Pacific Coast Climate Leadership Action Plan, June 1, 2016
... In 2015, the International Council on Clean Transportation concluded that there will be sufficient low carbon fuels available to the West Coast market to reduce petroleum gasoline and diesel consumption 25% by 2030 and the overall carbon intensity of transportation fuels by up to 21% over the same p ...
... In 2015, the International Council on Clean Transportation concluded that there will be sufficient low carbon fuels available to the West Coast market to reduce petroleum gasoline and diesel consumption 25% by 2030 and the overall carbon intensity of transportation fuels by up to 21% over the same p ...
Outcomes of 21st Session of Conference of
... • CMP also concluded Review of the modalities and procedures for the clean development mechanism. This will make it easier for countries in Africa to implement the CDM; • Establish a technical process on Adaptation to identify concrete opportunities for strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerabili ...
... • CMP also concluded Review of the modalities and procedures for the clean development mechanism. This will make it easier for countries in Africa to implement the CDM; • Establish a technical process on Adaptation to identify concrete opportunities for strengthening resilience, reducing vulnerabili ...
The Economics of Global Climate Change
... degree been internalized. But, until recently, few controls existed for carbon dioxide (CO2), the major greenhouse gas. This global air pollutant has no short-term damaging effects at ground level, but atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will have significant effec ...
... degree been internalized. But, until recently, few controls existed for carbon dioxide (CO2), the major greenhouse gas. This global air pollutant has no short-term damaging effects at ground level, but atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will have significant effec ...
Is it Warm in Here? The Intractable Challenges of Climate
... So let’s take a look at electricity generation around the globe by fuel source.12 This is a slide from a few years back when I worked on a few teams thinking about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These four regions account for about 90% of electricity generation, and you can see that ...
... So let’s take a look at electricity generation around the globe by fuel source.12 This is a slide from a few years back when I worked on a few teams thinking about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These four regions account for about 90% of electricity generation, and you can see that ...
A climate model-based review of drought in the Sahel: Deserti cation, the re-greening and climate change.
... or Inter-state committee to combat drought in the Sahel), whose primary mandate to date remains to invest in research to ensure food security and to reduce the impact of drought and desertification.7 The global response to the drought emergency was largely predicated on the twin assumptions that (1) ...
... or Inter-state committee to combat drought in the Sahel), whose primary mandate to date remains to invest in research to ensure food security and to reduce the impact of drought and desertification.7 The global response to the drought emergency was largely predicated on the twin assumptions that (1) ...
Vegetation Responses to Rapid Climate Change at the Late
... Dust and Ca2+ - dust content: decrease by a factor of 5 or 7 within 40 yrs (plots are reversed) Na+: little change Indicate change in precipitation source (δD) switched mode in 13 yrs and initiated a more gradual change (over 40-50 yrs) of Greenland air temperature Changes of 2-4ºK in Greenland mois ...
... Dust and Ca2+ - dust content: decrease by a factor of 5 or 7 within 40 yrs (plots are reversed) Na+: little change Indicate change in precipitation source (δD) switched mode in 13 yrs and initiated a more gradual change (over 40-50 yrs) of Greenland air temperature Changes of 2-4ºK in Greenland mois ...
Climate and Environmental Policy in Trump`s First 100 Days: A
... greenhouse gases because of their contribution to global warming. But burning coal to produce electricity simultaneously creates greenhouse gases and local environmental pollutants, notably particulate matter and ozone. Therefore, it’s impossible to reduce one without reducing the other. When the Ob ...
... greenhouse gases because of their contribution to global warming. But burning coal to produce electricity simultaneously creates greenhouse gases and local environmental pollutants, notably particulate matter and ozone. Therefore, it’s impossible to reduce one without reducing the other. When the Ob ...
Phase 2 - Accessible Version
... Our understanding of climate change continues to improve. Recently, scientists have released predictions of how climate change will affect our ecosystems, infrastructure and livelihoods well into the future. For example, in less than one lifetime, B.C. is projected to lose almost three-quarters of i ...
... Our understanding of climate change continues to improve. Recently, scientists have released predictions of how climate change will affect our ecosystems, infrastructure and livelihoods well into the future. For example, in less than one lifetime, B.C. is projected to lose almost three-quarters of i ...
Supporting Decision-Making and National Communication with
... It is important to note that decision makers listen to many other opinions from interested parties, i.e., a climate change policy brief brought forward for their consideration is not considered in isolation and may therefore not carry the desired impact (from the perspective of the researcher). Deci ...
... It is important to note that decision makers listen to many other opinions from interested parties, i.e., a climate change policy brief brought forward for their consideration is not considered in isolation and may therefore not carry the desired impact (from the perspective of the researcher). Deci ...
Lecture slides, Nov. 4 (6.1 MB)
... The Pew Research Center and the Press found that for every 5 hours of cable television news in the U.S. only 2 minutes are devoted to science or the environment. During the same period of time there were 10 minutes of celebrity news and about 30 minutes on crime. (Science 29 March 2008) ...
... The Pew Research Center and the Press found that for every 5 hours of cable television news in the U.S. only 2 minutes are devoted to science or the environment. During the same period of time there were 10 minutes of celebrity news and about 30 minutes on crime. (Science 29 March 2008) ...
Presentation
... • Our plantations have specially developed trees that are 6 - 10 times more efficient at doing this than the trees of the northern boreal forests, tropical ...
... • Our plantations have specially developed trees that are 6 - 10 times more efficient at doing this than the trees of the northern boreal forests, tropical ...
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... “Turning up the Heat” produced by Oxfam International was relayed to the public. This documentary examines the impact of climate change on agriculture, health, and water resources in Uganda, with the aim of raising awareness of these issues in the community and through building constructive dialogue ...
... “Turning up the Heat” produced by Oxfam International was relayed to the public. This documentary examines the impact of climate change on agriculture, health, and water resources in Uganda, with the aim of raising awareness of these issues in the community and through building constructive dialogue ...
Presentation: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
... policies is at odds with indications that most modal shift policies achieve much lower abatement levels than measures focusing on fuel efficiency.” “Ultimately higher cost energy sources …. will be required if there are to be further cuts in transport sector CO2 emissions.” ...
... policies is at odds with indications that most modal shift policies achieve much lower abatement levels than measures focusing on fuel efficiency.” “Ultimately higher cost energy sources …. will be required if there are to be further cuts in transport sector CO2 emissions.” ...
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... “Turning up the Heat” produced by Oxfam International was relayed to the public. This documentary examines the impact of climate change on agriculture, health, and water resources in Uganda, with the aim of raising awareness of these issues in the community and through building constructive dialogue ...
... “Turning up the Heat” produced by Oxfam International was relayed to the public. This documentary examines the impact of climate change on agriculture, health, and water resources in Uganda, with the aim of raising awareness of these issues in the community and through building constructive dialogue ...
SOUTH-SOUTH COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMME Inequality and Climate Change: Perspectives from the South
... finding solutions to its related problems. How can we better understand the complex nexus between gender and climate change? How are gender considerations integrated into climate change policies at the national and regional levels? How advanced is the so-called ‘feminization of agriculture’ in Afric ...
... finding solutions to its related problems. How can we better understand the complex nexus between gender and climate change? How are gender considerations integrated into climate change policies at the national and regional levels? How advanced is the so-called ‘feminization of agriculture’ in Afric ...
Day 3 - Oxfam New Zealand
... 7) The cans are filled on a conveyor belt using machines run by fossil-fuels. 8) The filled cans are transported to the shop (more fossil fuel use). 9) The cans are purchased and transported to your home. 10) The empty can is thrown away and collected by rubbish collectors (more fossil fuel use). 11 ...
... 7) The cans are filled on a conveyor belt using machines run by fossil-fuels. 8) The filled cans are transported to the shop (more fossil fuel use). 9) The cans are purchased and transported to your home. 10) The empty can is thrown away and collected by rubbish collectors (more fossil fuel use). 11 ...
Impact of large-scale environmental features changes on host
... to the environment, but not for long (<24h, until they find a second intermediate host) • Exposure in an indirect way through snail, mollusk which opacity might or might not let UVR reach the parasite, and bird hosts whose living conditions are affected by global warming Pathogens are to cope with t ...
... to the environment, but not for long (<24h, until they find a second intermediate host) • Exposure in an indirect way through snail, mollusk which opacity might or might not let UVR reach the parasite, and bird hosts whose living conditions are affected by global warming Pathogens are to cope with t ...
The natural environment: adapting to climate change
... work with local people, stakeholders and Government to identify actions to implement the adaptation strategies, ensuring that this builds on and dovetails with other initiatives; undertake further research to increase our understanding of how climate change will impact on the natural world; ex ...
... work with local people, stakeholders and Government to identify actions to implement the adaptation strategies, ensuring that this builds on and dovetails with other initiatives; undertake further research to increase our understanding of how climate change will impact on the natural world; ex ...
“CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS,” (Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance
... 2009 sessions in Copenhagen that aim to put forward a global climate change framework treaty, which is supposed to set the stage for the unprecedented levels of future cooperation that will be needed to deal with such a fundamental threat to the global commons. It was also expected that a fund would ...
... 2009 sessions in Copenhagen that aim to put forward a global climate change framework treaty, which is supposed to set the stage for the unprecedented levels of future cooperation that will be needed to deal with such a fundamental threat to the global commons. It was also expected that a fund would ...
Climate Change and its impact on Australias
... the coast. Australia's prehistoric sites preserve an invaluable record of how people have responded to these changes over many thousands of years. For example, the rate of rise of sea level which occurred during the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene period may be comparable to projected rates ...
... the coast. Australia's prehistoric sites preserve an invaluable record of how people have responded to these changes over many thousands of years. For example, the rate of rise of sea level which occurred during the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene period may be comparable to projected rates ...
How reversible is sea ice loss?
... These studies of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice loss raise the following question: if the global average or local warming is reversed, will the sea ice cover quickly return to its initial state (reversibility)? The answer has implications for how sea ice is viewed in discussions of dangerous climate c ...
... These studies of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice loss raise the following question: if the global average or local warming is reversed, will the sea ice cover quickly return to its initial state (reversibility)? The answer has implications for how sea ice is viewed in discussions of dangerous climate c ...
climate change mitigation
... Getting to Carbon Neutral offers a set of ten basic strategies that, in combination, would be highly effective at bringing reducing a city’s carbon footprint. These recommendations coincide with the key areas identified in the guide as having the greatest potential to reduce GHG emissions, such as e ...
... Getting to Carbon Neutral offers a set of ten basic strategies that, in combination, would be highly effective at bringing reducing a city’s carbon footprint. These recommendations coincide with the key areas identified in the guide as having the greatest potential to reduce GHG emissions, such as e ...
Apulia - Climatic Research Unit
... It must be underlined that there were a high number of students and researchers, which is likely explained by the involvement of scientists working for the CIRCE project in advertising the workshop. Unfortunately we have not been able to involve either stakeholders or regional administrations and po ...
... It must be underlined that there were a high number of students and researchers, which is likely explained by the involvement of scientists working for the CIRCE project in advertising the workshop. Unfortunately we have not been able to involve either stakeholders or regional administrations and po ...
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.""