Challenges for the Baltic Sea region
... • WE HAVE about 2,850 days, or 97 months, to save the planet. That is when, according to "doomsday climate experts", we will go beyond the climate's "tipping point". A point where it is no longer likely that we will stay below the 2C temperature rise threshold. giving as many people, business groups ...
... • WE HAVE about 2,850 days, or 97 months, to save the planet. That is when, according to "doomsday climate experts", we will go beyond the climate's "tipping point". A point where it is no longer likely that we will stay below the 2C temperature rise threshold. giving as many people, business groups ...
Deepwater Project
... interest, in the process contributing to efforts to raise awareness about climate change and its direct and indirect effects on populations worldwide. The combination of these three complementary objectives in one project ensures a strong and unique identity that sets Deepwater Project apart from ot ...
... interest, in the process contributing to efforts to raise awareness about climate change and its direct and indirect effects on populations worldwide. The combination of these three complementary objectives in one project ensures a strong and unique identity that sets Deepwater Project apart from ot ...
Climate Change: Reality & Future
... • Global warming at the end of the last glaciation was the spark for civilisation • But facing unprecedentedly rapid change, ...
... • Global warming at the end of the last glaciation was the spark for civilisation • But facing unprecedentedly rapid change, ...
Introduction to Global Warming and Climate Change
... Because freshwater is less dense than seawater, increased precipitation, melting of polar glaciers and ice caps could block the system by reducing the amount of cold water that sinks downwards. Models currently predict a 25% slow down of the Gulf Stream. ...
... Because freshwater is less dense than seawater, increased precipitation, melting of polar glaciers and ice caps could block the system by reducing the amount of cold water that sinks downwards. Models currently predict a 25% slow down of the Gulf Stream. ...
Sample Organizational Statement on Climate Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its 5th Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, that "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal" and "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its 5th Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, that "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal" and "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since ...
Slide 1
... So what is the issue for this meeting? • The fundamental implications of global warming for snowmelt dominated and transient snow rivers in the west have been well understood in the academic community for a decade or longer. • Lots of questions about specifics, climate model uncertainty, etc. Howev ...
... So what is the issue for this meeting? • The fundamental implications of global warming for snowmelt dominated and transient snow rivers in the west have been well understood in the academic community for a decade or longer. • Lots of questions about specifics, climate model uncertainty, etc. Howev ...
Using ICTs for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
... • Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) is defined as adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm, or exploit beneficial opportunities (IPCC, 2007) ...
... • Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) is defined as adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm, or exploit beneficial opportunities (IPCC, 2007) ...
Slide 1
... Climate change • Refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) • Climate change may result from: – natural factors: ex. Change in sun's intensity – natural processes within the climate system: ...
... Climate change • Refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) • Climate change may result from: – natural factors: ex. Change in sun's intensity – natural processes within the climate system: ...
GeMUN 2012 Environment Commission Research Report
... from decades to hundreds of thousands of years.However,on the basis of considerable evidence,there is strong consensus in the climate science research community that the changes that have been observed over the past few decades are mainly caused by human activity.The human influences on climate chan ...
... from decades to hundreds of thousands of years.However,on the basis of considerable evidence,there is strong consensus in the climate science research community that the changes that have been observed over the past few decades are mainly caused by human activity.The human influences on climate chan ...
Instructor Notes
... Students will have taken at least one other Earth Science course as a prerequisite. Prior to this activity, part of which will be completed in class and part as an assignment, students will have learned about current climate classification, examined paleoclimate records to understand natural climate ...
... Students will have taken at least one other Earth Science course as a prerequisite. Prior to this activity, part of which will be completed in class and part as an assignment, students will have learned about current climate classification, examined paleoclimate records to understand natural climate ...
Ch 19 Climate Change PPT
... world went to Kyoto, Japan to discuss how best to control the emissions contributing to global warming. The agreement was that emissions of greenhouse gases from all industrialized countries will be reduced to 5.2% below their 1990 levels by 2012. Developing nations did not have emission limits impo ...
... world went to Kyoto, Japan to discuss how best to control the emissions contributing to global warming. The agreement was that emissions of greenhouse gases from all industrialized countries will be reduced to 5.2% below their 1990 levels by 2012. Developing nations did not have emission limits impo ...
WORD - war changes climate
... unite" (IPCC, Working Group I, p. 328). Certainly not a bad thing for science. The 1992 Earth Summit resulted in an unprecedented success for the scientists working in the climatic area, forcing politicians to listen to them and paving the way for greater financial backing in an effort to understand ...
... unite" (IPCC, Working Group I, p. 328). Certainly not a bad thing for science. The 1992 Earth Summit resulted in an unprecedented success for the scientists working in the climatic area, forcing politicians to listen to them and paving the way for greater financial backing in an effort to understand ...
Top Level Figure Choices
... This report provides information we need.... • to make good decisions at the national, regional, and local levels • so we can avoid some of the impacts we’ll be talking about today • to be able to better understand the consequences of our decisions about emissions as well as adaptation ...
... This report provides information we need.... • to make good decisions at the national, regional, and local levels • so we can avoid some of the impacts we’ll be talking about today • to be able to better understand the consequences of our decisions about emissions as well as adaptation ...
STATE OF WARMING OVER AFRICAN LAND MASSES IN 2016
... The average temperature over the continent was 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the 1961-1990 average, beating the year 2010, which was the previous warmest year in Africa. With the pre-industrial era as reference period, the warming level during the last 9 months of 2016 over African land masses rea ...
... The average temperature over the continent was 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the 1961-1990 average, beating the year 2010, which was the previous warmest year in Africa. With the pre-industrial era as reference period, the warming level during the last 9 months of 2016 over African land masses rea ...
Foundation Day 2016 - Geological Society of India
... introduced the themeand drew attention to the increase in CO2 levels in the atmosphere from 280 ppm, prior to the beginning of the industrial revolution in the late eighteenth centuryto the current CO2levels that have crossed 400 ppm level resulting in appreciable global warming. He highlighted the ...
... introduced the themeand drew attention to the increase in CO2 levels in the atmosphere from 280 ppm, prior to the beginning of the industrial revolution in the late eighteenth centuryto the current CO2levels that have crossed 400 ppm level resulting in appreciable global warming. He highlighted the ...
Earth science league..
... 3. We need to fundamentally transform the economy and adopt a global goal to phase out greenhouse gases completely by mid-century. Deep decarbonization, starting immediately and leading to a zero-carbon society by 2050 or shortly thereafter, is key to future prosperity. This long-term goal, paired w ...
... 3. We need to fundamentally transform the economy and adopt a global goal to phase out greenhouse gases completely by mid-century. Deep decarbonization, starting immediately and leading to a zero-carbon society by 2050 or shortly thereafter, is key to future prosperity. This long-term goal, paired w ...
Want to change climate
... “Emission resulting from human activities is substantially increasing the atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in additional warming of the ea ...
... “Emission resulting from human activities is substantially increasing the atmospheric concentration of the greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in additional warming of the ea ...
Illinois Fact Sheet
... New analysis by the University of California, University of Illinois, and Yale University reveals that strong federal clean-energy legislation could create up to 68,000 new jobs in Illinois by 2020; boost Illinois’ GDP by $1.8 billion to $4.2 billion more than without legislation; and lead to averag ...
... New analysis by the University of California, University of Illinois, and Yale University reveals that strong federal clean-energy legislation could create up to 68,000 new jobs in Illinois by 2020; boost Illinois’ GDP by $1.8 billion to $4.2 billion more than without legislation; and lead to averag ...
High Level Segment of the eleventh session of the United
... Seven years of work culminated in these decisions and they represent a clear breakthrough for meaningful climate change action. This was a turning point that began a new phase for REDD+ and countries moved forward with this guidance. It is now time for developed countries to demonstrate their engag ...
... Seven years of work culminated in these decisions and they represent a clear breakthrough for meaningful climate change action. This was a turning point that began a new phase for REDD+ and countries moved forward with this guidance. It is now time for developed countries to demonstrate their engag ...
Global Warming - Mr. Kramar`s Social Studies Website
... What is Climate Change? A long-term shift in weather patterns Human activity is directly related to climate change We can do something about it! ...
... What is Climate Change? A long-term shift in weather patterns Human activity is directly related to climate change We can do something about it! ...
Scientific opinion on climate change
The scientific opinion on climate change is the overall judgment amongst scientists about whether global warming is happening, and if so, its causes and probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in synthesis reports, by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.The scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming, and that it is extremely likely (at least 95% probability) that humans are causing most of it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In addition, it is likely that some potential further greenhouse gas warming has been offset by increased aerosols.National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed current scientific opinion on global warming. These assessments are generally consistent with the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report summarized:Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.Most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human activities.Benefits and costs of climate change for [human] society will vary widely by location and scale. Some of the effects in temperate and polar regions will be positive and others elsewhere will be negative. Overall, net effects are more likely to be strongly negative with larger or more rapid warming.The range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change, associated disturbances (e.g. flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean acidification) and other global change drivers (e.g. land-use change, pollution, fragmentation of natural systems, over-exploitation of resources).Some scientific bodies have recommended specific policies to governments and science can play a role in informing an effective response to climate change, however, policy decisions may require value judgements and so are not included in the scientific opinion.No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from any of these main points. The last national or international scientific body to drop dissent was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its statement to its current non-committal position. Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.