • This example shows how a stressful event can trigger dramatic ecological change when an ecosystem is subject to many interacting stresses ...
Aalborg Universitet The Global Energy Challenge Connolly, David
... primary creator of radiative forcing and the consequences of radiative forcing are changes in the global climate. However, these conclusions on the past create two new questions on the future: firstly, how will the global climate change and secondly, can these changes be avoided? ...
... primary creator of radiative forcing and the consequences of radiative forcing are changes in the global climate. However, these conclusions on the past create two new questions on the future: firstly, how will the global climate change and secondly, can these changes be avoided? ...
ap environmental science - AP Central
... (a) Multiple dams have been erected along the Colorado River. Identify TWO benefits other than agriculture and recreation that people derive from that system of dams. A total of 2 points can be earned, 1 for each correct response. (Only the first two responses are scored.) ...
... (a) Multiple dams have been erected along the Colorado River. Identify TWO benefits other than agriculture and recreation that people derive from that system of dams. A total of 2 points can be earned, 1 for each correct response. (Only the first two responses are scored.) ...
How to accelerate the UK's contribution to the global energy revolution,
... “The world faces the daunting combination of surging energy demand, rising greenhouse gas emissions and tightening resources. A global energy technology revolution is both necessary and achievable; but it will be a tough challenge”. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the IEA – 2008 (1) Wind the clo ...
... “The world faces the daunting combination of surging energy demand, rising greenhouse gas emissions and tightening resources. A global energy technology revolution is both necessary and achievable; but it will be a tough challenge”. Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the IEA – 2008 (1) Wind the clo ...
Activity 5 How Do Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in the
... Human emissions of greenhouse gases contribute significantly to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. For a long time humans have been adding a lot of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels.This has especially increased in the past couple of centuries. Befo ...
... Human emissions of greenhouse gases contribute significantly to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. For a long time humans have been adding a lot of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels.This has especially increased in the past couple of centuries. Befo ...
Revised text - Harvard Kennedy School
... meeting in L’Aquila, Italy, the G8 leaders agreed to an environmental goal of limiting the temperature increase to 2°C, which is thought to correspond roughly to a GHG concentration level of 450 ppm (or approximately 380 ppm CO2 only). These meetings did not come close to producing agreement on who ...
... meeting in L’Aquila, Italy, the G8 leaders agreed to an environmental goal of limiting the temperature increase to 2°C, which is thought to correspond roughly to a GHG concentration level of 450 ppm (or approximately 380 ppm CO2 only). These meetings did not come close to producing agreement on who ...
Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its
... RCM simulations for the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas at high resolution (25 km) from 1960 to 2100, Mathison et al. (in this issue) provide another ensemble of simulations for the region, and illustrate an increase in temperature between the baseline (1970–2000) and the 2050s (2040–2070) of ...
... RCM simulations for the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas at high resolution (25 km) from 1960 to 2100, Mathison et al. (in this issue) provide another ensemble of simulations for the region, and illustrate an increase in temperature between the baseline (1970–2000) and the 2050s (2040–2070) of ...
carbon geography: the political economy of congressional support
... people are more likely to support environmental regulation (Kahn 2002). One causal explanation for this empirical finding is that education makes anticipating the consequences of carbon regulation because such regulation will raise electricity prices in regions where power is mainly generated using ...
... people are more likely to support environmental regulation (Kahn 2002). One causal explanation for this empirical finding is that education makes anticipating the consequences of carbon regulation because such regulation will raise electricity prices in regions where power is mainly generated using ...
Land use change and carbon cycle in arid and semi
... has increased for the central and western regions of Mongolia during the recent decade, especially in Arhangai, Bayan-Olgii, Uvs and Hovd aimags by 50%100%[22]. Comparative study of culture and environment in Inner Asia show that pasture degradation was associated with loss of mobility in the pasto ...
... has increased for the central and western regions of Mongolia during the recent decade, especially in Arhangai, Bayan-Olgii, Uvs and Hovd aimags by 50%100%[22]. Comparative study of culture and environment in Inner Asia show that pasture degradation was associated with loss of mobility in the pasto ...
Actions needed to halt deforestation and promote climate
... erosion control. Importantly, forests can help buffer communities against the extreme weather events likely to become more frequent with climate change, and are thus a critical element of ecosystem-based adaptation strategies (Locatelli and Pramova 2011). Future agricultural conversion will depend n ...
... erosion control. Importantly, forests can help buffer communities against the extreme weather events likely to become more frequent with climate change, and are thus a critical element of ecosystem-based adaptation strategies (Locatelli and Pramova 2011). Future agricultural conversion will depend n ...
Projections of precipitation, air temperature and potential
... and Semazzi (2004) showed that during the 20 century, the region of eastern Africa has been experienced an intensifying dipole rainfall pattern on the decadal timescale. The dipole is characterized by increasing rainfall over the northern sector and declining amounts over the southern sector. East A ...
... and Semazzi (2004) showed that during the 20 century, the region of eastern Africa has been experienced an intensifying dipole rainfall pattern on the decadal timescale. The dipole is characterized by increasing rainfall over the northern sector and declining amounts over the southern sector. East A ...
Forestry Commission case study
... The Forestry Commission has a huge responsibility. It cares for 827,000 hectares of sustainably-managed woods and forests and plants more than 17 million trees a year. Its mission is: 'to protect and expand Britain”s forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment.' The ...
... The Forestry Commission has a huge responsibility. It cares for 827,000 hectares of sustainably-managed woods and forests and plants more than 17 million trees a year. Its mission is: 'to protect and expand Britain”s forests and woodlands and increase their value to society and the environment.' The ...
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"".