Assessing the Future Vulnerability of Wyoming`s
... 2013). In addition to fossil fuels, Wyoming is 8th in the US for wind resources and had 957 turbines amounting to 1415 megawatts of installed capacity in 2012 (US Energy Information Administration 2013). Many studies examining the link between energy development and wildlife populations and habitat ...
... 2013). In addition to fossil fuels, Wyoming is 8th in the US for wind resources and had 957 turbines amounting to 1415 megawatts of installed capacity in 2012 (US Energy Information Administration 2013). Many studies examining the link between energy development and wildlife populations and habitat ...
Cows, Congress, and Climate Change
... increases in hurricanes and other severe weather events.35 “Natural disasters, droughts, and other changes brought about by global warming ‘are likely to become a major driver of war and conflict.’ . . . Global temperature shifts may also hasten the speed at which infectious diseases emerge and reem ...
... increases in hurricanes and other severe weather events.35 “Natural disasters, droughts, and other changes brought about by global warming ‘are likely to become a major driver of war and conflict.’ . . . Global temperature shifts may also hasten the speed at which infectious diseases emerge and reem ...
Global Carbon Pricing - Carbon
... agreement. Parties will remain self-interested, but their objectives can be realigned with the public good. This insight appears to have been understood, at least intuitively, by negotiators of the Kyoto Protocol, but, due to repeated, unnecessary failures, it has been lost. To explain this insight, ...
... agreement. Parties will remain self-interested, but their objectives can be realigned with the public good. This insight appears to have been understood, at least intuitively, by negotiators of the Kyoto Protocol, but, due to repeated, unnecessary failures, it has been lost. To explain this insight, ...
Selling Sustainability
... in meeting the climate challenge Climate change is a major threat to human society There is an overwhelming international scientific consensus that increasing levels of man-made greenhouse gases – most prominently, carbon dioxide (CO2) – are leading to global climate change, and that the possible co ...
... in meeting the climate challenge Climate change is a major threat to human society There is an overwhelming international scientific consensus that increasing levels of man-made greenhouse gases – most prominently, carbon dioxide (CO2) – are leading to global climate change, and that the possible co ...
Investigating the response of subtropical forests to environmental
... Global mean surface temperature has increased since the 19th century, with the first decade of the 21st century being the warmest on record. Global mean surface temperature increased by 0.85°C from 1880 to 2012 and there is evidence that warming has occurred worldwide (IPCC, 2013). Heatwaves have be ...
... Global mean surface temperature has increased since the 19th century, with the first decade of the 21st century being the warmest on record. Global mean surface temperature increased by 0.85°C from 1880 to 2012 and there is evidence that warming has occurred worldwide (IPCC, 2013). Heatwaves have be ...
Glacier volume response time and its links to climate
... the scale of the ablation along its terminus” in the words of Jóhannesson et al. (1989a). Paterson (1994, p. 320) applies Eq. (1) to estimate response times for three classes of glacier: glaciers in temperate maritime climate, ice caps in arctic Canada and for the Greenland ice sheet. The resulting ...
... the scale of the ablation along its terminus” in the words of Jóhannesson et al. (1989a). Paterson (1994, p. 320) applies Eq. (1) to estimate response times for three classes of glacier: glaciers in temperate maritime climate, ice caps in arctic Canada and for the Greenland ice sheet. The resulting ...
GCF Project Toolkit 2017 - Acclimatise
... Investment criteria: six investment criteria adopted by the Board, namely impact potential, paradigm shift potential, sustainable development potential, needs of the recipient, country ownership and efficiency and effectiveness. There are coverage areas, activity-specific subcriteria, and indicative ...
... Investment criteria: six investment criteria adopted by the Board, namely impact potential, paradigm shift potential, sustainable development potential, needs of the recipient, country ownership and efficiency and effectiveness. There are coverage areas, activity-specific subcriteria, and indicative ...
Cows, Congress, and Climate Change
... Global climate change threatens to end life, as we know it, with the impacts falling most heavily on the poor and inhabitants of the global south, and jeopardizes global stability. The well-known impacts of global climate change include: retreating glaciers, rising sea levels, thawing tundra, and in ...
... Global climate change threatens to end life, as we know it, with the impacts falling most heavily on the poor and inhabitants of the global south, and jeopardizes global stability. The well-known impacts of global climate change include: retreating glaciers, rising sea levels, thawing tundra, and in ...
Climate change impacts on the flow regimes of rivers in
... migration of the intertropical convergence zone to produce a particularly strong seasonality of precipitation in much of Asia and Africa called the monsoon. The intertropical convergence zone is the belt of high precipitation where warm easterly winds from both hemispheres carrying large amounts of ...
... migration of the intertropical convergence zone to produce a particularly strong seasonality of precipitation in much of Asia and Africa called the monsoon. The intertropical convergence zone is the belt of high precipitation where warm easterly winds from both hemispheres carrying large amounts of ...
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... SPREP’s history, it has also been an important period for the Pacific region. It will be remembered as the year the Pacific made clear to the world that addressing climate change is an urgent and critical priority, and it culminated in the world coming together to endorse the Sustainable Development ...
... SPREP’s history, it has also been an important period for the Pacific region. It will be remembered as the year the Pacific made clear to the world that addressing climate change is an urgent and critical priority, and it culminated in the world coming together to endorse the Sustainable Development ...
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... Coupled with this has been an increase in the rate of glacial retreat, with glaciers on the northeast of the island retreating faster than those on the southwest side. These asymmetrical changes are thought to be linked with the föhn warming process. To explore the link between föhn and the regional ...
... Coupled with this has been an increase in the rate of glacial retreat, with glaciers on the northeast of the island retreating faster than those on the southwest side. These asymmetrical changes are thought to be linked with the föhn warming process. To explore the link between föhn and the regional ...
Venice and climate change
... Presentation objective To examine how there is reality to climate change in Venice, yet myths too. Deconstructing these myths reveals that climate change is not the principal problem in Venice. Dominic Standish ...
... Presentation objective To examine how there is reality to climate change in Venice, yet myths too. Deconstructing these myths reveals that climate change is not the principal problem in Venice. Dominic Standish ...
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... Review leads to a simple conclusion: the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting. Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world – access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Hundreds of millions of peopl ...
... Review leads to a simple conclusion: the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting. Climate change will affect the basic elements of life for people around the world – access to water, food production, health, and the environment. Hundreds of millions of peopl ...
Climate Change of the Arctic and Antarctica.
... decreased by as much as 18 percent in certain areas over nearly two decades, providing new insights on how the Antarctic ice sheet is responding to climate change. ...
... decreased by as much as 18 percent in certain areas over nearly two decades, providing new insights on how the Antarctic ice sheet is responding to climate change. ...
fire suppress
... pine (LLP) forests currently managed with fire are concentrated in protected natural areas that tend to coincide with designated habitat for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, one of many federally endangered species dependent on LLP forests. While single-species management has proven highly successful fo ...
... pine (LLP) forests currently managed with fire are concentrated in protected natural areas that tend to coincide with designated habitat for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker, one of many federally endangered species dependent on LLP forests. While single-species management has proven highly successful fo ...
Modelling Climate Variability and Climate Change and Their
... Junior for having endured an absentee daddy for all the time I was away in pursuit of this PhD. ...
... Junior for having endured an absentee daddy for all the time I was away in pursuit of this PhD. ...
Potential for Abrupt Changes in Atmospheric Methane
... only. The gross production of methane is very likely to be significantly larger, but substantial quantities of methane are consumed in soils, oxic freshwater, and the ocean before reaching the atmosphere (Reeburgh, 2004). (The soil sink in Table 5.1 refers only to removal of atmospheric methane by o ...
... only. The gross production of methane is very likely to be significantly larger, but substantial quantities of methane are consumed in soils, oxic freshwater, and the ocean before reaching the atmosphere (Reeburgh, 2004). (The soil sink in Table 5.1 refers only to removal of atmospheric methane by o ...
the transcript of the APS climate change statement review workshop
... agenda [next page] you have seen in outline ...
... agenda [next page] you have seen in outline ...
Bramble Cay melomys is likely the first mammal claimed
... Bramble Cay is also the largest nesting site of green turtles in the Torres Strait and supports the only large seabird colony in the region.” [emphasis mine –kh] As for the mention of the seabird colony, Latch (2008) records that “Capture success [of BCM, population surveys by live trapping] recorde ...
... Bramble Cay is also the largest nesting site of green turtles in the Torres Strait and supports the only large seabird colony in the region.” [emphasis mine –kh] As for the mention of the seabird colony, Latch (2008) records that “Capture success [of BCM, population surveys by live trapping] recorde ...
terminus behavior and response time of north cascade, washington
... 1950s, after 30 years of rapid retreat. This change was reflected in the mass balance of North Cascade glaciers. A Runoff-Precipitation model constructed for South Cascade Glacier (Tangborn, 1980) yielded a mean annual balance of –1.15 m/a from 1924-1944, compared to –0.15 m/a from 1945-1976. Approx ...
... 1950s, after 30 years of rapid retreat. This change was reflected in the mass balance of North Cascade glaciers. A Runoff-Precipitation model constructed for South Cascade Glacier (Tangborn, 1980) yielded a mean annual balance of –1.15 m/a from 1924-1944, compared to –0.15 m/a from 1945-1976. Approx ...
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... as role models for their surrounding communities and in educating the people who will develop the social, economic, and technological solutions to address global warming and help create a ...
... as role models for their surrounding communities and in educating the people who will develop the social, economic, and technological solutions to address global warming and help create a ...
Changes in Sea Level
... • The mass of the ocean, and thus sea level, changes as water is exchanged with glaciers and ice caps. Observational and modelling studies of glaciers and ice caps indicate a contribution to sea level rise of 0.2 to 0.4 mm/yr averaged over the 20th century. • Climate changes during the 20th century ...
... • The mass of the ocean, and thus sea level, changes as water is exchanged with glaciers and ice caps. Observational and modelling studies of glaciers and ice caps indicate a contribution to sea level rise of 0.2 to 0.4 mm/yr averaged over the 20th century. • Climate changes during the 20th century ...
Fossil fuel subsidies and climate
... international efforts to avert dangerous climate change and represent a drain on national budgets. They also fail in one of their core objectives: to benefit the poorest. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would create a winwin scenario. It would eliminate the perverse incentives that drive up carbon ...
... international efforts to avert dangerous climate change and represent a drain on national budgets. They also fail in one of their core objectives: to benefit the poorest. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would create a winwin scenario. It would eliminate the perverse incentives that drive up carbon ...
Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
Effects of global warming on humans
Climate change has brought about possibly permanent alterations to our planet’s geological, biological and ecological systems. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contended in 2003 that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities”. These changes have led to the emergence of large-scale environmental hazards to human health, such as extreme weather, ozone depletion, increased danger of wildland fires, loss of biodiversity, stresses to food-producing systems and the global spread of infectious diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 160,000 deaths, since 1950, are directly attributable to climate change. Many believe this to be a conservative estimate.To date, a neglected aspect of the climate change debate, much less research has been conducted on the impacts of climate change on health, food supply, economic growth, migration, security, societal change, and public goods, such as drinking water, than on the geophysical changes related to global warming. Human impacts can be both negative and positive. Climatic changes in Siberia, for instance, are expected to improve food production and local economic activity, at least in the short to medium term. Numerous studies suggest, however, that the current and future impacts of climate change on human society are and will continue to be overwhelmingly negative.The majority of the adverse effects of climate change are experienced by poor and low-income communities around the world, who have much higher levels of vulnerability to environmental determinants of health, wealth and other factors, and much lower levels of capacity available for coping with environmental change. A report on the global human impact of climate change published by the Global Humanitarian Forum in 2009, estimated more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, and indicating that most climate change induced mortality is due to worsening floods and droughts in developing countries. This also raises questions of climate justice, since the 50 least developed countries of the world account for not more than 1% of worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases.