Climate change and impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
... occasional droughts, and mild, relatively wet winters (Bolle 2003; Lionello et al. 2006). In the southern EMME, an arid hot desert climate prevails, where precipitation is low and vegetation scanty (Issar and Zohar 2007). The temperature and precipitation gradients across the region are remarkable. ...
... occasional droughts, and mild, relatively wet winters (Bolle 2003; Lionello et al. 2006). In the southern EMME, an arid hot desert climate prevails, where precipitation is low and vegetation scanty (Issar and Zohar 2007). The temperature and precipitation gradients across the region are remarkable. ...
Impacts of Climate Change
... Climate as a Dynamic, Chaotic System It is important for those interested in the human significance of climate change to consider the fallacy of averages. While the SRES A2 scenario suggests that the average temperature of Earth will warm by between 0.7 and 2.0° Celsius (with an average of about 1. ...
... Climate as a Dynamic, Chaotic System It is important for those interested in the human significance of climate change to consider the fallacy of averages. While the SRES A2 scenario suggests that the average temperature of Earth will warm by between 0.7 and 2.0° Celsius (with an average of about 1. ...
A Summary of Climate Change Risks for South East
... Climate change will pose a number of risks to health and healthcare provision in the South East: • The CCRA notes that increased flooding may lead to increased number of deaths, injuries, and people suffering from mental health effects due to loss of homes and property and dislocation. • Impacts s ...
... Climate change will pose a number of risks to health and healthcare provision in the South East: • The CCRA notes that increased flooding may lead to increased number of deaths, injuries, and people suffering from mental health effects due to loss of homes and property and dislocation. • Impacts s ...
Assessing climate change and climate variability impacts in Burkina
... for seasonal forecasting, (ii) complex topography (associated with the Guinean Highlands, Jos Plateau in Nigeria and Cameroon mountains. Predictions of climate change (and natural variability) are dependent on General Circulation Models (GCMs). Predictions from GCMs of climate change in West Africa ...
... for seasonal forecasting, (ii) complex topography (associated with the Guinean Highlands, Jos Plateau in Nigeria and Cameroon mountains. Predictions of climate change (and natural variability) are dependent on General Circulation Models (GCMs). Predictions from GCMs of climate change in West Africa ...
Presentation (power point file)
... • Not all impacts covered in economic assessment (livestock, possible loss of life) • Considerable uncertainty in the estimates. If the upper bound turns out to be right the figures could be 2-3 times higher. Key source of uncertainty is Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) • The process for making ...
... • Not all impacts covered in economic assessment (livestock, possible loss of life) • Considerable uncertainty in the estimates. If the upper bound turns out to be right the figures could be 2-3 times higher. Key source of uncertainty is Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) • The process for making ...
Climate change and the greenhouse effect
... In order to teach this topic effectively, it is necessary to be aware of some of the common alternative conceptions held by students about both the greenhouse effect and climate change. Many of these have been targeted in the Student Activities and are mentioned in the Teacher Notes, however here is ...
... In order to teach this topic effectively, it is necessary to be aware of some of the common alternative conceptions held by students about both the greenhouse effect and climate change. Many of these have been targeted in the Student Activities and are mentioned in the Teacher Notes, however here is ...
Working Paper WP 2015-06 April 2015
... It is the Policy of Cornell University actively to support equality of educational and employment opportunity. No person shall be denied admission to any educational program or activity or be denied employment on the basis of any legally prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such ...
... It is the Policy of Cornell University actively to support equality of educational and employment opportunity. No person shall be denied admission to any educational program or activity or be denied employment on the basis of any legally prohibited discrimination involving, but not limited to, such ...
AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT
... Such substances do not alter droplet thermodynamics; kinetics of droplet growth are affected. If present, such substances can strongly affect droplet number. ...
... Such substances do not alter droplet thermodynamics; kinetics of droplet growth are affected. If present, such substances can strongly affect droplet number. ...
Atlantic Region Adaptation Science Activities Report
... as we observe increasing global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising sea level. Computer models, used to simulate the changes to the global climate induced by human activities, predict that the climate will become warmer, as global average surface temperatures ar ...
... as we observe increasing global air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising sea level. Computer models, used to simulate the changes to the global climate induced by human activities, predict that the climate will become warmer, as global average surface temperatures ar ...
... • Interactions among ecosystems; land use, land-use change and forestry; and other human activities • Vulnerability of carbon pools, bio-energy implications, and carbon management potentials • Threats to human activities, infrastructure, and biodiversity 5. Coastal systems and low-lying areas • Dive ...
Infosylva 23/2009
... Brazil allocates first funds under plan to save the Amazon Brazil's development bank BNDES has announced the first five recipients of grants under the South American country's ambitious Amazon Fund, which aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent over the next decade. Brazil could halt Amazon defor ...
... Brazil allocates first funds under plan to save the Amazon Brazil's development bank BNDES has announced the first five recipients of grants under the South American country's ambitious Amazon Fund, which aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent over the next decade. Brazil could halt Amazon defor ...
Impacts of climate variability and future climate change on harmful
... assemblages. The accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere due to anthropogenic activities has increased concentrations of seawater CO2 and bicarbonate (HCO3-); both of which are inorganic carbon sources that can be utilized by phytoplankton for photosynthesis and growth. However, intrinsically linked w ...
... assemblages. The accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere due to anthropogenic activities has increased concentrations of seawater CO2 and bicarbonate (HCO3-); both of which are inorganic carbon sources that can be utilized by phytoplankton for photosynthesis and growth. However, intrinsically linked w ...
Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts
... evaporation of up to 8% per degree of global warming over most of Australia, and up to 12% over the eastern highlands and Tasmania with increases tending to be larger where there is a corresponding decrease in rainfall. The resulting scenario is a decrease in annual moisture balance over the contine ...
... evaporation of up to 8% per degree of global warming over most of Australia, and up to 12% over the eastern highlands and Tasmania with increases tending to be larger where there is a corresponding decrease in rainfall. The resulting scenario is a decrease in annual moisture balance over the contine ...
New Methods to Assess Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for
... and changed climates ◦ > 0 CC causes a loss ◦ < 0 CC causes a gain ...
... and changed climates ◦ > 0 CC causes a loss ◦ < 0 CC causes a gain ...
ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change
... of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of ASEAN, on the occasion of the 27th ASEAN Summit; RECALLING our commitments made in the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on Realisation of the ASEAN Community by 2015 (2014); the ASEAN Leaders’ Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 20th S ...
... of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of ASEAN, on the occasion of the 27th ASEAN Summit; RECALLING our commitments made in the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on Realisation of the ASEAN Community by 2015 (2014); the ASEAN Leaders’ Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 20th S ...
here - Climpol
... models. Hence, the discussion focused on the more local, small-scale, city level, where initiatives may exist that would like to consider air quality and climate, and possibly other issues (e.g., noise) in an integrated way, but do not have the resources or data needed for integrated assessment mode ...
... models. Hence, the discussion focused on the more local, small-scale, city level, where initiatives may exist that would like to consider air quality and climate, and possibly other issues (e.g., noise) in an integrated way, but do not have the resources or data needed for integrated assessment mode ...
Forests and Forest Products as Carbon Sinks
... to accelerate low-carbon technology development. The Forests and Forest Products as Carbon Sinks is one of the business solutions that the WBCSD and its member companies have identified as a critical sector in which global commitment to action is needed to reach the two degree Celsius global warming ...
... to accelerate low-carbon technology development. The Forests and Forest Products as Carbon Sinks is one of the business solutions that the WBCSD and its member companies have identified as a critical sector in which global commitment to action is needed to reach the two degree Celsius global warming ...
emerging issues in international and transnational law related to
... the June 2015 meeting in Bonn to help dissipate the logjam between developed and developing states (and NGOs) regarding inclusion of loss and damage in the Paris text. The aim would be to deepen research into climate change risk assessment, study how existing legal recourse, dispute settlement and a ...
... the June 2015 meeting in Bonn to help dissipate the logjam between developed and developing states (and NGOs) regarding inclusion of loss and damage in the Paris text. The aim would be to deepen research into climate change risk assessment, study how existing legal recourse, dispute settlement and a ...
RobockEthicsOslo - Alan Robock
... implement geoengineering, and if so how much? Whose hand would be on the planetary thermostat? The principle of informed consent governs medical interventions. How could we get the informed consent of the entire planet? If geoengineering were ever implemented, every climate extreme would be blamed o ...
... implement geoengineering, and if so how much? Whose hand would be on the planetary thermostat? The principle of informed consent governs medical interventions. How could we get the informed consent of the entire planet? If geoengineering were ever implemented, every climate extreme would be blamed o ...
PDF
... one of 27 chapters of what is generally seen as an authoritative report, the Stern Review had a powerful effect on governments. It forcefully made the argument that, globally, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be in the interest of economic growth rather than hampering it: though it r ...
... one of 27 chapters of what is generally seen as an authoritative report, the Stern Review had a powerful effect on governments. It forcefully made the argument that, globally, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be in the interest of economic growth rather than hampering it: though it r ...
Climate Change and Its Causes - The Science and Public Policy
... The IPCC acknowledges that if the atmospheric concentration of CO2 doubles the global average temperature could rise between 1.5 and 4.5 oC at equilibrium. The variability of climate sensitivity to CO2 is shown in Figure 4, which demonstrates an even wider sensitivity temperature range [5]. If green ...
... The IPCC acknowledges that if the atmospheric concentration of CO2 doubles the global average temperature could rise between 1.5 and 4.5 oC at equilibrium. The variability of climate sensitivity to CO2 is shown in Figure 4, which demonstrates an even wider sensitivity temperature range [5]. If green ...
Sustainable Claims Management
... Risk Analysis – Strategic Considerations Uninsurable risk: - As the severity and frequency of risk increases insurers will need to think differently if they are to provide risk solutions. Typically insurers have focused on low frequency, high severity events. What is their role in addressing climat ...
... Risk Analysis – Strategic Considerations Uninsurable risk: - As the severity and frequency of risk increases insurers will need to think differently if they are to provide risk solutions. Typically insurers have focused on low frequency, high severity events. What is their role in addressing climat ...
1 introduction to atmosphere and climate
... particles, and small amounts of other gases, such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane (0.1%) (Twomey, 1977). These gases can either be free in the air or associated with water vapour. Of the trace gases present in the atmosphere, water vapour is the most important greenhouse gas as it allow ...
... particles, and small amounts of other gases, such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane (0.1%) (Twomey, 1977). These gases can either be free in the air or associated with water vapour. Of the trace gases present in the atmosphere, water vapour is the most important greenhouse gas as it allow ...
(winter storm)
... that the number of intense extratropical cyclones may increase under climate change (whereas the total number of storms might be reduced), citing a set of research works reaching this conclusion (e.g., Lambert and Fyfe, 2005). Third, the Fourth Assessment Report describes that the “consistent” resul ...
... that the number of intense extratropical cyclones may increase under climate change (whereas the total number of storms might be reduced), citing a set of research works reaching this conclusion (e.g., Lambert and Fyfe, 2005). Third, the Fourth Assessment Report describes that the “consistent” resul ...
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.""