Chicago Area Climate Change Quick Guide
... and Texas Tech University to analyze what climate change impacts on Chicago could be, and then hired MWH, an engineering consulting firm, to use this research to develop a methodology and recommended actions to help the City prepare for a changing climate. The City asked MWH to create a planning doc ...
... and Texas Tech University to analyze what climate change impacts on Chicago could be, and then hired MWH, an engineering consulting firm, to use this research to develop a methodology and recommended actions to help the City prepare for a changing climate. The City asked MWH to create a planning doc ...
A Critical Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol using Monte Carlo
... This considered the gravity of informed decision making under uncertainty in the construction of effective climate policy is emphasised. Rather than postpone direct action to curb anthropogenic climate change in order to accommodate further observational confirmation, mitigation must enter into forc ...
... This considered the gravity of informed decision making under uncertainty in the construction of effective climate policy is emphasised. Rather than postpone direct action to curb anthropogenic climate change in order to accommodate further observational confirmation, mitigation must enter into forc ...
Climates of change: human dimensions of Holocene
... burning curve for the highlands of New Guinea shows a dramatic increase in response to increased climate variability after 6000 cal yr BP and peaking between 4500 and 1000 cal yr BP (Haberle et al., 2001). Rainfall levels in northern Australia decreased after 3500 cal yr BP, with more open vegetatio ...
... burning curve for the highlands of New Guinea shows a dramatic increase in response to increased climate variability after 6000 cal yr BP and peaking between 4500 and 1000 cal yr BP (Haberle et al., 2001). Rainfall levels in northern Australia decreased after 3500 cal yr BP, with more open vegetatio ...
aberdeen beach case study
... an illustration of the serious problems caused by coastal erosion, and an example of issues which could become more frequent or increase in seriousness in the future as a result of climate change. ...
... an illustration of the serious problems caused by coastal erosion, and an example of issues which could become more frequent or increase in seriousness in the future as a result of climate change. ...
Population Engineering and the Fight against Climate Change
... One might think this is cause for optimism, but the consensus approach to mitigating dangerous climate change is layered with assumptions and uncertainties that should give pause. The first thing to note is that there are live controversies about, first, whether restricting average global temperatur ...
... One might think this is cause for optimism, but the consensus approach to mitigating dangerous climate change is layered with assumptions and uncertainties that should give pause. The first thing to note is that there are live controversies about, first, whether restricting average global temperatur ...
Deliverable 2B.1
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
The Evolution of Multilateral Regimes: Implications for
... International regimes rarely emerge in a single step, fully formed. Instead, a regime—as well as the broader set of agreements and institutions addressing an issue area, often referred to as a “regime complex”3— typically evolves over time. The world trade regime, for example, looks very different n ...
... International regimes rarely emerge in a single step, fully formed. Instead, a regime—as well as the broader set of agreements and institutions addressing an issue area, often referred to as a “regime complex”3— typically evolves over time. The world trade regime, for example, looks very different n ...
Mega-Stress for Mega-Cities
... the impacts of climate change. In response, this report highlights the vulnerability of some of those cities - with the goal of increasing regional awareness of the impacts of climate change, providing a starting point for further research and policy discussions, and triggering action to protect peo ...
... the impacts of climate change. In response, this report highlights the vulnerability of some of those cities - with the goal of increasing regional awareness of the impacts of climate change, providing a starting point for further research and policy discussions, and triggering action to protect peo ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledge and moral reasoning. Debates and controversies on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions make such tensions visible. In the UK, processes concerning airport expansions have re ...
... As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledge and moral reasoning. Debates and controversies on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions make such tensions visible. In the UK, processes concerning airport expansions have re ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... Joint faculty Cole, Comrie, Hirshboeck, Overpeck, Restrepo, Showman, Shuttleworth, Sorooshian, Winter Lecturers Weidman4, Ward4 Research faculty Conant, Cummins, Serra, Sprigg ...
... Joint faculty Cole, Comrie, Hirshboeck, Overpeck, Restrepo, Showman, Shuttleworth, Sorooshian, Winter Lecturers Weidman4, Ward4 Research faculty Conant, Cummins, Serra, Sprigg ...
Impacts of future climate change on soil frost in the midwestern
... air temperatures in the midwestern United States. Furthermore, a rise in soil temperatures is likely to be enhanced under projections of increased air temperature; however, reduced snow cover during winter may lead to colder soil temperatures in the future. Cumulatively, these changes will affect co ...
... air temperatures in the midwestern United States. Furthermore, a rise in soil temperatures is likely to be enhanced under projections of increased air temperature; however, reduced snow cover during winter may lead to colder soil temperatures in the future. Cumulatively, these changes will affect co ...
Executive Summary Powering Climate Action
... It is sometimes the perception that cities are each of a different type; that working with each city will be a new learning process, and that there is always some need to re-invent the wheel when transferring solutions between them. This analysis shows, however, that while cities use a variety of ty ...
... It is sometimes the perception that cities are each of a different type; that working with each city will be a new learning process, and that there is always some need to re-invent the wheel when transferring solutions between them. This analysis shows, however, that while cities use a variety of ty ...
powerpoint presentation
... Climate forcing External forcing for earth’s climate includes earth orbit parameters (solar distance factors) solar luminosity moon orbit volcanoes and other geothermal sources tectonics (plate motion) greenhouse gases (to the extent that they are not part of the climate system itself) land surface ...
... Climate forcing External forcing for earth’s climate includes earth orbit parameters (solar distance factors) solar luminosity moon orbit volcanoes and other geothermal sources tectonics (plate motion) greenhouse gases (to the extent that they are not part of the climate system itself) land surface ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... CO2 emissions will continue to cause warming over the long term because of their long lifetime in the atmosphere. While approximately 50% of CO2 is removed from the atmosphere within a century, a substantial portion (20-40%) of CO2 emissions remains in the atmosphere for millennia (see Fig. 2).51 CO ...
... CO2 emissions will continue to cause warming over the long term because of their long lifetime in the atmosphere. While approximately 50% of CO2 is removed from the atmosphere within a century, a substantial portion (20-40%) of CO2 emissions remains in the atmosphere for millennia (see Fig. 2).51 CO ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... In this sub-region, recent warmer winters and changing snow conditions are thought to have contributed to declines in some reindeer populations and to the observed collapse in lemming and small rodent population peaks in recent decades. Such collapses in turn lead to a decrease in populations of bir ...
... In this sub-region, recent warmer winters and changing snow conditions are thought to have contributed to declines in some reindeer populations and to the observed collapse in lemming and small rodent population peaks in recent decades. Such collapses in turn lead to a decrease in populations of bir ...
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Climate Change Strategy
... needed for services to residents. This strategy will also address the actions the Council will take to mitigate emissions from residents, business and other public bodies and the adaptation measures which will affect the whole county. In this way the strategy deals with both internal and external cl ...
... needed for services to residents. This strategy will also address the actions the Council will take to mitigate emissions from residents, business and other public bodies and the adaptation measures which will affect the whole county. In this way the strategy deals with both internal and external cl ...
Responses of vegetation distribution to climate change in China
... Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The research group used the Providing Regional Climate for Impacts Studies (PRECIS) system (Jones et al. 2004) to create highresolution (50×50 km) climate data scenarios in China for the late twenty-first century on the basis of greenhouse gas emission scena ...
... Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The research group used the Providing Regional Climate for Impacts Studies (PRECIS) system (Jones et al. 2004) to create highresolution (50×50 km) climate data scenarios in China for the late twenty-first century on the basis of greenhouse gas emission scena ...
National Security in the 21st Century: How the National Security
... over the twenty-first century.6 Based on the amount of carbon already released into the atmosphere, the Earth is committed to a temperature increase of at least 2°F.7 The best estimates of the IPCC, which depend on future reductions in CO2 emissions, predict global average temperature increases of 3 ...
... over the twenty-first century.6 Based on the amount of carbon already released into the atmosphere, the Earth is committed to a temperature increase of at least 2°F.7 The best estimates of the IPCC, which depend on future reductions in CO2 emissions, predict global average temperature increases of 3 ...
Separating Forced from Chaotic Climate Variability over the Past
... Reconstructions of past climate show notable temperature variability over the past millennium, with relatively warm conditions during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and a relatively cold Little Ice Age (LIA). Multimodel simulations of the past millennium are used together with a wide range of re ...
... Reconstructions of past climate show notable temperature variability over the past millennium, with relatively warm conditions during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and a relatively cold Little Ice Age (LIA). Multimodel simulations of the past millennium are used together with a wide range of re ...
adapt to climate change
... It is now unequivocal that our climate is warming. Observations of increases in air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea levels all point directly to a warmer planet. There is overwhelming evidence that humans are contributing to global warming. Mo ...
... It is now unequivocal that our climate is warming. Observations of increases in air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea levels all point directly to a warmer planet. There is overwhelming evidence that humans are contributing to global warming. Mo ...
INDC technical report
... have resulted in 1969 deaths, and affected 18 456 835 people. In this example, as the effects of extreme weather events on health are difficult to quantify due to under-reporting, the plan recognised the need to improve reporting and information systems. Furthermore, the need for adequate surveillan ...
... have resulted in 1969 deaths, and affected 18 456 835 people. In this example, as the effects of extreme weather events on health are difficult to quantify due to under-reporting, the plan recognised the need to improve reporting and information systems. Furthermore, the need for adequate surveillan ...
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.""