Climate Change and the Transport Sector: Are we
... caused by transport can be reduced, including particular policies and regulations that encourage emissions reductions in this sector. ...
... caused by transport can be reduced, including particular policies and regulations that encourage emissions reductions in this sector. ...
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations CRS Report for Congress
... below). Without a new detailed accord, alternative outcomes are possible. One alternative could be a “framework” decision among high-level officials that spells out a plausible mandate for a future treaty—an outline more likely than the current one to gain broad consensus among nations. Another alte ...
... below). Without a new detailed accord, alternative outcomes are possible. One alternative could be a “framework” decision among high-level officials that spells out a plausible mandate for a future treaty—an outline more likely than the current one to gain broad consensus among nations. Another alte ...
Do Not Cite, Quote, or Distribute IPCC WGII AR5
... Worth noting here that rainfall (and runoff) has already decreased significantly over the past few decades in southwestern Australia (as noted on p6) (Bunn, Stuart, Griffith University) The passage suggests that there is high confidence in drying through the south of Australia and north-east New Zea ...
... Worth noting here that rainfall (and runoff) has already decreased significantly over the past few decades in southwestern Australia (as noted on p6) (Bunn, Stuart, Griffith University) The passage suggests that there is high confidence in drying through the south of Australia and north-east New Zea ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... 2010a; Gonzales Iwanciw, 2009). Studies suggest that changing rainfall patterns will affect hydrological conditions and increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as tropical storms and floods. Changes in the acidity of soil and increased erosion are expected to affect the producti ...
... 2010a; Gonzales Iwanciw, 2009). Studies suggest that changing rainfall patterns will affect hydrological conditions and increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme events, such as tropical storms and floods. Changes in the acidity of soil and increased erosion are expected to affect the producti ...
Growth of climate change commitments from HFC banks and
... and HFCs illustrated in Fig. 1 are listed and grouped according to the delay times (banking times) between production and emission. About 64 % of CFC emission in the period just before the Montreal Protocol was signed came from applications with short banking times, such as aerosol propellants, clea ...
... and HFCs illustrated in Fig. 1 are listed and grouped according to the delay times (banking times) between production and emission. About 64 % of CFC emission in the period just before the Montreal Protocol was signed came from applications with short banking times, such as aerosol propellants, clea ...
What Antarctic Science is Funded by National Antarctic Programs?
... understand how Antarctica and the Southern Ocean influence the functioning and resilience of the earth system, and how they will respond to future changes, has become urgent. For Australians, added impetus is provided by the fact that what happens to the frozen continent and the Southern Ocean will ...
... understand how Antarctica and the Southern Ocean influence the functioning and resilience of the earth system, and how they will respond to future changes, has become urgent. For Australians, added impetus is provided by the fact that what happens to the frozen continent and the Southern Ocean will ...
Interaction of Land Use and Land Cover Change
... To obtain reliable climate trends, we apply Standard Normal Homogeneity Test (SNHT) in surface temperature and precipitation data for the period of 1951-1999. We also compare the temperature trend computed from Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) datasets and from our analysis. (2) To asses ...
... To obtain reliable climate trends, we apply Standard Normal Homogeneity Test (SNHT) in surface temperature and precipitation data for the period of 1951-1999. We also compare the temperature trend computed from Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) datasets and from our analysis. (2) To asses ...
Lake Superior Climate Adaptation, Mitigation and Implementation Plan
... climate change due to the burning of fossil fuels is occurring, with a variety of results that can be measured and documented.6 The global average surface temperature has risen 1.4° F in the last 100 years, and the rate of warming has doubled from the previous century. Around the world, glaciers are ...
... climate change due to the burning of fossil fuels is occurring, with a variety of results that can be measured and documented.6 The global average surface temperature has risen 1.4° F in the last 100 years, and the rate of warming has doubled from the previous century. Around the world, glaciers are ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2011.42:313-333. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on 03/19/12. For personal use only. ...
... Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2011.42:313-333. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on 03/19/12. For personal use only. ...
Seasonal versus transient snow and the elevation dependence of
... [2] In snowmelt‐dominated watersheds, the effects of climate change are being felt as shifts in snow accumulation, spring runoff, and summer low flows [Hidalgo et al., 2009; Stahl et al., 2010; Stewart, 2009], and water supplies will be more dramatically affected in the current century than they wer ...
... [2] In snowmelt‐dominated watersheds, the effects of climate change are being felt as shifts in snow accumulation, spring runoff, and summer low flows [Hidalgo et al., 2009; Stahl et al., 2010; Stewart, 2009], and water supplies will be more dramatically affected in the current century than they wer ...
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance
... image comes from the Daisyworld model developed by Dr. James Lovelock and Professor Andrew Watson, both Fellows of the Royal Society. This conceptual model illustrates the tight coupling between climate and the biosphere through the connection between surface reflectivity and temperature—white daisi ...
... image comes from the Daisyworld model developed by Dr. James Lovelock and Professor Andrew Watson, both Fellows of the Royal Society. This conceptual model illustrates the tight coupling between climate and the biosphere through the connection between surface reflectivity and temperature—white daisi ...
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... model setting and the numerical assumptions underlying bottom-up modules are not given here for the sake of space limitation but are thoroughly provided in (Waisman et al., 2012a). Likewise, we omit providing the analytical detail of the transport system and particularly of the role of transport in ...
... model setting and the numerical assumptions underlying bottom-up modules are not given here for the sake of space limitation but are thoroughly provided in (Waisman et al., 2012a). Likewise, we omit providing the analytical detail of the transport system and particularly of the role of transport in ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected climate change and its impacts through indicators; identify sectors and regions most ...
... changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected climate change and its impacts through indicators; identify sectors and regions most ...
Arctic Environment Ministers meeting
... and demonstrate leadership to the rest of the world by implementing farsighted measures to reduce, and to avoid future increases in, emissions of black carbon. Such action would also be in line with Arctic countries’ commitments under CLRTAP and its revised Gothenburg Protocol. This would provide su ...
... and demonstrate leadership to the rest of the world by implementing farsighted measures to reduce, and to avoid future increases in, emissions of black carbon. Such action would also be in line with Arctic countries’ commitments under CLRTAP and its revised Gothenburg Protocol. This would provide su ...
Climate Change in Africa
... ing quickly enough to stem the dire economic and environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions (IPCC, 2007). What this report seemed to have missed or overlooked is that Africa’s concern about climate change is not mainly in terms projections of carbon emission and future environmental dama ...
... ing quickly enough to stem the dire economic and environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions (IPCC, 2007). What this report seemed to have missed or overlooked is that Africa’s concern about climate change is not mainly in terms projections of carbon emission and future environmental dama ...
Indoor air pollution
... Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in recent decades have resulted in global warming, an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
... Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in recent decades have resulted in global warming, an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
... 2.1 Relevant water-related EU Directives and Policies ...
... 2.1 Relevant water-related EU Directives and Policies ...
Donner Webbe Kiribati KAP 2013
... The recent Fifth IPCC Assessment (‘‘AR5’’) reported a likely range of 0.52–0.98 m sea-level rise by 2100 in the RCP8.5 scenario (Church et al. 2013), the scenario which most closely matches the current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory. These differences suggest policymakers may need to regularly ...
... The recent Fifth IPCC Assessment (‘‘AR5’’) reported a likely range of 0.52–0.98 m sea-level rise by 2100 in the RCP8.5 scenario (Church et al. 2013), the scenario which most closely matches the current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory. These differences suggest policymakers may need to regularly ...
Potential Effects of Climate Change on Crop Pollination
... Currently, farmers manage only 11 of the 20 000 to 30 000 bee species worldwide (Parker et al. 1987), with the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) being by far the most important species. Depending on only a few pollinator species belonging to the Apis genus has been shown to be risky. Apis-specific ...
... Currently, farmers manage only 11 of the 20 000 to 30 000 bee species worldwide (Parker et al. 1987), with the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) being by far the most important species. Depending on only a few pollinator species belonging to the Apis genus has been shown to be risky. Apis-specific ...
NCEP’s Climate Forecast System as a National Model Dr. Louis W. Uccellini
... 2. Yan Xue - NCEP's GODAS and Ocean Monitoring Products 3. Wanqiu Wang – Sources of tropical SST bias in the operational CFS. 4. Lindsay Williams – NAMAP 2 and CFS Model Resolution 5. Soo-Hyun Yoo– Simulation of the global monsoon with CFS ...
... 2. Yan Xue - NCEP's GODAS and Ocean Monitoring Products 3. Wanqiu Wang – Sources of tropical SST bias in the operational CFS. 4. Lindsay Williams – NAMAP 2 and CFS Model Resolution 5. Soo-Hyun Yoo– Simulation of the global monsoon with CFS ...
Chapter 10 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... regional seas. As its title indicates, the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) establishes the basic framework for the climate change regime.1 Despite early hopes that it would include a clear commitment to stabilize or even reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it contains only a convoluted an ...
... regional seas. As its title indicates, the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) establishes the basic framework for the climate change regime.1 Despite early hopes that it would include a clear commitment to stabilize or even reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it contains only a convoluted an ...
Climate Change in the La Plata Basin
... southeast of South America. Part of the knowledge of the impacts of climate variability in the hydrology of the Plata basin was developed in the PROSUR project ...
... southeast of South America. Part of the knowledge of the impacts of climate variability in the hydrology of the Plata basin was developed in the PROSUR project ...
Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... process initiated at the Summit, certain specific issues appeared to be raised again and again in various policy development stakeholder engagements. These recurring areas of concern and/or uncertainty included: Climate Finance; Human Resources and Technology; Adaptation; Mitigation; and Governance. ...
... process initiated at the Summit, certain specific issues appeared to be raised again and again in various policy development stakeholder engagements. These recurring areas of concern and/or uncertainty included: Climate Finance; Human Resources and Technology; Adaptation; Mitigation; and Governance. ...
Building Resilient Communities in Maryland: A Stakeholder Forum
... Weather: It is what you get: look out of the window now. Climate: Aggregated pattern of weather averages, extremes, timing, geographic distribution) of… ...
... Weather: It is what you get: look out of the window now. Climate: Aggregated pattern of weather averages, extremes, timing, geographic distribution) of… ...
2 20 Century Portuguese Climate and Climate Scenarios
... temperature and in the DTR was located in the year 1940-1941, corresponding to a reported change in the station height by 22 m, from the top of the Geophysical Institute to the nearby garden. Fig. 2.11 shows the DTR annual series, where the jump is clearly identified. The SNHT test gives an extreme ...
... temperature and in the DTR was located in the year 1940-1941, corresponding to a reported change in the station height by 22 m, from the top of the Geophysical Institute to the nearby garden. Fig. 2.11 shows the DTR annual series, where the jump is clearly identified. The SNHT test gives an extreme ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""