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FAQ 6.1 | Could Rapid Release of Methane and Carbon
... Modelling studies of permafrost dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions indicate a relatively slow positive feedback, on time scales of hundreds of years. Until the year 2100, up to 250 PgC could be released as CO2, and up to 5 Pg as CH4. Given methane’s stronger greenhouse warming potential, that cor ...
... Modelling studies of permafrost dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions indicate a relatively slow positive feedback, on time scales of hundreds of years. Until the year 2100, up to 250 PgC could be released as CO2, and up to 5 Pg as CH4. Given methane’s stronger greenhouse warming potential, that cor ...
14 percent - World Future Council
... pronounced. In the coming decades, rising temperatures are expected to bring cropshrinking heat waves, melting glaciers and ice sheets, and rising sea levels, with major consequences for global food security. There is no doubt that the modern food system is a major part of the global climate and env ...
... pronounced. In the coming decades, rising temperatures are expected to bring cropshrinking heat waves, melting glaciers and ice sheets, and rising sea levels, with major consequences for global food security. There is no doubt that the modern food system is a major part of the global climate and env ...
DISCUSSION PAPER Climate Policy in the United States and
... Because coal is such a cheap and plentiful energy source—not only in the United States, but also in developing countries such as China—finding a way to capture CO2 is almost essential to any long-term climate strategy. Heydlauff summarized the U.S. FutureGen program, which will produce electricity a ...
... Because coal is such a cheap and plentiful energy source—not only in the United States, but also in developing countries such as China—finding a way to capture CO2 is almost essential to any long-term climate strategy. Heydlauff summarized the U.S. FutureGen program, which will produce electricity a ...
aerosols,clouds,and trace gases research infrastructure - ACTRiS-2
... Investment costs for a completely new fully equipped gas/aerosol/cloud supersite can amount up to 20M€, depending on instrumentation and supporting infrastructure. ACTRIS, however, will not start from zero. The European countries have already invested more than 270 M € in ACTRIS type research facil ...
... Investment costs for a completely new fully equipped gas/aerosol/cloud supersite can amount up to 20M€, depending on instrumentation and supporting infrastructure. ACTRIS, however, will not start from zero. The European countries have already invested more than 270 M € in ACTRIS type research facil ...
15 May 2009 SUBMISSION CLIMATE CHANGE AND
... sustainable over the longer term. Further, the principle of family unity should be considered and due regard given to permitting the affected populations to protect their identity as a people, including their language, culture, history and traditions. The early introduction of educational and other ...
... sustainable over the longer term. Further, the principle of family unity should be considered and due regard given to permitting the affected populations to protect their identity as a people, including their language, culture, history and traditions. The early introduction of educational and other ...
Environmental consequences of producing liquid
... Energy for transportation halved, but energy needed for processing With anaerobic digestion, energy is produced ...
... Energy for transportation halved, but energy needed for processing With anaerobic digestion, energy is produced ...
Public Lecture
... principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”. In the Kyoto Protocol, this was interpreted as requiring no specific emission reduction commitments from Developing Countries. At the Copenhagen Conference this was modified in the Accord, which asked non-Annex I countries to make mitigation ...
... principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”. In the Kyoto Protocol, this was interpreted as requiring no specific emission reduction commitments from Developing Countries. At the Copenhagen Conference this was modified in the Accord, which asked non-Annex I countries to make mitigation ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Lee G. Branstetter William A. Pizer
... limit climate change as the preeminent policy challenge of our time. But this effort carries with it special challenges that stem from the intrinsic characteristics of the climate change problem. The majority of GHGs, including carbon dioxide (CO2), persist for a very long time in the atmosphere -- ...
... limit climate change as the preeminent policy challenge of our time. But this effort carries with it special challenges that stem from the intrinsic characteristics of the climate change problem. The majority of GHGs, including carbon dioxide (CO2), persist for a very long time in the atmosphere -- ...
Regional Climate Messages for West Africa
... event occurs and when the ocean surface is cooler than average a La Niña event occurs. The timing between ENSO events varies but typically an El Niño or La Niña occurs once every few years. The relationships between ENSO and the West African climate are fairly weak and any correlations are affected ...
... event occurs and when the ocean surface is cooler than average a La Niña event occurs. The timing between ENSO events varies but typically an El Niño or La Niña occurs once every few years. The relationships between ENSO and the West African climate are fairly weak and any correlations are affected ...
Executive Summary: Impact of Climate Change on the Ecology of
... literature identified a poor knowledge of whether there is an interaction between nutrients and temperature in promoting cyanobacterial blooms. To fill this research gap, three approaches were used. A statistical model is used to identify the main factors driving cyanobacteria development worldwide ...
... literature identified a poor knowledge of whether there is an interaction between nutrients and temperature in promoting cyanobacterial blooms. To fill this research gap, three approaches were used. A statistical model is used to identify the main factors driving cyanobacteria development worldwide ...
stoten2014a
... Themessl et al., 2010; Cane et al., 2013; Heinrich et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014) was applied to various interacting elements of the climate system, that include regional atmospheric processes in complex terrain, snow and ice, vegetation, and hydrology in order to project shifts in water regimes ...
... Themessl et al., 2010; Cane et al., 2013; Heinrich et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014) was applied to various interacting elements of the climate system, that include regional atmospheric processes in complex terrain, snow and ice, vegetation, and hydrology in order to project shifts in water regimes ...
“Imperfect” Information and Incentives in Action
... warming will effect weather patterns – including the frequency, severity, location or damage done by hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, torrential rains or rising sea levels – despite agreement that these outcomes are the inevitable result of warmer oceans and greater levels of humidity. ...
... warming will effect weather patterns – including the frequency, severity, location or damage done by hurricanes, tornadoes, heat waves, torrential rains or rising sea levels – despite agreement that these outcomes are the inevitable result of warmer oceans and greater levels of humidity. ...
Environment Business Australia
... not only a legacy to future generations - the accumulation of those costs and the irrevocability of some land and waterway degradation are decimating our own options. As an example, on the global scale there is much talk about high cost imposts of greenhouse gas abatement and mitigation, yet the mar ...
... not only a legacy to future generations - the accumulation of those costs and the irrevocability of some land and waterway degradation are decimating our own options. As an example, on the global scale there is much talk about high cost imposts of greenhouse gas abatement and mitigation, yet the mar ...
Provisional edition Environmentally induced migration and
... Environmentally induced migration is rarely mono-causal. The cause-consequence relations are increasingly complex and multi-factorial. A growing number of people flee because of multiple causes of discrimination and human rights abuses, environmental degradation, competition for scarce resources and ...
... Environmentally induced migration is rarely mono-causal. The cause-consequence relations are increasingly complex and multi-factorial. A growing number of people flee because of multiple causes of discrimination and human rights abuses, environmental degradation, competition for scarce resources and ...
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... resulted in the Kyoto Protocol, which will come into force after being ratified by at least 55 countries, accounting for 55 percent of developed countries’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (MfE 1999). It is expected that the Protocol will come into effect in early 2003. New Zealand and the EU have rat ...
... resulted in the Kyoto Protocol, which will come into force after being ratified by at least 55 countries, accounting for 55 percent of developed countries’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (MfE 1999). It is expected that the Protocol will come into effect in early 2003. New Zealand and the EU have rat ...
Chapter 5. Brief history of climate: causes and mechanisms
... Since the beginning of Earth’s history, climate has varied on all timescales. Over millions of years, it has swung between very warm conditions, with annual mean temperatures above 10°C in polar regions and glacial climates in which the ice sheets covered the majority of the mid-latitude continents. ...
... Since the beginning of Earth’s history, climate has varied on all timescales. Over millions of years, it has swung between very warm conditions, with annual mean temperatures above 10°C in polar regions and glacial climates in which the ice sheets covered the majority of the mid-latitude continents. ...
Agriculture - Oregon Global Warming Commission
... agricultural crops more efficiently with fewer Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Agriculture has prepared for and adapted to climate changes in the most cost‐effective and sustainable ways. The multifaceted economic, ecological and social benefits of farming and food systems ...
... agricultural crops more efficiently with fewer Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Agriculture has prepared for and adapted to climate changes in the most cost‐effective and sustainable ways. The multifaceted economic, ecological and social benefits of farming and food systems ...
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... Algeria’s First National Communication to the UNFCCC was submitted in 2001, and it highlights particular concerns regarding chronic drought and insufficient water resources. Such environmental difficulties have substantial implications for the ability of Algeria to maintain its agriculture industry, ...
... Algeria’s First National Communication to the UNFCCC was submitted in 2001, and it highlights particular concerns regarding chronic drought and insufficient water resources. Such environmental difficulties have substantial implications for the ability of Algeria to maintain its agriculture industry, ...
The rise and rise of fluorinated greenhouse gases - Öko
... HFCs are chlorine-free substitutes developed by the chemicals industry to replace ozonedepleting CFCs and HCFCs. These are hydrocarbons with fluorine (F) in the molecule. While CFCs/HCFCs contribute both to the destruction of the ozone layer and to global warming, HFCs are only a threat to the clima ...
... HFCs are chlorine-free substitutes developed by the chemicals industry to replace ozonedepleting CFCs and HCFCs. These are hydrocarbons with fluorine (F) in the molecule. While CFCs/HCFCs contribute both to the destruction of the ozone layer and to global warming, HFCs are only a threat to the clima ...
Addressing the assumption of stationarityin statistical bias correction
... remain unchanged in time." (l. 27-29) and further state that they would develop "a method to overcome the assumption of stationarity and its drawbacks". (l. 30-31) These statements are mirrored multiple times in the manuscript. However, the authors’ method does NOT address the issue of biases that a ...
... remain unchanged in time." (l. 27-29) and further state that they would develop "a method to overcome the assumption of stationarity and its drawbacks". (l. 30-31) These statements are mirrored multiple times in the manuscript. However, the authors’ method does NOT address the issue of biases that a ...
Slides with background notes
... taking prompt action. It is vital that all nations identify cost-effective steps that they can take now, to contribute to substantial and long-term reduction in net global greenhouse gas emissions.” American Meteorological Society: “Despite the uncertainties noted above, there is adequate evidence ...
... taking prompt action. It is vital that all nations identify cost-effective steps that they can take now, to contribute to substantial and long-term reduction in net global greenhouse gas emissions.” American Meteorological Society: “Despite the uncertainties noted above, there is adequate evidence ...
Assessing the Crop Growing Period According to the Climate Change
... To conduct this study, we used daily precipitation data, and the maximum and minimum temperatures, of eleven weather stations located inside (6 stations) and outside (5 stations) the study area (Figure 1). These data derive from a database of climate forecasts available on the Spanish State Meteorol ...
... To conduct this study, we used daily precipitation data, and the maximum and minimum temperatures, of eleven weather stations located inside (6 stations) and outside (5 stations) the study area (Figure 1). These data derive from a database of climate forecasts available on the Spanish State Meteorol ...
IEA World Energy Outlook Special Briefing for COP21
... still hold true. The five measures are: improving energy efficiency in the industry, buildings and transport sectors; phasing out the use of the least-efficient coal-fired power plants; further boosting investment in renewables-based power generation technologies (to $400 billion in 2030); gradually ...
... still hold true. The five measures are: improving energy efficiency in the industry, buildings and transport sectors; phasing out the use of the least-efficient coal-fired power plants; further boosting investment in renewables-based power generation technologies (to $400 billion in 2030); gradually ...
Feb. 2008-City Traffic System –Karim Soliman
... awareness. • Start a wide awareness based on well trusted educational materials to teach people traffic rules. • GEF Conference – Stand up with our deep interest to improve our situation “remember 2010”. • Spread the message everywhere because people are already in need for a solution – The success ...
... awareness. • Start a wide awareness based on well trusted educational materials to teach people traffic rules. • GEF Conference – Stand up with our deep interest to improve our situation “remember 2010”. • Spread the message everywhere because people are already in need for a solution – The success ...
BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic
... • Land‐Sea biogeochemical feedbacks in the Baltic Sea region • Natural hazards and regional variability of water and energy exchanges • Understanding sea level dynamics • General topics ...
... • Land‐Sea biogeochemical feedbacks in the Baltic Sea region • Natural hazards and regional variability of water and energy exchanges • Understanding sea level dynamics • General topics ...
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"".