Keeling Curve (Mauna Loa)
... ~2000 climate scientists from around the world • They issue reports on climate change every 67 years • The 2013 report is the 5th such assessment • We update our textbook following each such report ...
... ~2000 climate scientists from around the world • They issue reports on climate change every 67 years • The 2013 report is the 5th such assessment • We update our textbook following each such report ...
Change of Director
... post. My priorities will be to ensure that the School gets back on an even keel. We must concentrate on ensuring that students continue to get the first-rate teaching they deserve, staff continue to produce internationally recognised research, and our preparations for the Research Excellence Framewo ...
... post. My priorities will be to ensure that the School gets back on an even keel. We must concentrate on ensuring that students continue to get the first-rate teaching they deserve, staff continue to produce internationally recognised research, and our preparations for the Research Excellence Framewo ...
COP 17 article
... South Africa ranked among the top 20 emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) worldwide in 2008, accounting for nearly a quarter of emissions in sub-Saharan Africa. Half of the country’s emissions are due to its electricity production. This year, South Africa will host the 17th Conference Of the Parties o ...
... South Africa ranked among the top 20 emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) worldwide in 2008, accounting for nearly a quarter of emissions in sub-Saharan Africa. Half of the country’s emissions are due to its electricity production. This year, South Africa will host the 17th Conference Of the Parties o ...
The risk of higher oil prices
... invested in staff training and modern equipment but in some cases there are structural, regulatory or technological hurdles that make it very hard to push for environmentally friendly options. Carbon offsetting has been taken up by a number of businesses but as one manager commented it would be the ...
... invested in staff training and modern equipment but in some cases there are structural, regulatory or technological hurdles that make it very hard to push for environmentally friendly options. Carbon offsetting has been taken up by a number of businesses but as one manager commented it would be the ...
Geoengineering: An Introduction to the Possibilities
... • If the present CO2e concentration of 375 ppm, including the aerosol offset, is causing severe impacts in some regions and has apparently started the deterioration of the southern section of the Greenland Ice Sheet, with consequent large sea level rise; • If cutting emissions will eliminate the aer ...
... • If the present CO2e concentration of 375 ppm, including the aerosol offset, is causing severe impacts in some regions and has apparently started the deterioration of the southern section of the Greenland Ice Sheet, with consequent large sea level rise; • If cutting emissions will eliminate the aer ...
High Seas Fisheries Governance: Prospects and Challenges
... More than 40% of oceans already strongly affected by humans. Halpern et al., Science, 2008 ...
... More than 40% of oceans already strongly affected by humans. Halpern et al., Science, 2008 ...
Funding for Adaptation as of November 2006
... Adaptation Plans for Action (NAPAs) • Total funds pledged: approx 100 Million Dollars • Procedures for applying for project funding agreed • Countries can apply for funding priority projects (identified in their completed NAPAs) ...
... Adaptation Plans for Action (NAPAs) • Total funds pledged: approx 100 Million Dollars • Procedures for applying for project funding agreed • Countries can apply for funding priority projects (identified in their completed NAPAs) ...
REQUEST FOR THE EXPRETION OF INTEREST FROM THE
... The unsustainable use and alteration of the KVLS is being compounded and will be further exacerbated by the effects of climate change, in several ways. Firstly, recent climate change models predict an increase in air and sea surface temperature, which will lead to increased evaporation. In addition ...
... The unsustainable use and alteration of the KVLS is being compounded and will be further exacerbated by the effects of climate change, in several ways. Firstly, recent climate change models predict an increase in air and sea surface temperature, which will lead to increased evaporation. In addition ...
Proxy Climate Data - University of Texas at Austin
... Proxy Records of Climate • Recent times: instrumental • More recent times: historical, tree rings, ice cores • Proxies for more ancient climates are found in sediments or inferred from fossils and land forms • Can generally only resolve changes that occur over 100 years or greater ...
... Proxy Records of Climate • Recent times: instrumental • More recent times: historical, tree rings, ice cores • Proxies for more ancient climates are found in sediments or inferred from fossils and land forms • Can generally only resolve changes that occur over 100 years or greater ...
Trainers of Trainers Modules
... The Conservation Farming ripper, along with a specially designed yoke and skye can be used by oxen to accurately mark the distance between the Conservation Farming rip lines. The ripper attachment is manufactured locally and fits on local beams. Conservation Yoke and Skye Making Conservation Farmi ...
... The Conservation Farming ripper, along with a specially designed yoke and skye can be used by oxen to accurately mark the distance between the Conservation Farming rip lines. The ripper attachment is manufactured locally and fits on local beams. Conservation Yoke and Skye Making Conservation Farmi ...
Uncertainty and Discounting
... “Discounting the benefits of climate change mitigation: How much do uncertain rates increase valuation”, PEW center, valuation PEW center Economics technical series. Spring 09 – UC Berkeley – Traeger ...
... “Discounting the benefits of climate change mitigation: How much do uncertain rates increase valuation”, PEW center, valuation PEW center Economics technical series. Spring 09 – UC Berkeley – Traeger ...
Slide 0 - Applied Economics
... TRADEOFFS exist: the most financially viable use of land often favors increasing development, leading to loss of habitat for native species, valuable soil carbon and an estimated 35 M tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually in the U.S. Climate Trust is currently collaborating with Ducks Unlimited ...
... TRADEOFFS exist: the most financially viable use of land often favors increasing development, leading to loss of habitat for native species, valuable soil carbon and an estimated 35 M tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually in the U.S. Climate Trust is currently collaborating with Ducks Unlimited ...
Is Trump Right or Wrong to Withdraw from the Paris
... In the end, the question that political leaders should focus on is not one of single economic metrics, but national and international utility. Since the U.S. is the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, it only makes sense for the U.S. to take the lead role in tackling climate chan ...
... In the end, the question that political leaders should focus on is not one of single economic metrics, but national and international utility. Since the U.S. is the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, it only makes sense for the U.S. to take the lead role in tackling climate chan ...
energy transition
... tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) before passing critical thresholds. We have already discovered enough fossil fuel reserves to emit 2,795 billion tonnes of CO2 – nearly 5 times what we can safely burn. Yet we are still looking for more. If we are serious about addressing climate change and decide to k ...
... tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) before passing critical thresholds. We have already discovered enough fossil fuel reserves to emit 2,795 billion tonnes of CO2 – nearly 5 times what we can safely burn. Yet we are still looking for more. If we are serious about addressing climate change and decide to k ...
Controlling_Climate_..
... 0-20 US$/tCO2, and 20-100 US$/tCO2. For the industrial, forestry, and energy suppy sectors, the potential is split into two categories: at costs below 20 US$/tCO2 and at 20-100 US$/tCO2. ...
... 0-20 US$/tCO2, and 20-100 US$/tCO2. For the industrial, forestry, and energy suppy sectors, the potential is split into two categories: at costs below 20 US$/tCO2 and at 20-100 US$/tCO2. ...
Divestment Overture to General Assembly 2014
... temperature 0.8°C, causing far more damage, in the forms of extreme weather events, drought, flood, and sea level rise, than most scientists had expected. Computer models show that even if we stopped increasing CO2 levels now, the temperature would continue to rise another 0.8°C, bringing the planet ...
... temperature 0.8°C, causing far more damage, in the forms of extreme weather events, drought, flood, and sea level rise, than most scientists had expected. Computer models show that even if we stopped increasing CO2 levels now, the temperature would continue to rise another 0.8°C, bringing the planet ...
CGE Hands on training Workshop on Vulnerability and
... -Index of water Availability (IWA) -Index of scarcity of water Classification of the availability of water ...
... -Index of water Availability (IWA) -Index of scarcity of water Classification of the availability of water ...
No Slide Title
... Solar energy penetrates the atmosphere and warms the Earth’s surface. Deep convection towers are constantly distributing energy from the surface through the atmosphere. The atmosphere radiates energy to space ...
... Solar energy penetrates the atmosphere and warms the Earth’s surface. Deep convection towers are constantly distributing energy from the surface through the atmosphere. The atmosphere radiates energy to space ...
clouds, aerosols, climate
... Clouds and aerosols are critical and strongly interconnected components of the climate system in polar and high altitude regions. As these regions undergo rapid change, with warming temperatures, melting sea ice, surface albedo reduction, and shifts in large scale atmospheric dynamics, the formation ...
... Clouds and aerosols are critical and strongly interconnected components of the climate system in polar and high altitude regions. As these regions undergo rapid change, with warming temperatures, melting sea ice, surface albedo reduction, and shifts in large scale atmospheric dynamics, the formation ...
Disappearing evidence
... Looking southeast over Kibo (5,895m) and Mawenzi (5,149m) Peaks of the Kilimanjaro massif. The Northern Icefield is the ice body in the foreground, draped over the crater rim, and the Western Breach is just to the right. When Hans Meyer first climbed Kibo in 1889 the crater rim was nearly encircled ...
... Looking southeast over Kibo (5,895m) and Mawenzi (5,149m) Peaks of the Kilimanjaro massif. The Northern Icefield is the ice body in the foreground, draped over the crater rim, and the Western Breach is just to the right. When Hans Meyer first climbed Kibo in 1889 the crater rim was nearly encircled ...
PDF
... the Umweltbundesamt, 2006). This scenario assumes a world with high economic growth and a population growth until mid-century as well as a balanced use of fossil and non-fossil energy sources. In addition, a larger variability of the weather events can be expected: storms and extreme summer droughts ...
... the Umweltbundesamt, 2006). This scenario assumes a world with high economic growth and a population growth until mid-century as well as a balanced use of fossil and non-fossil energy sources. In addition, a larger variability of the weather events can be expected: storms and extreme summer droughts ...
Extending ozone treaty would support GHG
... scientists in a recent analysis. HFCs are currently part of the Kyoto Protocol as greenhouse gases, but this protection will end with the expiry of Kyoto commitments this year. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, was a global agreement to stop using ozone-depleting chemicals, prima ...
... scientists in a recent analysis. HFCs are currently part of the Kyoto Protocol as greenhouse gases, but this protection will end with the expiry of Kyoto commitments this year. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, was a global agreement to stop using ozone-depleting chemicals, prima ...
Points to Make for Spain
... In fact, we could do much more of benefit to people now instead of wasting money on huge bureaucracies designed around a “price for carbon.” We could eradicate malaria, bring safe drinking water to Africa, severely reduce the effects of famine and protect against sea-level rise. If we aren’t willing ...
... In fact, we could do much more of benefit to people now instead of wasting money on huge bureaucracies designed around a “price for carbon.” We could eradicate malaria, bring safe drinking water to Africa, severely reduce the effects of famine and protect against sea-level rise. If we aren’t willing ...
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"".