Dr. Scott Power, BMRC - Indian Ocean Climate Initiative
... Decadal predictability arising from Initial Conditions might be substantial in some things (e.g. deep ocean) but low in variables of more significance to humans (e.g. rainfall over land) Strategic research in this area continues ...
... Decadal predictability arising from Initial Conditions might be substantial in some things (e.g. deep ocean) but low in variables of more significance to humans (e.g. rainfall over land) Strategic research in this area continues ...
Reducing abrupt climate change risk using the Montreal Protocol
... UNFCCC and other stakeholders in 2008 to ‘‘discuss technical and policy issues related to alternatives for ozone-depleting substances, with a particular focus on exchanging views of the best ways of how the experience from the Montreal Protocol can be used to address the impact of hydrofluorocarbons ...
... UNFCCC and other stakeholders in 2008 to ‘‘discuss technical and policy issues related to alternatives for ozone-depleting substances, with a particular focus on exchanging views of the best ways of how the experience from the Montreal Protocol can be used to address the impact of hydrofluorocarbons ...
Climate change and EUs 2015 international agreement on
... are put on a pathway that allows us to meet the below 2°C objective? How can we avoid a repeat of the current situation where there is a gap between voluntary pledges and the reductions that are required to keep global temperature increase below 2° C? How can the 2015 Agreement best ensure the contr ...
... are put on a pathway that allows us to meet the below 2°C objective? How can we avoid a repeat of the current situation where there is a gap between voluntary pledges and the reductions that are required to keep global temperature increase below 2° C? How can the 2015 Agreement best ensure the contr ...
World Bank`s Climate Change Actions in East Asia & Pacific Region
... emissions on a lower carbon trajectory while reducing air pollution. EcoCities in CN, Urban Transport in TH (Bangkok) Promotion of energy efficiency would lift private and public investments in EE and reduce future energy demand and associated emissions. Rural / provincial EE program in CN. Use ...
... emissions on a lower carbon trajectory while reducing air pollution. EcoCities in CN, Urban Transport in TH (Bangkok) Promotion of energy efficiency would lift private and public investments in EE and reduce future energy demand and associated emissions. Rural / provincial EE program in CN. Use ...
Week 8 Climate Change Prof Stern
... • Work to understand the empirical issues of the problem at hand, Here, that is the basic science of climate change and its complexities: first part of lecture. • Ensure the analytical framework does justice to the underlying empirical matters (don’t try to shoehorn problems into frameworks just bec ...
... • Work to understand the empirical issues of the problem at hand, Here, that is the basic science of climate change and its complexities: first part of lecture. • Ensure the analytical framework does justice to the underlying empirical matters (don’t try to shoehorn problems into frameworks just bec ...
Climate change act briefing note (467 kB) (opens in new window)
... between 1-2% of GDP in 2050 - with appropriate policies and trajectories. Our estimates are the same order of magnitude as those provided by the Stern Review and other estimates for global emissions reductions.” Subsequent analysis by the Committee has reaffirmed this estimate. - The Impact Assessme ...
... between 1-2% of GDP in 2050 - with appropriate policies and trajectories. Our estimates are the same order of magnitude as those provided by the Stern Review and other estimates for global emissions reductions.” Subsequent analysis by the Committee has reaffirmed this estimate. - The Impact Assessme ...
Altizer et al. 2013 climate disease
... Community Ecology, Biodiversity, and Climate Change Host-pathogen interactions are embedded in diverse communities, with climate change likely leading to the loss of some hostpathogen interactions and the gain of novel species pairings. In some cases, pathogen extinction and the loss of endemic para ...
... Community Ecology, Biodiversity, and Climate Change Host-pathogen interactions are embedded in diverse communities, with climate change likely leading to the loss of some hostpathogen interactions and the gain of novel species pairings. In some cases, pathogen extinction and the loss of endemic para ...
Report on oceans
... The Africa Package for Climate-Resilient Ocean Economies was announced by the World Bank Group, African Development Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization in response to the African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate Change (Mauritius, September 2016). This Conference reco ...
... The Africa Package for Climate-Resilient Ocean Economies was announced by the World Bank Group, African Development Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization in response to the African Ministerial Conference on Ocean Economies and Climate Change (Mauritius, September 2016). This Conference reco ...
The Future of Food Security in Global Change Scenarios
... • Scenarios are framed for specific purposes • Vulnerable are rarely directly involved • Insight qualified by top-down scenarios • IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios • Global Scenario Groups Great Transitions ...
... • Scenarios are framed for specific purposes • Vulnerable are rarely directly involved • Insight qualified by top-down scenarios • IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios • Global Scenario Groups Great Transitions ...
Near surface layers and global climate change with its implications
... processes and human activities, which have increased atmospheric concentration is thought to be a major forced causing of climate change. 3. Methane – an active, but less abundant gas is produced both through natural sources and human activities. 4. Nitrous Oxide – a greenhouse gas produced by organ ...
... processes and human activities, which have increased atmospheric concentration is thought to be a major forced causing of climate change. 3. Methane – an active, but less abundant gas is produced both through natural sources and human activities. 4. Nitrous Oxide – a greenhouse gas produced by organ ...
Sulfate Cooling - Global Warming
... With less temperature gradient between the Arctic & mid-latitudes, the jet stream slows and meanders N-S much more: 1-2 K miles. So . hot dry air lingers longer (heat waves) , as does moist rainy air (floods). 2011-12 was America’s hottest on record, 2016 2nd Over September 2011 - August 2012, relat ...
... With less temperature gradient between the Arctic & mid-latitudes, the jet stream slows and meanders N-S much more: 1-2 K miles. So . hot dry air lingers longer (heat waves) , as does moist rainy air (floods). 2011-12 was America’s hottest on record, 2016 2nd Over September 2011 - August 2012, relat ...
Disappearing evidence
... and temperate latitudes are melting. Ice cores from such glaciers have been used to reconstruct temperature, precipitation and atmospheric dust levels [13], and they provide information about climate dynamics, including changes in the strength of the Asian monsoon [14] and El Niño Southern Oscillati ...
... and temperate latitudes are melting. Ice cores from such glaciers have been used to reconstruct temperature, precipitation and atmospheric dust levels [13], and they provide information about climate dynamics, including changes in the strength of the Asian monsoon [14] and El Niño Southern Oscillati ...
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
... respectively since 1750.These values are much higher than at any time during the last 800000 years, the period of which reliable data have been extracted from ice cores. The fossil fuel burning has produced about three quarters of increase in CO2 from human activity over the past 20 years.1 Human be ...
... respectively since 1750.These values are much higher than at any time during the last 800000 years, the period of which reliable data have been extracted from ice cores. The fossil fuel burning has produced about three quarters of increase in CO2 from human activity over the past 20 years.1 Human be ...
April - Smithers Web Page
... first time in 18 years and as tens of thousands of farm workers marched through the Central Valley to protest federal and state cuts in irrigation water for the current growing season. Though Los Angeles is recommending a cut in water use of 15 percent – and surcharges for those who miss the mark – ...
... first time in 18 years and as tens of thousands of farm workers marched through the Central Valley to protest federal and state cuts in irrigation water for the current growing season. Though Los Angeles is recommending a cut in water use of 15 percent – and surcharges for those who miss the mark – ...
exploring corporate social responsibility for climate change
... The average age of the Supreme Court’s members suggests the Court, and thus its views, may change in the near future. The new administration is likely to appoint Justices and lower court judges that will support EPA authority to regulate CO2, and the business community will need to adapt to this. Ac ...
... The average age of the Supreme Court’s members suggests the Court, and thus its views, may change in the near future. The new administration is likely to appoint Justices and lower court judges that will support EPA authority to regulate CO2, and the business community will need to adapt to this. Ac ...
PPT - Reading e-Science Centre
... • B) achieved by exploring impacts with the climate change patterns associated with 21 different GCMs (climate model structural uncertainty) • Assessed impacts by applying above climate change scenarios to the global hydrological model (GHM) MacPDM.09 – A global water balance model operating on a 0. ...
... • B) achieved by exploring impacts with the climate change patterns associated with 21 different GCMs (climate model structural uncertainty) • Assessed impacts by applying above climate change scenarios to the global hydrological model (GHM) MacPDM.09 – A global water balance model operating on a 0. ...
Can regional climate engineering save the summer Arctic sea ice?
... Sea ice is an important climate component in the Earth system [Solomon et al., 2007]. Considerable reductions in Arctic sea ice extent have been observed in the past years, due in part to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations [Stroeve et al., 2007; Serreze et al., 2007a; Kay et al., 2011; Holland ...
... Sea ice is an important climate component in the Earth system [Solomon et al., 2007]. Considerable reductions in Arctic sea ice extent have been observed in the past years, due in part to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations [Stroeve et al., 2007; Serreze et al., 2007a; Kay et al., 2011; Holland ...
The Change, the Challenge, the Responsibility
... We know that global warming is tangible. As to this, the international community has reached some common understandings through the negotiation, at the conference of environment and development of the United Nations in 1992, the participating countries have signed " the climatic change frame convent ...
... We know that global warming is tangible. As to this, the international community has reached some common understandings through the negotiation, at the conference of environment and development of the United Nations in 1992, the participating countries have signed " the climatic change frame convent ...
Document
... lead by example, with a comprehensive package of policy and legislative measures at the EU level, introduced through the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP). Each Member State also puts into place a series of further domestic actions, discussed in their own reports. The ECCP reaches out to all ...
... lead by example, with a comprehensive package of policy and legislative measures at the EU level, introduced through the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP). Each Member State also puts into place a series of further domestic actions, discussed in their own reports. The ECCP reaches out to all ...
forest ecosystems
... • Design of climate change mitigation portfolios in the forest sector should account for changes in C in forest ecosystems, in harvested wood products, and for substitution benefits, relative to a base case. • Climate change mitigation efficiency varies among silvicultural activities, product use st ...
... • Design of climate change mitigation portfolios in the forest sector should account for changes in C in forest ecosystems, in harvested wood products, and for substitution benefits, relative to a base case. • Climate change mitigation efficiency varies among silvicultural activities, product use st ...
The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report 2014
... The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report 2014 - Key Findings for Asia ...
... The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report 2014 - Key Findings for Asia ...
Preliminary preparatory meeting for next COP 23
... organisation is the UNFCCC which was first drafted in 1992 and is now ratified by over 50 countries. Then the United Nations created the COP which is a governing body of an international convention, it has worked with the UNFCCC and the Kyoto protocol. The organisation has worked hard to create som ...
... organisation is the UNFCCC which was first drafted in 1992 and is now ratified by over 50 countries. Then the United Nations created the COP which is a governing body of an international convention, it has worked with the UNFCCC and the Kyoto protocol. The organisation has worked hard to create som ...
Presentation - IEA Task 38
... ∆Albedo (blue) offsets ∆NEE (CO2, red) = net medium- & long-term global climate cooling ...
... ∆Albedo (blue) offsets ∆NEE (CO2, red) = net medium- & long-term global climate cooling ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook: GLOSSARY
... Conservation agriculture (CA): Conservation Agriculture is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. It is characterized by three linked principles, namely ...
... Conservation agriculture (CA): Conservation Agriculture is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. It is characterized by three linked principles, namely ...
climate change liability
... Although there is currently no civil liability regime that can be directly applied to climate change, below is an overview of the different international legal frameworks which currently exist and which may establish indirectly state liability for climate change: ...
... Although there is currently no civil liability regime that can be directly applied to climate change, below is an overview of the different international legal frameworks which currently exist and which may establish indirectly state liability for climate change: ...
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.""