FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY MPDD/CSN/HLAPPD/APOA/2013 ENGLISH ONLY
... The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20-22 June 2012 agreed on a political outcome document “The Future We Want” (UN, 2012) that has important implications for the work of the United Nations system, including in shaping th ...
... The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20) that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20-22 June 2012 agreed on a political outcome document “The Future We Want” (UN, 2012) that has important implications for the work of the United Nations system, including in shaping th ...
successful adaptation implementation
... between the content of the Adaptation Planning document and its ability to engender readily realized action and implementable results. Although there has been extensive research into what makes a successful environmental policy plan, it is clear from reviewing a wide variety of regional plans for ad ...
... between the content of the Adaptation Planning document and its ability to engender readily realized action and implementable results. Although there has been extensive research into what makes a successful environmental policy plan, it is clear from reviewing a wide variety of regional plans for ad ...
The Influence on Climate Change of Differing Scenarios for Future
... The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is an organization for research, independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, a ...
... The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is an organization for research, independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, a ...
Deepa Badrinarayana - Three Degrees Warmer
... LITTLE GREEN DATA BOOK 7 (2007). While at the recent meeting of the Conference of Parties at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen all three countries made some commitments that they “noted”: China and India only agreed to reduce their carbon intensity, and not their ...
... LITTLE GREEN DATA BOOK 7 (2007). While at the recent meeting of the Conference of Parties at the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen all three countries made some commitments that they “noted”: China and India only agreed to reduce their carbon intensity, and not their ...
An Introduction to Simple Climate Models
... An Introduction to Simple Climate Models used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report The equilibrium climate sensitivity is also the single most important source of uncertainty for projections of global mean sea level rise, although the variation of temperature change with depth in the ocean and the ...
... An Introduction to Simple Climate Models used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report The equilibrium climate sensitivity is also the single most important source of uncertainty for projections of global mean sea level rise, although the variation of temperature change with depth in the ocean and the ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
... Our goal has been to make use of the most reliable and most up to date climate science available, and to avoid conclusions that are not supported by the majority of climate scientists. In order to achieve this, we have collaborated with Professor Andy Pitman, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence ...
2011 CIRES ANNUAL REPORT
... that CIRES and the University of Colorado Boulder would play important roles in two new regional Climate Science Centers that will conduct climate-change research, with a focus on wildlife and ecosystems. Dark-colored dust that settles on snow in the Upper Colorado River Basin makes the snow melt ea ...
... that CIRES and the University of Colorado Boulder would play important roles in two new regional Climate Science Centers that will conduct climate-change research, with a focus on wildlife and ecosystems. Dark-colored dust that settles on snow in the Upper Colorado River Basin makes the snow melt ea ...
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... "The insurance industry has always played a key role in helping business and society understand new risks. We provide an early warning, if you will. Allianz believes it is already seeing signs that climate change is a serious emerging risk, and we expect it to remain a top-tier issue for the insuran ...
... "The insurance industry has always played a key role in helping business and society understand new risks. We provide an early warning, if you will. Allianz believes it is already seeing signs that climate change is a serious emerging risk, and we expect it to remain a top-tier issue for the insuran ...
Climate Change Effects and Water Vulnerability in the
... become invested in water distribution. Water management plans are put into place to ensure that all represented members of a community have access to an appropriate amount of water for survival. While these plans are often designed to handle worst case scenarios, such as drought or contamination, a ...
... become invested in water distribution. Water management plans are put into place to ensure that all represented members of a community have access to an appropriate amount of water for survival. While these plans are often designed to handle worst case scenarios, such as drought or contamination, a ...
states and cities as actors in global climate regulation: unitary vs
... reentry into serious international climate negotiations, which is prerequisite for developing an effective post-Kyoto system of global climate regulation.18 These initiatives have provided a catalyst for domestic public attention and support and enhanced the likelihood that Congress will at last act ...
... reentry into serious international climate negotiations, which is prerequisite for developing an effective post-Kyoto system of global climate regulation.18 These initiatives have provided a catalyst for domestic public attention and support and enhanced the likelihood that Congress will at last act ...
Investing in a Time of Climate Change
... 2. The impact of climate change on the total portfolio is potentially significant After assessing the aggregate impact of the TRIP factors under each climate scenario on NYSCRF’s total portfolio we find it would be reasonably well insulated from loss under a Coordination scenario and only moderately ...
... 2. The impact of climate change on the total portfolio is potentially significant After assessing the aggregate impact of the TRIP factors under each climate scenario on NYSCRF’s total portfolio we find it would be reasonably well insulated from loss under a Coordination scenario and only moderately ...
Selecting Ensemble Members to Provide Regional Climate Change
... from each GCM are assessed with a focus on the Asian summer monsoon, given its importance to proposed applications of the projections. First, the study examines whether any model should be eliminated because significant deficiencies in its simulation may render its future climate projections unreali ...
... from each GCM are assessed with a focus on the Asian summer monsoon, given its importance to proposed applications of the projections. First, the study examines whether any model should be eliminated because significant deficiencies in its simulation may render its future climate projections unreali ...
Challenges of Growth 2013
... SESAR research programme, industry associations, the academic community and European policy makers. Participants concluded that there is a growing need for climate change risk assessment and planning for adaptation measures. However, concerns were expressed about acquiring financial resources for so ...
... SESAR research programme, industry associations, the academic community and European policy makers. Participants concluded that there is a growing need for climate change risk assessment and planning for adaptation measures. However, concerns were expressed about acquiring financial resources for so ...
Biodiversity climate change impacts report card technical paper
... to increase with increased winter rainfall; high nitrate levels are associated, at least in lakes, with reduced plant diversity. Levels, however are already widely above the critical band for reduction of diversity. Chalk streams may dry out for longer periods [H,Me]. 12. Dragonflies and damselflies ...
... to increase with increased winter rainfall; high nitrate levels are associated, at least in lakes, with reduced plant diversity. Levels, however are already widely above the critical band for reduction of diversity. Chalk streams may dry out for longer periods [H,Me]. 12. Dragonflies and damselflies ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
3. project framework - REDD
... to date climate change has also received scant attention within the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). This dichotomy between food security and climate change at the international level tends to be mirrored at national level. In December 2010, at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Partie ...
... to date climate change has also received scant attention within the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). This dichotomy between food security and climate change at the international level tends to be mirrored at national level. In December 2010, at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Partie ...
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... is a major source of seafood, particularly highly valued blue crab and striped bass. It is also a major recreational area, with boating, camping, crabbing, fishing, hunting, and swimming all very popular and economically important activities. The Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watersheds provide ...
... is a major source of seafood, particularly highly valued blue crab and striped bass. It is also a major recreational area, with boating, camping, crabbing, fishing, hunting, and swimming all very popular and economically important activities. The Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watersheds provide ...
Chapter 19 Climate Change Effects on Watershed Processes in
... Trends in annual precipitation across British Columbia for the 00-, 50-, and 30-year periods are variable both spatially and through trend periods, as compared to temperature trends (Table 9.; Figure 9.2). In general, average annual precipitation has increased (.4 mm/month per decade) over the ...
... Trends in annual precipitation across British Columbia for the 00-, 50-, and 30-year periods are variable both spatially and through trend periods, as compared to temperature trends (Table 9.; Figure 9.2). In general, average annual precipitation has increased (.4 mm/month per decade) over the ...
Inequality, communication and the avoidance of disastrous climate change: Working Paper 34 (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... public good, where the benefits of efforts to reduce emissions are shared by all, irrespective of individual contributions. Such disconnect between individual and collective interest is a prime cause of public goods under-provision (3 -7 ). Whereas public goods experiments under controlled condition ...
... public good, where the benefits of efforts to reduce emissions are shared by all, irrespective of individual contributions. Such disconnect between individual and collective interest is a prime cause of public goods under-provision (3 -7 ). Whereas public goods experiments under controlled condition ...
pdf of manuscript - Mark Williams
... We selected climate stations based on two criteria: (1) continuous and complete long-term records of 27 years, from 1979 to 2005; and (2) representation of an elevation gradient from about 3000 m to more than 4000 m (Table 1). We evaluated the statistical significance of temperature and precipitation ...
... We selected climate stations based on two criteria: (1) continuous and complete long-term records of 27 years, from 1979 to 2005; and (2) representation of an elevation gradient from about 3000 m to more than 4000 m (Table 1). We evaluated the statistical significance of temperature and precipitation ...
Arctic amplification: can the past constrain the future?
... 50 m) and sea ice (essentially freshwater) out of the Arctic Ocean (e.g., Schlosser et al., 2000). The freshwater export is primarily through western Fram Strait, then along the east coast of Greenland into the North Atlantic through Denmark Strait. A smaller volume of surface water and sea ice flows ...
... 50 m) and sea ice (essentially freshwater) out of the Arctic Ocean (e.g., Schlosser et al., 2000). The freshwater export is primarily through western Fram Strait, then along the east coast of Greenland into the North Atlantic through Denmark Strait. A smaller volume of surface water and sea ice flows ...
Climate Change and the Law
... complex and fascinating law and policy challenges ever facing humanity. Climate change allows the teacher and students to explore how economics, science, policy, and law combine and interact to develop responses at multiple levels to a problem that affects all of us. The text encompasses internation ...
... complex and fascinating law and policy challenges ever facing humanity. Climate change allows the teacher and students to explore how economics, science, policy, and law combine and interact to develop responses at multiple levels to a problem that affects all of us. The text encompasses internation ...
Why Worry About Climate Change? A Research Agenda
... stress in plants and may make them grow faster – although this effect is now believed to be weaker (Long et al., 2006). Another reason is that the global economy is concentrated in the temperate zone, where a bit of warming may well be welcomed because of reductions in heating costs and cold-related ...
... stress in plants and may make them grow faster – although this effect is now believed to be weaker (Long et al., 2006). Another reason is that the global economy is concentrated in the temperate zone, where a bit of warming may well be welcomed because of reductions in heating costs and cold-related ...
Man made Global Warming
... that invade us from the Atlantic, formed at the sea level and "grew" up through the atmosphere. It now seems more likely that they start to form around the jet streams and percolate downwards. The winds in the jet stream do not necessarily blow at a constant speed or in a straight line. Within this ...
... that invade us from the Atlantic, formed at the sea level and "grew" up through the atmosphere. It now seems more likely that they start to form around the jet streams and percolate downwards. The winds in the jet stream do not necessarily blow at a constant speed or in a straight line. Within this ...
Climatic Research Unit documents
Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e-mails and other computer files were stolen from a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in a hacking incident in November 2009. The documents were redistributed first through the blogosphere of global warming skeptics, and allegations were made that they indicated misconduct by leading climate scientists. A series of investigations rejected these allegations, while concluding that CRU scientists should have been more open with distributing data and methods on request. Precisely six committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged by the end of the investigations.The incident occurred shortly before the opening December 2009 Copenhagen global climate summit. It has prompted general discussion about increasing the openness of scientific data (though the majority of climate data have always been freely available). Scientists, scientific organisations, and government officials have stated that the incident does not affect the overall scientific case for climate change. Andrew Revkin reported in the New York Times that ""The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.""