Thoughts on climate research and policy
... However, such principles do describe what the public views as a prerequisite for accepting knowledge claims. Only if such principles are respected, scientific practice can be conducted in a sustainable way, or, more specifically, only then will the public, the media and decisionmakers listen to our cu ...
... However, such principles do describe what the public views as a prerequisite for accepting knowledge claims. Only if such principles are respected, scientific practice can be conducted in a sustainable way, or, more specifically, only then will the public, the media and decisionmakers listen to our cu ...
David Skewes letter expressing concern
... To my contemplations much of our failure to meet adequately the challenges of climate change, and indeed many of the other pressing challenges that confront humanity, is due to a deficit in imaginative cognition. We need to learn to 'imaginate'. Not wishing at all to be perversely provocative, we co ...
... To my contemplations much of our failure to meet adequately the challenges of climate change, and indeed many of the other pressing challenges that confront humanity, is due to a deficit in imaginative cognition. We need to learn to 'imaginate'. Not wishing at all to be perversely provocative, we co ...
Racing Extinction – The Warming Planet
... • Geological Society of America: Evolution of Earth's climatic system: Evidence from ice ages, isotopes, and impacts • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Ice-core evidence of abrupt climate changes • NASA Earth Observatory: Paleoclimatology: The Ice Core Record • NASA Earth Observatory ...
... • Geological Society of America: Evolution of Earth's climatic system: Evidence from ice ages, isotopes, and impacts • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Ice-core evidence of abrupt climate changes • NASA Earth Observatory: Paleoclimatology: The Ice Core Record • NASA Earth Observatory ...
Model-simulated CO2-induced changes in seasonal precipitation
... probabilistic estimates of climate change – uses existing multi-model ensembles of climate change simulations (IPCC AR4 data set) – first-order representation of both modelling uncertainty and natural variability – related to pattern scaling – but no intention to remove noise • Best suited for proje ...
... probabilistic estimates of climate change – uses existing multi-model ensembles of climate change simulations (IPCC AR4 data set) – first-order representation of both modelling uncertainty and natural variability – related to pattern scaling – but no intention to remove noise • Best suited for proje ...
Bridging The Divide Between Climate Change and Human
... is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. What to do to stop it? How do we avoid making a bigger mess? This will require the development of new markets and products in addi ...
... is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. What to do to stop it? How do we avoid making a bigger mess? This will require the development of new markets and products in addi ...
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... Expect more extreme weather events But not all extreme weather events are attributable to CC Need to know: what is expected with natural variability assuming no carbon dioxide forcing and with climate forcing from additional anthropogenic greenhouse gases UK HadCM3 model: an exceptionally wa ...
... Expect more extreme weather events But not all extreme weather events are attributable to CC Need to know: what is expected with natural variability assuming no carbon dioxide forcing and with climate forcing from additional anthropogenic greenhouse gases UK HadCM3 model: an exceptionally wa ...
To facilitate climate change adaptation in Asia at local, national and
... • BUT – they wanted to be clear what it would do and how it would help them in their work • This was especially true for people outside the ‘usual suspects’ – people who are involved in development planning – the ‘mainstreamers’ ...
... • BUT – they wanted to be clear what it would do and how it would help them in their work • This was especially true for people outside the ‘usual suspects’ – people who are involved in development planning – the ‘mainstreamers’ ...
Paleoclimatology - Printer-friendly
... on Earth's mantle. As plates crush into each other and move apart, they build mountains and open and close deep and shallow water passageways. These actions affect air- and water-circulation patterns, which in turn affect climate. Changes in atmospheric chemistry affect climate in a number of ways. ...
... on Earth's mantle. As plates crush into each other and move apart, they build mountains and open and close deep and shallow water passageways. These actions affect air- and water-circulation patterns, which in turn affect climate. Changes in atmospheric chemistry affect climate in a number of ways. ...
Geographical Variations in Climate Change and
... The information on extreme events (floods and droughts) is much more uncertain and the model projections vary widely. Many models indicate an intensification of heavy rainfall in some regions and thus greater flood risks. Droughts are likely to continue Other models indicate reductions in severity. ...
... The information on extreme events (floods and droughts) is much more uncertain and the model projections vary widely. Many models indicate an intensification of heavy rainfall in some regions and thus greater flood risks. Droughts are likely to continue Other models indicate reductions in severity. ...
Global Warming--Gillis et al.
... all of the coal, oil and gas reserves that countries and companies possess. As the former UN commissioner Mary Robinson told the Guardian last week, that will have "huge implications for social and economic development." It will also be difficult for business interests to accept. The central estimat ...
... all of the coal, oil and gas reserves that countries and companies possess. As the former UN commissioner Mary Robinson told the Guardian last week, that will have "huge implications for social and economic development." It will also be difficult for business interests to accept. The central estimat ...
State Level Workshop on Promotion Of Climate Resilient Livelihood
... Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) organized a one day workshop on promotion of Climate Resilient livelihood under the GoI-UNDP DRR-CCA Programme on 12th May 2015 at the Conference Hall of the Circuit House, Guwahati. Over 60 participants attended the workshop. IN the workshop the rep ...
... Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) organized a one day workshop on promotion of Climate Resilient livelihood under the GoI-UNDP DRR-CCA Programme on 12th May 2015 at the Conference Hall of the Circuit House, Guwahati. Over 60 participants attended the workshop. IN the workshop the rep ...
Climate Science is Not Settled
... Rather, the crucial, unsettled scientific question for policy is, "How will the climate change over the next century under both natural and human influences?" Answers to that question at the global and regional levels, as well as to equally complex questions of how ecosystems and human activities wi ...
... Rather, the crucial, unsettled scientific question for policy is, "How will the climate change over the next century under both natural and human influences?" Answers to that question at the global and regional levels, as well as to equally complex questions of how ecosystems and human activities wi ...
Met 10
... Spreading disease (i.e. mosquito carrying) Earlier spring arrival Plant and animal range shifts and population changes Coral reef bleaching Downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding Droughts and fires ...
... Spreading disease (i.e. mosquito carrying) Earlier spring arrival Plant and animal range shifts and population changes Coral reef bleaching Downpours, heavy snowfalls, and flooding Droughts and fires ...
Achieving Sustainable Development with Local Communities NGO Challenges in Assessment Monitoring and Evaluation
... vulnerability are key aggravating factors for poverty and social inequality Development programs should seek for an adequate balance between social development and environmental preservation No stakeholder is free from the impact of environmental change and all stakeholders should be included to ...
... vulnerability are key aggravating factors for poverty and social inequality Development programs should seek for an adequate balance between social development and environmental preservation No stakeholder is free from the impact of environmental change and all stakeholders should be included to ...
Effects of Global Climate Change - NEMO
... water, especially hot water. Energy from the burning of fossil fuels is sometimes used to heat water. Electricity is also sometimes used to pump water to homes. ...
... water, especially hot water. Energy from the burning of fossil fuels is sometimes used to heat water. Electricity is also sometimes used to pump water to homes. ...
NCCR Climate Update 29
... Before the switch to unleaded fuel last century, the atmosphere conAerosols affect climate directly by scattering and tained substantial quantities of particulate lead; absorption of shortwave and thermal radiation whether this influenced ice-crystal formation is (direct aerosol effect). While most ...
... Before the switch to unleaded fuel last century, the atmosphere conAerosols affect climate directly by scattering and tained substantial quantities of particulate lead; absorption of shortwave and thermal radiation whether this influenced ice-crystal formation is (direct aerosol effect). While most ...
Climate Leadership Statement
... frequently than every five years 2) Subm it an annual evaluation of progress a. Within one year of the implementation start date, and every year thereafter, complete an annual evaluation of progress b. Make the action plan, annual evaluation of progress (including greenhouse gas inventory, resilienc ...
... frequently than every five years 2) Subm it an annual evaluation of progress a. Within one year of the implementation start date, and every year thereafter, complete an annual evaluation of progress b. Make the action plan, annual evaluation of progress (including greenhouse gas inventory, resilienc ...
Review Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life Eloise Harding
... impacts on public engagement with the issues. Poortinga et al cite a number of studies suggesting that public awareness of climate change is lower than would be ideal given the urgency of the issue. In the United States “about one in three believe that global warming is caused mostly by natural chan ...
... impacts on public engagement with the issues. Poortinga et al cite a number of studies suggesting that public awareness of climate change is lower than would be ideal given the urgency of the issue. In the United States “about one in three believe that global warming is caused mostly by natural chan ...
BRA`s Policy and Planning Response to Climate
... Can aggregating open space along waterfront provide greater benefits as both a space to play and as a flood defense? How can public and private sectors partner given cobenefits? ...
... Can aggregating open space along waterfront provide greater benefits as both a space to play and as a flood defense? How can public and private sectors partner given cobenefits? ...
Videoconference Protocol
... seek solutions at the individual, institutional, and governmental levels and implement them at the local, regional and global scale. One of the most serious issues facing the world is global climate change. The general scientific consensus is that humans are increasing atmospheric levels of greenhou ...
... seek solutions at the individual, institutional, and governmental levels and implement them at the local, regional and global scale. One of the most serious issues facing the world is global climate change. The general scientific consensus is that humans are increasing atmospheric levels of greenhou ...
Collaborative CGIAR-ESSP Project Outline (1)
... diversification, synergies between adaptation and mitigation • Risks for agriculture/food security: competition for land, water, livestock feed Structural value for Ag. science in CCAFS • Models as structuring elements for distributed studies • Linking and using distributed data CC science value • M ...
... diversification, synergies between adaptation and mitigation • Risks for agriculture/food security: competition for land, water, livestock feed Structural value for Ag. science in CCAFS • Models as structuring elements for distributed studies • Linking and using distributed data CC science value • M ...
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.""