ZONAL FOREST TYPES, CLIMATIC VARIABLES AND EFFECT OF
... hierarchical classification trees, created by repeatedly splitting the learning database into two subsets, according to simple rules based on a single explanatory variable in each step. The splitting rule is chosen in each step so that the two groups would differ from each other the most, becoming a ...
... hierarchical classification trees, created by repeatedly splitting the learning database into two subsets, according to simple rules based on a single explanatory variable in each step. The splitting rule is chosen in each step so that the two groups would differ from each other the most, becoming a ...
Evaluating the effects of ideology on public understanding of climate
... is “both a coherence and a rationality to dissonance and denial that will not make it easy for democracies to gain early consent for tough climate change mitigation measures” (StollKleemann et al., 2001: 115). Cognitive dissonance, or the psychology of denial presents difficulties to shifting mental ...
... is “both a coherence and a rationality to dissonance and denial that will not make it easy for democracies to gain early consent for tough climate change mitigation measures” (StollKleemann et al., 2001: 115). Cognitive dissonance, or the psychology of denial presents difficulties to shifting mental ...
PowerPoint-presentation
... beings, to engage in various forms of social interaction; to be able to imagine the situation of another. (Protecting this capability means protecting institutions that constitute and nourish such forms of affiliation, and also protecting the freedom of assembly and political speech.) B. Having the ...
... beings, to engage in various forms of social interaction; to be able to imagine the situation of another. (Protecting this capability means protecting institutions that constitute and nourish such forms of affiliation, and also protecting the freedom of assembly and political speech.) B. Having the ...
Strategy for FAO’s work on climate change – roadmap
... 2015, appreciated and welcomed FAO’s role in CCAM. Among other recommendations, it highlighted the need for FAO’s stronger engagement at country level and greater clarity in defining its objectives towards integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation as a cross-cutting priority in the work o ...
... 2015, appreciated and welcomed FAO’s role in CCAM. Among other recommendations, it highlighted the need for FAO’s stronger engagement at country level and greater clarity in defining its objectives towards integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation as a cross-cutting priority in the work o ...
14 October 2010 - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
... “What we need to stress now is that Africa must acquire a capacity to use this information, not just having it generated by important satellite technologies,” said Ping. ...
... “What we need to stress now is that Africa must acquire a capacity to use this information, not just having it generated by important satellite technologies,” said Ping. ...
the Measurement Problem Advances Pol. Psych. (forthcoming) PRELIMINARY DRAFT
... and to enjoy the sense of identity enabled by membership in a community defined by particular cultural commitments. The paper shows how appropriately designed “science comprehension” tests—one general, and one specific to climate change—can be used to measure individuals’ reasoning proficiency as co ...
... and to enjoy the sense of identity enabled by membership in a community defined by particular cultural commitments. The paper shows how appropriately designed “science comprehension” tests—one general, and one specific to climate change—can be used to measure individuals’ reasoning proficiency as co ...
Long-Term Ecological Records and Their Relevance to Climate
... The higher temperatures predicted between 56 and 51 Mya are comparable with those predicted to occur in the next century as a result of anthropogenically induced climate change. These predictions have led to forecasts of biotic loss including widespread extinctions and largescale die-back of the tro ...
... The higher temperatures predicted between 56 and 51 Mya are comparable with those predicted to occur in the next century as a result of anthropogenically induced climate change. These predictions have led to forecasts of biotic loss including widespread extinctions and largescale die-back of the tro ...
as a PDF
... now beginning to realise as an immediate threat to the continued success of society. Fossil fuel sourced carbon dioxide emissions are ever increasing, as are global temperature averages, polar ice melting is accelerating and the consequences of the impacts are constantly being revised by the experts ...
... now beginning to realise as an immediate threat to the continued success of society. Fossil fuel sourced carbon dioxide emissions are ever increasing, as are global temperature averages, polar ice melting is accelerating and the consequences of the impacts are constantly being revised by the experts ...
The UN-REDD Programme
... cooperation • Demonstration activities to contribute to a successful post-2012 UNFCCC process Components: • country actions • international support Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Food Security in ASEAN+3 countries ...
... cooperation • Demonstration activities to contribute to a successful post-2012 UNFCCC process Components: • country actions • international support Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Food Security in ASEAN+3 countries ...
PPT - ITU
... of ratification was deposited at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in March ...
... of ratification was deposited at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in March ...
litreview12forword_wm_review_9feb2012
... December 2009. It uses the CRU TS 2.1 data set (CRU), which is a database of monthly climatic variables constructed from observational data [Mitchell and Jones, 2005] and interpolated to a 0.5◦ grid. Due to the relative scarcity of the observational stations network in West Africa, compared to Europ ...
... December 2009. It uses the CRU TS 2.1 data set (CRU), which is a database of monthly climatic variables constructed from observational data [Mitchell and Jones, 2005] and interpolated to a 0.5◦ grid. Due to the relative scarcity of the observational stations network in West Africa, compared to Europ ...
Generating possibility distributions of scenarios for regional climate
... Principles for constructing future climate scenarios: Modal induction: a statement about the future is possibly true only if it is positively inferred from our relevant background knowledge (IPCC). Modal falsification: permits creatively constructed scenarios as long as they can’t be falsified b ...
... Principles for constructing future climate scenarios: Modal induction: a statement about the future is possibly true only if it is positively inferred from our relevant background knowledge (IPCC). Modal falsification: permits creatively constructed scenarios as long as they can’t be falsified b ...
Key Steps: Mitigation
... Ongoing activity, not starting at the end of the assessment Define outcome (decision making tool, policy tool), target group (internal/external) to draft report Ensure good drafter for preparation of report(s) Purpose: documentation of steps and processes for interpretation of outcomes & for later f ...
... Ongoing activity, not starting at the end of the assessment Define outcome (decision making tool, policy tool), target group (internal/external) to draft report Ensure good drafter for preparation of report(s) Purpose: documentation of steps and processes for interpretation of outcomes & for later f ...
CV - Princeton University
... Science, Princeton University and NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Science and Technology Council, Cummins, Inc. Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report, WGII Chapter 19 Panel on Climate Variability and Change, National Research Council, National Ac ...
... Science, Princeton University and NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Science and Technology Council, Cummins, Inc. Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report, WGII Chapter 19 Panel on Climate Variability and Change, National Research Council, National Ac ...
A new climate for business - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability
... countries plan to make to reduce their emissions. They also cover climate change adaptation plans, and the support they need from – or will provide to – other countries. ...
... countries plan to make to reduce their emissions. They also cover climate change adaptation plans, and the support they need from – or will provide to – other countries. ...
Scenari_Uncert_Impac.. - The Global Change Program at the
... • compatibility with other land-use objectives • leakage and additionality issues • economic costs • environmental impacts other than climate mitigation • social, cultural, and cross-cutting issues, as well as issues of equity • the system-wide effects on C flows in the energy and materials sector C ...
... • compatibility with other land-use objectives • leakage and additionality issues • economic costs • environmental impacts other than climate mitigation • social, cultural, and cross-cutting issues, as well as issues of equity • the system-wide effects on C flows in the energy and materials sector C ...
towards a building-blocks approach
... – Move from shallow (GATT) to ‘deep’ integration (Uruguay Round + WTO). – GATT as second-best option for regime-building, after failure of ITO. – From club to near-universal WTO (23 GATT signatories; 153 WTO members). – Hierarchy within a regime of equals: key leadership role of ‘Quad’ and Group of ...
... – Move from shallow (GATT) to ‘deep’ integration (Uruguay Round + WTO). – GATT as second-best option for regime-building, after failure of ITO. – From club to near-universal WTO (23 GATT signatories; 153 WTO members). – Hierarchy within a regime of equals: key leadership role of ‘Quad’ and Group of ...
Key steps in adaptation assessment for LULUCF sector
... Example step 4: Energy sector Labeling the activities, measures and policies that are considered to go into the baseline scenario (step 3) with their costs Sticking to the current energy mix - label it with expected costs for power plants etc. Government to expand the current grid – label it w ...
... Example step 4: Energy sector Labeling the activities, measures and policies that are considered to go into the baseline scenario (step 3) with their costs Sticking to the current energy mix - label it with expected costs for power plants etc. Government to expand the current grid – label it w ...
THE COFFEES OF THE SECRETARY
... NAOMI KLEIN is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, The Shock Doctrine has been published in 30 languages with over one million copies in p ...
... NAOMI KLEIN is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, The Shock Doctrine has been published in 30 languages with over one million copies in p ...
ECN3184 Econometric Methods (3 Credits) Section
... infeasible to cut emissions sufficiently to have a global impact Yet the economics of international cooperation have some strange properties ...
... infeasible to cut emissions sufficiently to have a global impact Yet the economics of international cooperation have some strange properties ...
ESM_Drange
... Common experience that dynamic biogeochemisty in AOGCMs uncover weaknesses in the model's physics, dynamics and/or numerics ...
... Common experience that dynamic biogeochemisty in AOGCMs uncover weaknesses in the model's physics, dynamics and/or numerics ...
How warm was the last interglacial? New model–data comparisons
... and Coleoptera, taking the period of maximum warmth and assuming that this warmth is broadly synchronous with the marine and ice core plateaus. The pollen and macrofossil records are converted to quantitative temperature estimates in the original publications using a variety of methods, including mo ...
... and Coleoptera, taking the period of maximum warmth and assuming that this warmth is broadly synchronous with the marine and ice core plateaus. The pollen and macrofossil records are converted to quantitative temperature estimates in the original publications using a variety of methods, including mo ...
The climatic impacts of land surface change and carbon
... on carbon it does acknowledge the concern over rising greenhouse gas concentrations from all sources and that land surface change plays a role. This second alternative has the very important distinction that it is consistent with the UNFCCC, a treaty that has come into force with ratification now by ...
... on carbon it does acknowledge the concern over rising greenhouse gas concentrations from all sources and that land surface change plays a role. This second alternative has the very important distinction that it is consistent with the UNFCCC, a treaty that has come into force with ratification now by ...
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.""