Greenhouse Gangsters vs. Climate Justice
... beings. This entails radically reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Climate Justice means opposing destruction wreaked by the Greenhouse Gangsters at every step of the production and distribution process—from a moratorium on new oil exploration, to stopping the poisoning ...
... beings. This entails radically reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Climate Justice means opposing destruction wreaked by the Greenhouse Gangsters at every step of the production and distribution process—from a moratorium on new oil exploration, to stopping the poisoning ...
Climate Policy and Interest Groups - a Public
... Another favourite is to label business-as-usual as a policy measure, e.g. in the case of many "voluntary agreements". Politicians of any ideological flavour ranging from the British Conservatives to the German Greens - like voluntary agreements as they show voters that the politician has been very a ...
... Another favourite is to label business-as-usual as a policy measure, e.g. in the case of many "voluntary agreements". Politicians of any ideological flavour ranging from the British Conservatives to the German Greens - like voluntary agreements as they show voters that the politician has been very a ...
A changing climate of skepticism? The factors shaping climate
... global warming were to occur, it would be largely beneficial, and second, proposed policies designed to limit global warming would be very harmful to the free market, bring disadvantages to the national economy and threaten individual freedom and thus no actions are needed or should be at best non-b ...
... global warming were to occur, it would be largely beneficial, and second, proposed policies designed to limit global warming would be very harmful to the free market, bring disadvantages to the national economy and threaten individual freedom and thus no actions are needed or should be at best non-b ...
Csc_ADS_2011 - University of Minnesota
... as well as regional models of climate and hydrology, along with observed data based model reconstructions ...
... as well as regional models of climate and hydrology, along with observed data based model reconstructions ...
Leveraged Funds: Section two (opens in new window)
... reveal its commitment to low carbon policies and regulations. In other cases, barriers to the effective functioning of financial markets are institutional. Without political stability, regulatory certainty and administrative simplicity, the perceived level of risk can undermine the incentives to inv ...
... reveal its commitment to low carbon policies and regulations. In other cases, barriers to the effective functioning of financial markets are institutional. Without political stability, regulatory certainty and administrative simplicity, the perceived level of risk can undermine the incentives to inv ...
Mechanisms of Current Terrestrial Carbon Sinks and Future
... • N deposition will not stimulate C uptake in the tropics (Hall & Matson 1999) ...
... • N deposition will not stimulate C uptake in the tropics (Hall & Matson 1999) ...
Central African Republic
... The Central African Republic is a landlocked African country with an area of around 623,000 km2. The terrain consists of a vast peneplain dominated by two mountain ranges at its eastern and western ends joined by a central spine that separates the two principal drainages, the Chari-Longue basin in t ...
... The Central African Republic is a landlocked African country with an area of around 623,000 km2. The terrain consists of a vast peneplain dominated by two mountain ranges at its eastern and western ends joined by a central spine that separates the two principal drainages, the Chari-Longue basin in t ...
Yamba paper V2 - NSW Coastal Conference
... The rise at Auckland for the last century is 180mm, around the global mean, while at Sydney sea level rise follows, but has been below the global rates. The non-uniform distribution of sea level rise is attributed to different regional rates of thermal expansion (Cazenave and Nererm 2004). The slowl ...
... The rise at Auckland for the last century is 180mm, around the global mean, while at Sydney sea level rise follows, but has been below the global rates. The non-uniform distribution of sea level rise is attributed to different regional rates of thermal expansion (Cazenave and Nererm 2004). The slowl ...
Global Climate Change
... amount of aerosols produced by the Icelandic volcano. With the injection of so much particulate matter high into the atmosphere, how may the earth’s albedo be affected? How might the ratio of energy reflect to energy absorbed be affected? Now you have explored one possible fate of incoming visible l ...
... amount of aerosols produced by the Icelandic volcano. With the injection of so much particulate matter high into the atmosphere, how may the earth’s albedo be affected? How might the ratio of energy reflect to energy absorbed be affected? Now you have explored one possible fate of incoming visible l ...
Temperature Variability over Africa - Weather Center
... the Sahara, regardless of the season, the predicted average increase in temperature for 1900–2100 ranges from 38 to 48C (Christensen et al. 2007). This amount is about 1.5 times the projected global mean temperature increase for 1900–2100 when compared with one of the more conservative cases of the ...
... the Sahara, regardless of the season, the predicted average increase in temperature for 1900–2100 ranges from 38 to 48C (Christensen et al. 2007). This amount is about 1.5 times the projected global mean temperature increase for 1900–2100 when compared with one of the more conservative cases of the ...
Climate Change Detection and Attribution: Beyond Mean
... For a complete understanding of the effects of forcing and model uncertainty, and a full representation of both uncertainties in detection and attribution approaches (as suggested by Hasselmann 1997), both forcing and model uncertainties need to be explored fully and separately. Using very large ens ...
... For a complete understanding of the effects of forcing and model uncertainty, and a full representation of both uncertainties in detection and attribution approaches (as suggested by Hasselmann 1997), both forcing and model uncertainties need to be explored fully and separately. Using very large ens ...
Impact of Climate Change on Water Security in China
... geographical location, China suffered from many floods and droughts in the past. In the 1990s, the average annual loss associated with floods accounted for approximately 62% of the total losses of natural disasters, which was equivalent to about 1.55% of GDP for that period [5] . In addition, China ...
... geographical location, China suffered from many floods and droughts in the past. In the 1990s, the average annual loss associated with floods accounted for approximately 62% of the total losses of natural disasters, which was equivalent to about 1.55% of GDP for that period [5] . In addition, China ...
Climate change impact in a shallow coastal Mediterranean
... advancing seashore; Localised areas may see a small decrease in salinity due to the added inflow freshwater from the Moulouya and diminished inflow from high salinity springs (Ain Chebaak and Ain Zebda). ...
... advancing seashore; Localised areas may see a small decrease in salinity due to the added inflow freshwater from the Moulouya and diminished inflow from high salinity springs (Ain Chebaak and Ain Zebda). ...
A Modelling Study on the Variability of Global Storm Activity on Time
... conditions: CO2 content of 353 ppm) with the CO2 concentration of the model’s atmosphere increasing at a rate of 1% p.a. to quadrupling (140 years). This concentration has then been held constant until simulation year 152. The 1% p.a. increase represents changes in equivalent CO2 concentration, desc ...
... conditions: CO2 content of 353 ppm) with the CO2 concentration of the model’s atmosphere increasing at a rate of 1% p.a. to quadrupling (140 years). This concentration has then been held constant until simulation year 152. The 1% p.a. increase represents changes in equivalent CO2 concentration, desc ...
editorial: protected areas as natural solutions to climate change
... carbon locked up in vegetation, humus and peat (MacKinnon et al., 2012). A conservative estimate is that 15 per cent of the world’s carbon is already maintained within the protected area system (Campbell et al., 2008), which includes state-run protected areas, many indigenous protected areas and als ...
... carbon locked up in vegetation, humus and peat (MacKinnon et al., 2012). A conservative estimate is that 15 per cent of the world’s carbon is already maintained within the protected area system (Campbell et al., 2008), which includes state-run protected areas, many indigenous protected areas and als ...
English - Inter-American Development Bank
... changes, we might refer to them as having a rainy climate, meaning it rains frequently all year long. The weather in countries above and below the intertropical region are affected by seasons. For example, these climates may be rainy in the winter and dry in the summer. Weather refers to short-term ...
... changes, we might refer to them as having a rainy climate, meaning it rains frequently all year long. The weather in countries above and below the intertropical region are affected by seasons. For example, these climates may be rainy in the winter and dry in the summer. Weather refers to short-term ...
The National strategy on climate change was issued by Prime
... In Viet Nam, over 50 years, the mean temperature has increased by 0.5-0.70C, and the sea level has risen by 20 cm. El Nino and La Nina cause more and more impacts. Climate change has really made natural disasters, especially storms, floods and droughts, increasingly violent. Viet Nam is considered a ...
... In Viet Nam, over 50 years, the mean temperature has increased by 0.5-0.70C, and the sea level has risen by 20 cm. El Nino and La Nina cause more and more impacts. Climate change has really made natural disasters, especially storms, floods and droughts, increasingly violent. Viet Nam is considered a ...
STRATEGIES FOR A HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO OZONE
... regarded as possible alternatives to ODSs12. However, any solution to ozone depletion should also take the diminishment of such compounds into account. The second framework in which a scientific linkage may be established between the atmosphere and the climate system concerns the cooling indirectly ...
... regarded as possible alternatives to ODSs12. However, any solution to ozone depletion should also take the diminishment of such compounds into account. The second framework in which a scientific linkage may be established between the atmosphere and the climate system concerns the cooling indirectly ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... carbon fluxes. We investigated to what extent and at which temporal scales, climatic variability and changes in ecosystem functional properties determined the IAV of the carbon balance. Empirical models were used as tools to estimate the seasonal and interannual variation of the ecosystem functional ...
... carbon fluxes. We investigated to what extent and at which temporal scales, climatic variability and changes in ecosystem functional properties determined the IAV of the carbon balance. Empirical models were used as tools to estimate the seasonal and interannual variation of the ecosystem functional ...
Will plant movements keep up with climate change?
... late-successional tree species will probably lag more than will early successional species, with their shorter generation times and longer dispersal distances, resulting in future forests dominated, at least initially, by smaller trees with lower density wood and, thus, less carbon [44]. Moreover, p ...
... late-successional tree species will probably lag more than will early successional species, with their shorter generation times and longer dispersal distances, resulting in future forests dominated, at least initially, by smaller trees with lower density wood and, thus, less carbon [44]. Moreover, p ...
climate change: the missing topic in zimbabwean secondary school
... provide the formal platform to assess the progress that has been made on climate change. Climate change also known as global warming is associated with increases in temperatures and heat stress, more frequent drought and intense flooding, windstorms and disease outbreaks (IPCC, 2007). Climate change ...
... provide the formal platform to assess the progress that has been made on climate change. Climate change also known as global warming is associated with increases in temperatures and heat stress, more frequent drought and intense flooding, windstorms and disease outbreaks (IPCC, 2007). Climate change ...
The FAOSTAT Emissions Database
... anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), over half of methane (CH4), and two-thirds of nitrous oxide (N2O) (FAOSTAT, 2013). Emissions of CO2 are dominated by deforestation and peatland degradation, with a small component from energy and machinery use; emissions of methane are dominated by li ...
... anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), over half of methane (CH4), and two-thirds of nitrous oxide (N2O) (FAOSTAT, 2013). Emissions of CO2 are dominated by deforestation and peatland degradation, with a small component from energy and machinery use; emissions of methane are dominated by li ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been rising since pre-industrial times, and by an average of 1.6% per year for the last 30 years (Rogner et al., 2007). Without policy interventions, they are expected to continue to rise in the future, with the likely effect of increased average glo ...
... Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been rising since pre-industrial times, and by an average of 1.6% per year for the last 30 years (Rogner et al., 2007). Without policy interventions, they are expected to continue to rise in the future, with the likely effect of increased average glo ...
summer university on it in agriculture and rural development – 2006
... Climate determines agricultural production. Climate change in Hungary is characterized by increases in temperature and less precipitation → decreased yield? • geographical analogues: future climate in Hungary is similar to the present climate of South-Southeast Europe. Horváth (2006, later today) • ...
... Climate determines agricultural production. Climate change in Hungary is characterized by increases in temperature and less precipitation → decreased yield? • geographical analogues: future climate in Hungary is similar to the present climate of South-Southeast Europe. Horváth (2006, later today) • ...
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.""