ICT research for Climate Change
... Modelling gives us a clue into the long term changes in climate. So why model? To build climate resilience by: - offering insight into likely ways the climate might change in our region - enabling the use of this knowledge for planning purposes. ...
... Modelling gives us a clue into the long term changes in climate. So why model? To build climate resilience by: - offering insight into likely ways the climate might change in our region - enabling the use of this knowledge for planning purposes. ...
FFESCsynthesisAppendixIkwedit
... In BC’s central Interior, the TACA tree regeneration model found that species vulnerability to climate change varied considerably among species, BEC zones and site types (xeric, mesic, moist). Lodgepole pine, black spruce and trembling aspen were quite resistant across the full range of sites where ...
... In BC’s central Interior, the TACA tree regeneration model found that species vulnerability to climate change varied considerably among species, BEC zones and site types (xeric, mesic, moist). Lodgepole pine, black spruce and trembling aspen were quite resistant across the full range of sites where ...
Adapting agriculture to climate change
... faster. Although this is confirmed by laboratory experiments, in the field the effect becomes much less, and is likely to be overwhelmed by changes in temperature, rainfall and other atmospheric gases due to climate change. In 2005, the Royal Society in London concluded that the benefits of elevate ...
... faster. Although this is confirmed by laboratory experiments, in the field the effect becomes much less, and is likely to be overwhelmed by changes in temperature, rainfall and other atmospheric gases due to climate change. In 2005, the Royal Society in London concluded that the benefits of elevate ...
Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and... past climate change
... although 1850 includes some anthropogenic emissions, such as from biomass burning (Lamarque et al 2010), and the simulated past climate change includes some natural forcings as well as anthropogenic forcings. In attributing air pollution changes to past climate change, this approach accounts for eff ...
... although 1850 includes some anthropogenic emissions, such as from biomass burning (Lamarque et al 2010), and the simulated past climate change includes some natural forcings as well as anthropogenic forcings. In attributing air pollution changes to past climate change, this approach accounts for eff ...
Impact of the Kyoto Protocol on Stabilization of Carbon
... From all possible emission paths calculated as described above, we pick the ones that lead to a specified CO2 concentration. For 450 ppmv, e.g., the concentration has to be below 450 ppmv before 2100 and 450±10 ppmv in 2150 and 2200. We do not consider “overshoot” scenarios in this analysis based on ...
... From all possible emission paths calculated as described above, we pick the ones that lead to a specified CO2 concentration. For 450 ppmv, e.g., the concentration has to be below 450 ppmv before 2100 and 450±10 ppmv in 2150 and 2200. We do not consider “overshoot” scenarios in this analysis based on ...
Working Paper 177 - Grodecka & Kuralbayeva (opens in new window)
... 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Silva2013-ERL-APMortality.pdf
... although 1850 includes some anthropogenic emissions, such as from biomass burning (Lamarque et al 2010), and the simulated past climate change includes some natural forcings as well as anthropogenic forcings. In attributing air pollution changes to past climate change, this approach accounts for eff ...
... although 1850 includes some anthropogenic emissions, such as from biomass burning (Lamarque et al 2010), and the simulated past climate change includes some natural forcings as well as anthropogenic forcings. In attributing air pollution changes to past climate change, this approach accounts for eff ...
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol - Training for the State Negotiators on
... Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action under the UNFCCC (AWG-LCA): UNFCCC implementation beyond ...
... Ad-Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action under the UNFCCC (AWG-LCA): UNFCCC implementation beyond ...
Kyoto Protocol - Earth and Architecture
... Buyer is paying a charge for polluting while seller is being rewarded for having reduced emissions. Those can easily reduce emissions most cheaply will achieve pollution reduction at lower possible cost. This system is called as cap and trade or carbon trading. ...
... Buyer is paying a charge for polluting while seller is being rewarded for having reduced emissions. Those can easily reduce emissions most cheaply will achieve pollution reduction at lower possible cost. This system is called as cap and trade or carbon trading. ...
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... part of the country (World Bank, 2010). Regarding precipitation, the annual amount ranges from 400 mm to about 1000 mm, with an average of 733 mm (ibid). Climate change projections by Bergant (2006) indicate that the average temperature will increase by 1oC and 1.9oC by 2025 and 2050, respectively. ...
... part of the country (World Bank, 2010). Regarding precipitation, the annual amount ranges from 400 mm to about 1000 mm, with an average of 733 mm (ibid). Climate change projections by Bergant (2006) indicate that the average temperature will increase by 1oC and 1.9oC by 2025 and 2050, respectively. ...
Agricultural production, food security, climate change, rainfall
... sudden increase in air temperature in Nigeria was observed as from the early 1970s until 2005 ((Fig. 1), This abrupt increase could be linked to the effect of climate change and its associated global warming previously reported in Nigeria by Ikhile, (2007) and supported by the global trend (IPCC, 20 ...
... sudden increase in air temperature in Nigeria was observed as from the early 1970s until 2005 ((Fig. 1), This abrupt increase could be linked to the effect of climate change and its associated global warming previously reported in Nigeria by Ikhile, (2007) and supported by the global trend (IPCC, 20 ...
Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white
... Research by Jost et al. (2008) finds that conservatives have much stronger system justification tendencies than do liberals—i.e. supporting maintenance of the societal status quo and resisting attempts to change it. Indeed, variation on system-justifying attitudes explains much, but not all, of the id ...
... Research by Jost et al. (2008) finds that conservatives have much stronger system justification tendencies than do liberals—i.e. supporting maintenance of the societal status quo and resisting attempts to change it. Indeed, variation on system-justifying attitudes explains much, but not all, of the id ...
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
... the process argue that there are signs of progress despite the complexity of such broad negotiations. Detractors point out that the agreement made in Durban essentially constitutes the death knell of the Kyoto Protocol, contending that there will be a new agreement. The intent of this article is to ...
... the process argue that there are signs of progress despite the complexity of such broad negotiations. Detractors point out that the agreement made in Durban essentially constitutes the death knell of the Kyoto Protocol, contending that there will be a new agreement. The intent of this article is to ...
The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and
... the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the world’s largest cap‐and‐trade program, focused on cutting CO2 emissions from power plants and large manufacturing facilities throughout Europe (Ellerman and Buchner, 2007). The U.S. lead phase‐down of gasoline in t ...
... the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the world’s largest cap‐and‐trade program, focused on cutting CO2 emissions from power plants and large manufacturing facilities throughout Europe (Ellerman and Buchner, 2007). The U.S. lead phase‐down of gasoline in t ...
MC3-Network: Mediterranean Cities and Climate Change.
... The four aims are: 1-to develop partnerships with the research institutions, monitoring centers and networks around the Mediterranean Sea, to exchange experiences and develop new research programs; 2-to develop strategies for institutional relations between observatories and research laboratories on ...
... The four aims are: 1-to develop partnerships with the research institutions, monitoring centers and networks around the Mediterranean Sea, to exchange experiences and develop new research programs; 2-to develop strategies for institutional relations between observatories and research laboratories on ...
The IPCC`s Fifth Assessment Report
... during the previous 2,000 years (high confidence) at a rate of 1.3–1.7 millimetres (mm) per year over much of the 20th century but increasing to 2.8–3.6 mm per year since 1993. Sea level rise can vary among regions, due to a complex set of interactions.15 Shifting surface winds, the expansion of war ...
... during the previous 2,000 years (high confidence) at a rate of 1.3–1.7 millimetres (mm) per year over much of the 20th century but increasing to 2.8–3.6 mm per year since 1993. Sea level rise can vary among regions, due to a complex set of interactions.15 Shifting surface winds, the expansion of war ...
Climate change adaptation in arable land use, and impact on
... adaptation and creates opportunities in land use. However, it is not the sole driver of change in farming. Changes in demand for, and prices of crop products, novel needs for crop products, such as non-food raw materials, as well as incentives and restrictions imposed by agricultural policies, will ...
... adaptation and creates opportunities in land use. However, it is not the sole driver of change in farming. Changes in demand for, and prices of crop products, novel needs for crop products, such as non-food raw materials, as well as incentives and restrictions imposed by agricultural policies, will ...
Historical and idealized climate model experiments
... Earth system AOGCMs. New subcomponents (for example, continental ice sheets, representations of peatlands, wetlands or permafrost) are often developed within the EMIC framework before they are embedded into coupled AOGCMs, because development and testing is less computationally expensive. In additio ...
... Earth system AOGCMs. New subcomponents (for example, continental ice sheets, representations of peatlands, wetlands or permafrost) are often developed within the EMIC framework before they are embedded into coupled AOGCMs, because development and testing is less computationally expensive. In additio ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – SCOPING THE ISSUES
... imperative could not be clearer”. While not being specific, the Secretary General’s statement could very well have been made about indigenous peoples because they are the ones who will bear the brunt of the consequences of climate change eventhough they have contributed the very least to greenhouse ...
... imperative could not be clearer”. While not being specific, the Secretary General’s statement could very well have been made about indigenous peoples because they are the ones who will bear the brunt of the consequences of climate change eventhough they have contributed the very least to greenhouse ...
Costly Misinformed Diagnosis
... the past 30 years and that this warming is not a ―normal fluctuation‖ in earth temperatures. Carbon dioxide levels had increased markedly and the theory was and is that this ―greenhouse gas‖ would lead to a hotter earth… How do Canadians begin to save the world? We begin where we can win and make a ...
... the past 30 years and that this warming is not a ―normal fluctuation‖ in earth temperatures. Carbon dioxide levels had increased markedly and the theory was and is that this ―greenhouse gas‖ would lead to a hotter earth… How do Canadians begin to save the world? We begin where we can win and make a ...
Architecture, Energy and Climate - Nordic Journal of Architectural
... This paper addresses the dual challenge of designing sustainable low-energy buildings while still providing thermal comfort under warmer summer conditions produced by anthropogenic climate change—a key challenge for building designers in the 21st century. These issues are evaluated by predictions of ...
... This paper addresses the dual challenge of designing sustainable low-energy buildings while still providing thermal comfort under warmer summer conditions produced by anthropogenic climate change—a key challenge for building designers in the 21st century. These issues are evaluated by predictions of ...
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence
... These systems have been characterized as ‘‘complex, diverse and risk-prone’’ (7). Farms are generally small, often held under traditional or informal tenure, and are in marginal or risk-prone environments. Soil-related constraints to productivity are widespread, severe, and increasing (8), although ...
... These systems have been characterized as ‘‘complex, diverse and risk-prone’’ (7). Farms are generally small, often held under traditional or informal tenure, and are in marginal or risk-prone environments. Soil-related constraints to productivity are widespread, severe, and increasing (8), although ...
Fossil fuel production in a 2°C world: The equity implications of a
... The other perspective is that for countries that have fossil fuel resources, the ability to extract them is a key contributor to development, especially in developing countries with large unmet energy needs, and where fossil fuels are an important source of export revenue. From this perspective, cou ...
... The other perspective is that for countries that have fossil fuel resources, the ability to extract them is a key contributor to development, especially in developing countries with large unmet energy needs, and where fossil fuels are an important source of export revenue. From this perspective, cou ...
Climate Change and US Agriculture
... current mean temperature of 59oF (15oC). The concern now is that human activities are causing the natural greenhouse effect to be augmented, leading to significant changes in the temperature and related changes in the entire climate system. Has global warming actual begun? When we look at the Earth’ ...
... current mean temperature of 59oF (15oC). The concern now is that human activities are causing the natural greenhouse effect to be augmented, leading to significant changes in the temperature and related changes in the entire climate system. Has global warming actual begun? When we look at the Earth’ ...
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.""