insight - Green Climate Fund
... The science reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is irrefutable: dangerous greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise, making the universally agreed target of keeping the global temperature increase below 2°C more and more difficult to achieve. We are already seeing ...
... The science reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is irrefutable: dangerous greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to rise, making the universally agreed target of keeping the global temperature increase below 2°C more and more difficult to achieve. We are already seeing ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments: Working Paper 51 (556 kB) (opens in new window)
... literature to develop a set of scenarios of long-term hurricane hazard. Hazard scenarios are then used to generate risk scenarios for Florida using a coupled climate-catastrophe modeling approach. The scenarios represent a broad range of plausible futures; from wind-related hurricane losses in Flori ...
... literature to develop a set of scenarios of long-term hurricane hazard. Hazard scenarios are then used to generate risk scenarios for Florida using a coupled climate-catastrophe modeling approach. The scenarios represent a broad range of plausible futures; from wind-related hurricane losses in Flori ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the
... gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, will likely lead to about a 4°C temperature rise by the end of this century. All parties to the UNFCCC and many scientific groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temp ...
... gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, will likely lead to about a 4°C temperature rise by the end of this century. All parties to the UNFCCC and many scientific groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temp ...
Hedonic Pricing of Climate Change Impacts to
... Abstract This study investigates the amenity value of climate to British households. By using the hedonic price approach, the marginal willingness to pay for small changes in climate variables, specified as averages and ranges, is derived. The estimates suggest that British people would typically pr ...
... Abstract This study investigates the amenity value of climate to British households. By using the hedonic price approach, the marginal willingness to pay for small changes in climate variables, specified as averages and ranges, is derived. The estimates suggest that British people would typically pr ...
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote
... At a global scale, climate is the main controlling factor determining the distribution of plant (and ultimately animal) communities. Global average temperatures have increased by approximately 0.7 °C in the past century [1], most likely due to anthropogenic emissions related to fossil fuel burning. ...
... At a global scale, climate is the main controlling factor determining the distribution of plant (and ultimately animal) communities. Global average temperatures have increased by approximately 0.7 °C in the past century [1], most likely due to anthropogenic emissions related to fossil fuel burning. ...
Great Barrier Reef
... There is some debate as to whether existing legislation and regulation is sufficient to protect the Reef and build resilience to meet present and future stresses. Independent risk assessment and recommendations for risk management could provide the foundation for evidence-based and properly financed ...
... There is some debate as to whether existing legislation and regulation is sufficient to protect the Reef and build resilience to meet present and future stresses. Independent risk assessment and recommendations for risk management could provide the foundation for evidence-based and properly financed ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... audiences, are becoming increasingly more complex and more difficult for people to understand (Barkemeyer et al. 2015), which highlights the critical interpretive role of the media in public discourse. Here, we quantitatively compare media coverage of climate change, energy, and the links between cl ...
... audiences, are becoming increasingly more complex and more difficult for people to understand (Barkemeyer et al. 2015), which highlights the critical interpretive role of the media in public discourse. Here, we quantitatively compare media coverage of climate change, energy, and the links between cl ...
Forced Sahel rainfall trends in the CMIP5 archive.
... [2011], “RCP8.5 depicts a relatively conservative business as usual case with low income, high population and high energy demand due to only modest improvements in energy intensity”. This is an extreme scenario, with a continuous rise in radiative forcing during the 21st century, leading to a value ...
... [2011], “RCP8.5 depicts a relatively conservative business as usual case with low income, high population and high energy demand due to only modest improvements in energy intensity”. This is an extreme scenario, with a continuous rise in radiative forcing during the 21st century, leading to a value ...
6. Whatever the weather. Media attitudes to reporting
... policy solutions being led from the top and prescribed to developing countries, the demand for projects should come from the poor to fulfil real needs rather than those identified by rich countries. There is a growing realisation that the policy debate on climate change has been running parallel to ...
... policy solutions being led from the top and prescribed to developing countries, the demand for projects should come from the poor to fulfil real needs rather than those identified by rich countries. There is a growing realisation that the policy debate on climate change has been running parallel to ...
Seasonal mean temperature changes control future heat waves
... areas (i.e., Mediterranean, western U.S., and southern South America), the rest of the globe responds differently (Figure 3). Variability changes explain more than 25% of the increases in intensity and duration compared to the mean shift scenario in these regions, although they are generally significa ...
... areas (i.e., Mediterranean, western U.S., and southern South America), the rest of the globe responds differently (Figure 3). Variability changes explain more than 25% of the increases in intensity and duration compared to the mean shift scenario in these regions, although they are generally significa ...
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... At least one (1) of the sectoral representatives shall come from the disaster risk reduction community. The representatives shall be appointed by the President from a list of nominees submitted by their respective groups. They shall serve for a term of six (6) years without reappointment unless the ...
... At least one (1) of the sectoral representatives shall come from the disaster risk reduction community. The representatives shall be appointed by the President from a list of nominees submitted by their respective groups. They shall serve for a term of six (6) years without reappointment unless the ...
Sustainable coastal planning for urban growth and climate change
... providing timely and informed advice to the responsible Minister on a continuing basis. As a leading example, the United States has recently established a new National Oceans Council for oceans, coasts and lakes in response to the Mexico Gulf oil spill which provides ‘for adaptive management to enha ...
... providing timely and informed advice to the responsible Minister on a continuing basis. As a leading example, the United States has recently established a new National Oceans Council for oceans, coasts and lakes in response to the Mexico Gulf oil spill which provides ‘for adaptive management to enha ...
Indonesia puts forest compensation at top of Bali climate meet
... The committee chairman for the campaign, Soetino Wibowo, explained that the target number of 79 million trees was based on the total number of state institutions throughout Indonesia that would participate. "We have around 79,000 state institutions, the national, provincial, regental, district and s ...
... The committee chairman for the campaign, Soetino Wibowo, explained that the target number of 79 million trees was based on the total number of state institutions throughout Indonesia that would participate. "We have around 79,000 state institutions, the national, provincial, regental, district and s ...
World Bank Document - Open Knowledge Repository
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
Worksheet 1b SAV partial
... to) increase over time, reducing optimal habitat conditions, including for light penetration. This may be less of a problem if existing riprap is replaced with natural shoreline, but even ...
... to) increase over time, reducing optimal habitat conditions, including for light penetration. This may be less of a problem if existing riprap is replaced with natural shoreline, but even ...
Implications of climate change
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
Agriculture and Climate: Short and Long-term Implications
... (www.usda.gov/oce/weather/Private/Murcia Proceedings-FINALwCovers.pdf). Accessed on May, 2012. ...
... (www.usda.gov/oce/weather/Private/Murcia Proceedings-FINALwCovers.pdf). Accessed on May, 2012. ...
Demographic Amplification of Climate Change Experienced by the
... To assess changes in the relative importance of climate and nonclimate correlated population growth over the 20th century, we combined the four climate variables, describing the average and seasonality of both temperature and precipitation, with four potential non-climate correlates of population gr ...
... To assess changes in the relative importance of climate and nonclimate correlated population growth over the 20th century, we combined the four climate variables, describing the average and seasonality of both temperature and precipitation, with four potential non-climate correlates of population gr ...
CARIBSAVE Climate Change Risk Profile for Jamaica
... livelihoods – likely due to the larger participation of males in fishing and agriculture over women. This aspect of vulnerability is linked to the climate-sensitivity of their livelihood resources. However, one common coping strategy identified by fishers and farmers is to engage in a variety of act ...
... livelihoods – likely due to the larger participation of males in fishing and agriculture over women. This aspect of vulnerability is linked to the climate-sensitivity of their livelihood resources. However, one common coping strategy identified by fishers and farmers is to engage in a variety of act ...
Adaptation policy and practice in densely populated glacier
... reporting obligations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in the form of their National Communications (NCs) and National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs), for example, South Asian countries have reviewed developmental objectives and focused on optimizing ou ...
... reporting obligations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in the form of their National Communications (NCs) and National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs), for example, South Asian countries have reviewed developmental objectives and focused on optimizing ou ...
Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the
... that presents a gradualist, determinist, and predictable image of the climate rooted in Newtonian laws. This model suggests that manipulating greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere can precisely control global temperature. By contrast, the biological, ecological, and complexity sciences pre ...
... that presents a gradualist, determinist, and predictable image of the climate rooted in Newtonian laws. This model suggests that manipulating greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere can precisely control global temperature. By contrast, the biological, ecological, and complexity sciences pre ...
126 Montevideo, Uruguay
... Natural greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), have a stabilizing effect on the earth’s temperature. However, an increased amount of these gases in the atmosphere, primarily from human activity, is changing the natu ...
... Natural greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), have a stabilizing effect on the earth’s temperature. However, an increased amount of these gases in the atmosphere, primarily from human activity, is changing the natu ...
Road transport sensitivities to weather and climate change in Australia
... between weather conditions and crash risk, or their willingness to change their driving behaviour in such conditions. Rain/wet roads are a significant contributor to road fatalities and crashes in Australia (as a percentage of the road toll). For example, in New South Wales, fatalities due to the co ...
... between weather conditions and crash risk, or their willingness to change their driving behaviour in such conditions. Rain/wet roads are a significant contributor to road fatalities and crashes in Australia (as a percentage of the road toll). For example, in New South Wales, fatalities due to the co ...
Climate Change: Not a Top Priority for Americans
... 1980-2006; EIA, World Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Consumption and
Flaring of Fossil Fuels, 1980-2006 . NOTE: Data for countries other than U.S. includes C ...
... 1980-2006
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.""