Assessing and predicting regional climate change
... • Assessing – if not possible: determination of consistency of ongoing change and deflated projections. (Bhend and von Storch, 2008) • Predicting – not really possible at this time (except for first examples), almost all cases are descriptions of possible, plausible, internally consistent futures (s ...
... • Assessing – if not possible: determination of consistency of ongoing change and deflated projections. (Bhend and von Storch, 2008) • Predicting – not really possible at this time (except for first examples), almost all cases are descriptions of possible, plausible, internally consistent futures (s ...
Billions at Stake in Climate Finance: Four Key
... Bird, N. and Peskett, L. 2008. Recent Bilateral Initiatives for Climate Financing: Are they moving in the right direction? Overseas Development Institute Opinion 112. ODI, London. n Doornbosch, R. and Knight, E. 2008. What Role for Public Finance in International Climate Change Mitigation? Discussio ...
... Bird, N. and Peskett, L. 2008. Recent Bilateral Initiatives for Climate Financing: Are they moving in the right direction? Overseas Development Institute Opinion 112. ODI, London. n Doornbosch, R. and Knight, E. 2008. What Role for Public Finance in International Climate Change Mitigation? Discussio ...
here - Climate Realists
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
Hot, It`s Not - Tufts University
... A mantra repeated throughout Cool It is the belief that other problems are more urgent than climate change, and more cost effective to address. Cost-benefit analyses of a range of competing priorities, written for Lomborg’s earlier “Copenhagen Consensus,” form the basis for this belief. That consens ...
... A mantra repeated throughout Cool It is the belief that other problems are more urgent than climate change, and more cost effective to address. Cost-benefit analyses of a range of competing priorities, written for Lomborg’s earlier “Copenhagen Consensus,” form the basis for this belief. That consens ...
Keynote Address by the Honourable Minister of Environment on
... I am delighted to be taking part in the Niger Delta Development Forum. This Forum is convened to inform relevant stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in the Niger Delta Region on the need for continued effort for sustainable development despite the recent slump in the oil prices, the degradation ...
... I am delighted to be taking part in the Niger Delta Development Forum. This Forum is convened to inform relevant stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in the Niger Delta Region on the need for continued effort for sustainable development despite the recent slump in the oil prices, the degradation ...
“It is getting cooler” “the warming has stopped”
... That is total rubbish! Isotopic analysis of the C in the CO2 shows that it has come from fossil fuels – which have a lower proportion of C14 because they have been decaying underground for millions of years. (C14 is a radioactive form of carbon created in the atmosphere by solar radiation.) Au ...
... That is total rubbish! Isotopic analysis of the C in the CO2 shows that it has come from fossil fuels – which have a lower proportion of C14 because they have been decaying underground for millions of years. (C14 is a radioactive form of carbon created in the atmosphere by solar radiation.) Au ...
Climate Change Strategy
... health, assist weight loss, improve self esteem as well as reduce our carbon footprint. ...
... health, assist weight loss, improve self esteem as well as reduce our carbon footprint. ...
EPA Climate Change Research Programme Projects and Fellowships awarded in 2011
... climate projections for Ireland, recent advances in climate science, revised emission scenarios and changing technologies have necessitated the development of more advanced high-resolution climate predictions at decadal time scales. This research will produce next generation decadal (10-30 years) an ...
... climate projections for Ireland, recent advances in climate science, revised emission scenarios and changing technologies have necessitated the development of more advanced high-resolution climate predictions at decadal time scales. This research will produce next generation decadal (10-30 years) an ...
Discussion Note
... The perceived message, thus, might be that climate change is not a problem of air quality and that atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases and their eventual control are not the responsibility of Member States or their local authorities. Indeed, the Directive requires measurements of ozone, which is ...
... The perceived message, thus, might be that climate change is not a problem of air quality and that atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases and their eventual control are not the responsibility of Member States or their local authorities. Indeed, the Directive requires measurements of ozone, which is ...
Recycling HFC Refrigerants Delivers Immediate, Cost
... phase-down and promoting low-GWP technologies for new equipment. In addition, advances in leak detection technologies, improved service practices, and supply chain tracking are important to deploy to contain refrigerants. An essential component to reducing HFC refrigerant emissions is establishing t ...
... phase-down and promoting low-GWP technologies for new equipment. In addition, advances in leak detection technologies, improved service practices, and supply chain tracking are important to deploy to contain refrigerants. An essential component to reducing HFC refrigerant emissions is establishing t ...
Climate action
... atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, is now at its highest level for at least 800 000 years. ...
... atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, is now at its highest level for at least 800 000 years. ...
BLACKROCK INVESTMENT INSTITUTE
... } Global average surface temperatures (land and ocean) have risen 0.88° Celsius (1.6° Fahrenheit) since records began in 1880, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. } Seventeen of the past 18 years have been the hottest on record globally. See the chart below. } Pos ...
... } Global average surface temperatures (land and ocean) have risen 0.88° Celsius (1.6° Fahrenheit) since records began in 1880, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. } Seventeen of the past 18 years have been the hottest on record globally. See the chart below. } Pos ...
cop21 and the paris agreement
... as ‘glacial’, but despite disappointments and many potholes along the way, the international negotiation process continued and built cumulative progress. In parallel, non-state entities, such as corporations, subnational regions and cities, were beginning to act decisively, irrespective of a global ...
... as ‘glacial’, but despite disappointments and many potholes along the way, the international negotiation process continued and built cumulative progress. In parallel, non-state entities, such as corporations, subnational regions and cities, were beginning to act decisively, irrespective of a global ...
Climate change DRAFT
... The average annual temperature is 19°C. Summer average temperature is 24°C, in autumn and spring it is 20°C, and in winter 14°C. Annual and seasonal average rainfall are variable, affected by local factors such as topography and vegetation, and broader scale weather patterns, such as the El Niño– So ...
... The average annual temperature is 19°C. Summer average temperature is 24°C, in autumn and spring it is 20°C, and in winter 14°C. Annual and seasonal average rainfall are variable, affected by local factors such as topography and vegetation, and broader scale weather patterns, such as the El Niño– So ...
Implications of global warming for the climate of African rainforests
... Changes in local temperature and precipitation have the potential to affect African rainforests and have led to large ecological shifts on millennial timescales [1]. Projecting the impact of anthropogenic interference on the climate of West and Central Africa is therefore important: to provide infor ...
... Changes in local temperature and precipitation have the potential to affect African rainforests and have led to large ecological shifts on millennial timescales [1]. Projecting the impact of anthropogenic interference on the climate of West and Central Africa is therefore important: to provide infor ...
hamlet_harc_oct_2003 - UW Hydro
... Climate Impacts Group. This research strategy has laid the foundation for future work with increasing horizontal integration between sectors. Research on the capacity of existing institutions identified important research needs and fundamentally altered the CIG’s strategy for education and outreach. ...
... Climate Impacts Group. This research strategy has laid the foundation for future work with increasing horizontal integration between sectors. Research on the capacity of existing institutions identified important research needs and fundamentally altered the CIG’s strategy for education and outreach. ...
1 Carbon management and scenario planning at landscape scale
... depleted of much of their native carbon stocks, have a significant CO2 sink capacity. Management practices to build up soil and / or decrease soil organic matter decomposition rates at the UK. In this paper an attempt has been made to develop a geographical information system (GIS) based methodology ...
... depleted of much of their native carbon stocks, have a significant CO2 sink capacity. Management practices to build up soil and / or decrease soil organic matter decomposition rates at the UK. In this paper an attempt has been made to develop a geographical information system (GIS) based methodology ...
When Spring has Sprung
... and political agenda over the last decade or more. Global temperature has increased rapidly since the late 1970s, a trend which most climatologists anticipate will continue into the future, as a result of rising greenhouse gas concentrations, with potentially far-reaching consequences for the global ...
... and political agenda over the last decade or more. Global temperature has increased rapidly since the late 1970s, a trend which most climatologists anticipate will continue into the future, as a result of rising greenhouse gas concentrations, with potentially far-reaching consequences for the global ...
Appendix I
... gasoline vehicles are significantly underestimated, as found by Liggio et al:2 “Unlike the results for gasoline vehicles, the measured BC emission factor for heavyduty diesel vehicles was in reasonable agreement with previous measurements. This suggests, the team concluded, that greater attention ne ...
... gasoline vehicles are significantly underestimated, as found by Liggio et al:2 “Unlike the results for gasoline vehicles, the measured BC emission factor for heavyduty diesel vehicles was in reasonable agreement with previous measurements. This suggests, the team concluded, that greater attention ne ...
Evidence for intensification of the global water cycle: Review and
... 2001). Results from recent simulations using one of about 20 coupled ocean–atmosphere–land models based on the IS92A mid-range emission scenario indicate that global mean surface air temperature, precipitation, evaporation, and runoff will increase 2.3 8C, 5.2, 5.2, and 7.3%, respectively, by 2050 ( ...
... 2001). Results from recent simulations using one of about 20 coupled ocean–atmosphere–land models based on the IS92A mid-range emission scenario indicate that global mean surface air temperature, precipitation, evaporation, and runoff will increase 2.3 8C, 5.2, 5.2, and 7.3%, respectively, by 2050 ( ...
Support to Multi-National Environmental Conventions and Terrestrial
... homogeneously over large areas, but instead most often collected with local focus over sites that have been specifically requested by commercial or scientific users. This results in inconsistent and fragmented data archives that are inadequate for any application that require extrapolation of locall ...
... homogeneously over large areas, but instead most often collected with local focus over sites that have been specifically requested by commercial or scientific users. This results in inconsistent and fragmented data archives that are inadequate for any application that require extrapolation of locall ...
EOP-G Work Plan 2010
... that ESA together with its Member states have established over the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by UNFCCC. • It will ensure that full capital is derived from ongoing and planned ESA missions for climate purposes, including ERS, Envisat, th ...
... that ESA together with its Member states have established over the last thirty years, as a significant and timely contribution to the ECV databases required by UNFCCC. • It will ensure that full capital is derived from ongoing and planned ESA missions for climate purposes, including ERS, Envisat, th ...
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.""