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NRDC: Losing Ground: Western National Parks Endangered by
... the American people is at risk from an unprecedented threat: global warming. A climate disrupted by human activities poses such sweeping threats to the scenery, natural and cultural resources, and wildlife of the West’s national parks that it dwarfs all previous risks to these American treasures. Ma ...
... the American people is at risk from an unprecedented threat: global warming. A climate disrupted by human activities poses such sweeping threats to the scenery, natural and cultural resources, and wildlife of the West’s national parks that it dwarfs all previous risks to these American treasures. Ma ...
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... address the major conservation challenges of our day, the chapter has established two‐year fellowship opportunities for leading conservation scientists to join its diverse team of ~30 applied conservation scientists and climate policy experts, and help provide the science foundations to advance it ...
... address the major conservation challenges of our day, the chapter has established two‐year fellowship opportunities for leading conservation scientists to join its diverse team of ~30 applied conservation scientists and climate policy experts, and help provide the science foundations to advance it ...
Earth Radiation Management
... •Bio-energy with carbon capture and sequestration. Growing biomass, burning it to create energy and capturing and sequestering the carbon dioxide created in the process. •Ambient Air Capture. Building large machines that can remove carbon dioxide directly f rom ambient air and store it elsewhere. •O ...
... •Bio-energy with carbon capture and sequestration. Growing biomass, burning it to create energy and capturing and sequestering the carbon dioxide created in the process. •Ambient Air Capture. Building large machines that can remove carbon dioxide directly f rom ambient air and store it elsewhere. •O ...
call for papers - Green Growth Knowledge Platform
... Infrastructure—understood to include water supply and sanitation, flood protection, roads and transport, energy and telecommunications—has major implications for a variety of development outcomes, at the household level (health, education and social mobility), at the firm level (productivity, indust ...
... Infrastructure—understood to include water supply and sanitation, flood protection, roads and transport, energy and telecommunications—has major implications for a variety of development outcomes, at the household level (health, education and social mobility), at the firm level (productivity, indust ...
Uncertainty in Climate Predictions
... scales on the order of minutes but produce realistic simulations of the Earths climate when variables, such as surface temperature or rainfall, are averaged over 20 to 30 years. Typically a state-of-the-art climate model when run on a super computer can simulate several “model” years for each “wall ...
... scales on the order of minutes but produce realistic simulations of the Earths climate when variables, such as surface temperature or rainfall, are averaged over 20 to 30 years. Typically a state-of-the-art climate model when run on a super computer can simulate several “model” years for each “wall ...
Strengthening Climate Justice Initiatives: Focus on
... Why Climate Justice Is Needed • The changes in weather have now increasing severe impact on habitat. Its aberrations are increasing. • As mentioned earlier farming has become very risky business. • Despite very many schemes and statutes all above there are people who get left-out .These are same po ...
... Why Climate Justice Is Needed • The changes in weather have now increasing severe impact on habitat. Its aberrations are increasing. • As mentioned earlier farming has become very risky business. • Despite very many schemes and statutes all above there are people who get left-out .These are same po ...
Climate Change Mitigation and The Kyoto Protocol
... the Netherlands, to take key decisions on the convention and the protocol. Talks break down.. ...
... the Netherlands, to take key decisions on the convention and the protocol. Talks break down.. ...
powerpoint file
... • Also air pollutants exert climate impacts • Radiative forcing (RF) of ozone and PM are different in space and time from that of GHGs • Sulphates, nitrates and organic carbon have cooling effect and can reduce precipitation • Black carbon has positive forcing • Ozone has strong positive RF, better ...
... • Also air pollutants exert climate impacts • Radiative forcing (RF) of ozone and PM are different in space and time from that of GHGs • Sulphates, nitrates and organic carbon have cooling effect and can reduce precipitation • Black carbon has positive forcing • Ozone has strong positive RF, better ...
Deforestation for palm oil
... So biofuels either directly or indirectly cause land clearing, which releases carbon to the atmosphere and contributes to global warming. This is the biofuel carbon debt.” Peat expert Professor Siegert of Munich University commenting on palm oil power plants in Germany: "We were able to prove that t ...
... So biofuels either directly or indirectly cause land clearing, which releases carbon to the atmosphere and contributes to global warming. This is the biofuel carbon debt.” Peat expert Professor Siegert of Munich University commenting on palm oil power plants in Germany: "We were able to prove that t ...
Farming and Land Use to Cool the Planet
... Nations, and has increased its forest cover from 21 percent in 1986, to 51percent in 2006. That is a difference of 30%. There are Markets that make payments for these efforts to the governments, and the governments spend billions of dollars yearly on subsidy payments to farmers. The United States, E ...
... Nations, and has increased its forest cover from 21 percent in 1986, to 51percent in 2006. That is a difference of 30%. There are Markets that make payments for these efforts to the governments, and the governments spend billions of dollars yearly on subsidy payments to farmers. The United States, E ...
Lesson - nottspgcegeog
... David Milligan Fantastic Geographies – Melting Ice Rationale: Climate change is prevalent in much of today’s media. The media focuses on the causes of climate change and the direct effects through sea level rise. However we rarely hear about the melting Cryosphere as a whole and the impacts this wil ...
... David Milligan Fantastic Geographies – Melting Ice Rationale: Climate change is prevalent in much of today’s media. The media focuses on the causes of climate change and the direct effects through sea level rise. However we rarely hear about the melting Cryosphere as a whole and the impacts this wil ...
Living shorelines as a tool to mitigate Sea level rise
... -Land use and landform transformation according to the variations and changes that are going to happen like water transformation. -The continuous increase of human activities in the coastal zone has led to severe problems of pollution due to dumping of industrial, agricultural, and domestic wastewat ...
... -Land use and landform transformation according to the variations and changes that are going to happen like water transformation. -The continuous increase of human activities in the coastal zone has led to severe problems of pollution due to dumping of industrial, agricultural, and domestic wastewat ...
Summary Slide
... Conference of Parties: Main governing and decision-making body, facilitate information exchange and activities implemented jointly (AIJ). Meetings are held every year. COP-7 held in Nov 2001, in Morocco Secretariat: serves bodies of both the UNFCCC and KP, provides implementation assistance to parti ...
... Conference of Parties: Main governing and decision-making body, facilitate information exchange and activities implemented jointly (AIJ). Meetings are held every year. COP-7 held in Nov 2001, in Morocco Secretariat: serves bodies of both the UNFCCC and KP, provides implementation assistance to parti ...
Document
... THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE: REACHING THE 2ºC OBJECTIVE Strong scientific evidence shows that urgent action to tackle climate change is imperative. Recent studies, such as the Stern review, reaffirm the enormous costs of failure to act. These costs are economic, but also social and environmental and will ...
... THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE: REACHING THE 2ºC OBJECTIVE Strong scientific evidence shows that urgent action to tackle climate change is imperative. Recent studies, such as the Stern review, reaffirm the enormous costs of failure to act. These costs are economic, but also social and environmental and will ...
Making Choices: Ethics and Vegetarianism
... vegetarians, past and present. Many “health vegetarians,” for example, claim they have no ethical reason for their diet. Environmentalist vegetarians concerned chiefly with climate change find animal rights activists too idealistic. Vegans criticize vegetarians for their lack of commitment. But to f ...
... vegetarians, past and present. Many “health vegetarians,” for example, claim they have no ethical reason for their diet. Environmentalist vegetarians concerned chiefly with climate change find animal rights activists too idealistic. Vegans criticize vegetarians for their lack of commitment. But to f ...
Future Sea Level Rise Sources
... which depends on the various sources and sinks of the various gases, 3. the effect of the changed concentrations on the radiative forcing of the atmosphere, 4. the effect of this forcing on the climate, in particular on temperature and snowfall, 5. the rate of heat penetration into the ocean, which ...
... which depends on the various sources and sinks of the various gases, 3. the effect of the changed concentrations on the radiative forcing of the atmosphere, 4. the effect of this forcing on the climate, in particular on temperature and snowfall, 5. the rate of heat penetration into the ocean, which ...
Thoughts on climate research and policy
... The climate issue requires both scientific analysis and political decision-making. Perceiving climatic impacts, possibilities and necessities through the lens of political interests will hardly achieve long-term success. Quite to the contrary, a dispassionate scientific analysis is needed to present t ...
... The climate issue requires both scientific analysis and political decision-making. Perceiving climatic impacts, possibilities and necessities through the lens of political interests will hardly achieve long-term success. Quite to the contrary, a dispassionate scientific analysis is needed to present t ...
19. Atmosphere and climate change
... Rapid economic growth and changing production pattern in the region are causing heightened levels of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions Emissions scenarios leading to greenhouse gases (GHG) concentrations in 2100 of about 450 ppm CO2 equivalent or lower are likely to maintain global warming ...
... Rapid economic growth and changing production pattern in the region are causing heightened levels of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions Emissions scenarios leading to greenhouse gases (GHG) concentrations in 2100 of about 450 ppm CO2 equivalent or lower are likely to maintain global warming ...
L18
... • A recent statement signed by 256 members of US National Academy of Science (Science, 5/7/10) – There is always uncertainty associated with science, science never absolutely proves anything – Taking no action on climate change poses a dangerous risk for our planet ...
... • A recent statement signed by 256 members of US National Academy of Science (Science, 5/7/10) – There is always uncertainty associated with science, science never absolutely proves anything – Taking no action on climate change poses a dangerous risk for our planet ...
Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations
... four years, and concluded that the majority should not be considered for assistance. According to the study, they are projects that would have been built regardless and between one and two thirds of all the total CDM offsets, do not represent actual emission cuts (Vidal, 2008). Rather than investing ...
... four years, and concluded that the majority should not be considered for assistance. According to the study, they are projects that would have been built regardless and between one and two thirds of all the total CDM offsets, do not represent actual emission cuts (Vidal, 2008). Rather than investing ...
Increasing Variability of River Discharge in Northern Canada
... One of the most notable manifestations of global warming is its impact on snow, ice and glaciers. The cryosphere, defined as the portion of the earth system where water, soils, and other natural materials occur in the frozen form, is a prominent indicator and integrator of climate change as a contra ...
... One of the most notable manifestations of global warming is its impact on snow, ice and glaciers. The cryosphere, defined as the portion of the earth system where water, soils, and other natural materials occur in the frozen form, is a prominent indicator and integrator of climate change as a contra ...
Addressing the Disparity between Climate Models and
... • 1. No rise is shown from 1700 to 1880 – contrary to many published data • 2. What physical event might cause a sudden acceleration at 1880? http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/11/06/making-hay-of-sea-level-riseestimates/ • 3. What might cause an acceleration at ~1990? Satellite data incorrect? http:// ...
... • 1. No rise is shown from 1700 to 1880 – contrary to many published data • 2. What physical event might cause a sudden acceleration at 1880? http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/11/06/making-hay-of-sea-level-riseestimates/ • 3. What might cause an acceleration at ~1990? Satellite data incorrect? http:// ...
Green Economy Initiatives on Agriculture
... The transition to a green economy is fundamental for addressing the social, environmental, and economic pillars of sustainable development. As a sector, agriculture is essential to the green economy. With a predicted 9 billion people by 2050, agricultural production will have to increase to meet ne ...
... The transition to a green economy is fundamental for addressing the social, environmental, and economic pillars of sustainable development. As a sector, agriculture is essential to the green economy. With a predicted 9 billion people by 2050, agricultural production will have to increase to meet ne ...
Shareholder Proposal to Emerson Electric Calls for Setting
... Electric, on the other hand, has not set any goals. While the company reports its GHG emissions to CDP, it received the third lowest CDP disclosure score in the industrials sector peer group. It is also notable that several companies in the industrials sector peer group with lower overall Scope 1 ...
... Electric, on the other hand, has not set any goals. While the company reports its GHG emissions to CDP, it received the third lowest CDP disclosure score in the industrials sector peer group. It is also notable that several companies in the industrials sector peer group with lower overall Scope 1 ...
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"".