Tuvalu: first casualty of climate change
... climate change, institutions like the Group of Eight could set up a fund for environmental refugees. Additionally, there will have to be programs to support the settlement and cultural adaptation of the refugees. For the Pacific Islanders, fairness is irrelevant. Climate change is not a future conce ...
... climate change, institutions like the Group of Eight could set up a fund for environmental refugees. Additionally, there will have to be programs to support the settlement and cultural adaptation of the refugees. For the Pacific Islanders, fairness is irrelevant. Climate change is not a future conce ...
- Sustainable Loudoun
... Recently I was asked whether humanity’s fossil fuel use was the cause of the current global warming. This is a good question and I’m not surprised that there is some confusion and indeed acknowledging that the Earth surface is warming leads inevitably to this question. The answer is yes we are the c ...
... Recently I was asked whether humanity’s fossil fuel use was the cause of the current global warming. This is a good question and I’m not surprised that there is some confusion and indeed acknowledging that the Earth surface is warming leads inevitably to this question. The answer is yes we are the c ...
Climate Change
... Opponents of Global Warming and its Connection to Greenhouse Gases Say… • IPCC, and other atmospheric scientists, draw most of their conclusions from climate models. These models have major flaws with cloud physics, and don’t necessarily include every kind of climate forcing! • On that note, climat ...
... Opponents of Global Warming and its Connection to Greenhouse Gases Say… • IPCC, and other atmospheric scientists, draw most of their conclusions from climate models. These models have major flaws with cloud physics, and don’t necessarily include every kind of climate forcing! • On that note, climat ...
Printer-friendly version - Weconnect
... Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 emissions pathway. 2. Moderate climate change: hotter (1.5-3.0°C increase in annual average temperature) and drier (5-15% reduction in annual average rainfall). This scenario is based on 2050 outputs for the GFDL ESM2M global climate model under the RCP 4.5 emissions ...
... Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 emissions pathway. 2. Moderate climate change: hotter (1.5-3.0°C increase in annual average temperature) and drier (5-15% reduction in annual average rainfall). This scenario is based on 2050 outputs for the GFDL ESM2M global climate model under the RCP 4.5 emissions ...
Why state must fight global warming now
... joins other states - California, New Jersey and Hawaii - that have adopted legislation to fight global warming, it can only hasten Congress, and the White House, to approve national policy. Some of the most progressive policies in our nation - including civil rights, labor and environmental laws - w ...
... joins other states - California, New Jersey and Hawaii - that have adopted legislation to fight global warming, it can only hasten Congress, and the White House, to approve national policy. Some of the most progressive policies in our nation - including civil rights, labor and environmental laws - w ...
Document
... equivalent to cutting carbon-dioxide emissions by billions of tons. Similarly, energy from dams and other hydroelectric sources avoided production of many other billion tons of greenhouse gases. Making fuel-efficient and battery-powered cars and vehicles have also been contributing in cutting emissi ...
... equivalent to cutting carbon-dioxide emissions by billions of tons. Similarly, energy from dams and other hydroelectric sources avoided production of many other billion tons of greenhouse gases. Making fuel-efficient and battery-powered cars and vehicles have also been contributing in cutting emissi ...
Geo XXXX Earth Systems: Geosphere
... models (ESMs) and how climatologists use them to test hypotheses about the mechanisms governing past and potential future climates. We will use a model called EdGCM, specifically designed for educational applications. EdGCM is based on a NASA model called GISS (for the Goddard Institute of Space Sci ...
... models (ESMs) and how climatologists use them to test hypotheses about the mechanisms governing past and potential future climates. We will use a model called EdGCM, specifically designed for educational applications. EdGCM is based on a NASA model called GISS (for the Goddard Institute of Space Sci ...
EAUC
... Colleges contribute to the delivery of Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 targets for significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions College regions comply with the terms of the Financial Memorandum (FM) with SFC. Key requirements of the FM include: colleges meet the principles of good governa ...
... Colleges contribute to the delivery of Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 targets for significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions College regions comply with the terms of the Financial Memorandum (FM) with SFC. Key requirements of the FM include: colleges meet the principles of good governa ...
Ocean temperatures chronicle the ongoing warming of Earth
... radiation imbalance over this period of around 0.65–0.80 W m–2 (0.50–0.65 W m–2 range from the three 0–2,000 m analyses with an additional 0.15 W m–2 due to deep ocean warming and ocean areas not sampled by Argo3). While slightly larger than the heating rates obtained previously 3, given the ±0.16 W ...
... radiation imbalance over this period of around 0.65–0.80 W m–2 (0.50–0.65 W m–2 range from the three 0–2,000 m analyses with an additional 0.15 W m–2 due to deep ocean warming and ocean areas not sampled by Argo3). While slightly larger than the heating rates obtained previously 3, given the ±0.16 W ...
Current Program Development: EPA`s Climate Leaders
... 10-point “Call for Action” – 10 major investors request steps by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate boards, and Wall Street firms to increase disclosure of the risks posed by climate change (+$250 billion in assets) Carbon Disclosure Project requests 500 largest companies dis ...
... 10-point “Call for Action” – 10 major investors request steps by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, corporate boards, and Wall Street firms to increase disclosure of the risks posed by climate change (+$250 billion in assets) Carbon Disclosure Project requests 500 largest companies dis ...
PDF
... “In the 1970s scientists were predicting an ice age” This argument appears to have arisen because one or two climate scientists did suggest that we were heading for an ice age, but this was never widely accepted in the climate community. But these claims did get wide wide distribution through the m ...
... “In the 1970s scientists were predicting an ice age” This argument appears to have arisen because one or two climate scientists did suggest that we were heading for an ice age, but this was never widely accepted in the climate community. But these claims did get wide wide distribution through the m ...
Presentation on Emissions Reduction Target
... increase of average global temperature above pre-industrial levels appears to be uncertain. • According to a number of scientific studies, without adequate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions it is likely 4C (7.2F) will be surpassed during the second half of this century. • Unstoppable global warm ...
... increase of average global temperature above pre-industrial levels appears to be uncertain. • According to a number of scientific studies, without adequate reduction in greenhouse gas emissions it is likely 4C (7.2F) will be surpassed during the second half of this century. • Unstoppable global warm ...
DOC - Europa.eu
... powerful than carbon dioxide, have risen by 60% since 1990, while all other greenhouse gases have been reduced. The proposed Regulation aims to reduce F-gas emissions by two-thirds of today's levels by 2030. It also bans the use of F-gases in some new equipment, such as household fridges, where viab ...
... powerful than carbon dioxide, have risen by 60% since 1990, while all other greenhouse gases have been reduced. The proposed Regulation aims to reduce F-gas emissions by two-thirds of today's levels by 2030. It also bans the use of F-gases in some new equipment, such as household fridges, where viab ...
Climate Change Primer - Brian Fisher
... among the top 12 warmest years in the instrumental record (since 1850). • Urban heat island effects were determined to have negligible influence (less than 0.0006 °C per decade over land and zero over oceans) on these measurements. • "Average Arctic temperatures increased at almost twice the global ...
... among the top 12 warmest years in the instrumental record (since 1850). • Urban heat island effects were determined to have negligible influence (less than 0.0006 °C per decade over land and zero over oceans) on these measurements. • "Average Arctic temperatures increased at almost twice the global ...
Join the united global response to climate
... Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is a critical part of the climate finance architecture which will support developing countries’ responses to climate change by investing into low-emi ...
... Climate change is the defining challenge of our time. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. It is a critical part of the climate finance architecture which will support developing countries’ responses to climate change by investing into low-emi ...
Water resources
... flows, climate change is likely to lead to higher demands for groundwater In this regard, using global hydrological models, global groundwater recharge and thus renewable groundwater resources were estimated to be 13 000–15 000 km3 per year under current climate conditions, and to account for approx ...
... flows, climate change is likely to lead to higher demands for groundwater In this regard, using global hydrological models, global groundwater recharge and thus renewable groundwater resources were estimated to be 13 000–15 000 km3 per year under current climate conditions, and to account for approx ...
Un Regime Road to Bali
... expire 2012 Inspiring learning leadership and change for sustainability ...
... expire 2012 Inspiring learning leadership and change for sustainability ...
Document
... The IPCC has three working groups and a Task Force: Working Group I -- assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change. Working Group II -- addresses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change, negative and positive consequences of climate cha ...
... The IPCC has three working groups and a Task Force: Working Group I -- assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change. Working Group II -- addresses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change, negative and positive consequences of climate cha ...
Carbon accounting
... to reduce emissions must be. Carbon accounting provides the foundations for efforts to tackle climate change by providing data on where greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, and where they are removed. There are three strands to the Collection. The first includes scholarship on methods ...
... to reduce emissions must be. Carbon accounting provides the foundations for efforts to tackle climate change by providing data on where greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere, and where they are removed. There are three strands to the Collection. The first includes scholarship on methods ...
Are Humans Responsible for Global Warming?
... The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) refers to a relatively warm period lasting from about the 10th to the 14th century.2 However, the initial evidence for the MWP was largely based on data3 gathered from Europe, and more recent analyses indicate that the MWP was not a global phenomenon. A number of recon ...
... The Medieval Warm Period (MWP) refers to a relatively warm period lasting from about the 10th to the 14th century.2 However, the initial evidence for the MWP was largely based on data3 gathered from Europe, and more recent analyses indicate that the MWP was not a global phenomenon. A number of recon ...
The Ethical Problem of Climate Change
... everyone consumed as much as they could, there would be nothing much left to consume. Consumption on a certain scale undermines consumption itself. If resources weren’t conserved, there’d be no resources to use. Finally, not everyone can use a disproportionate share of a finite good--only proportion ...
... everyone consumed as much as they could, there would be nothing much left to consume. Consumption on a certain scale undermines consumption itself. If resources weren’t conserved, there’d be no resources to use. Finally, not everyone can use a disproportionate share of a finite good--only proportion ...
Region Case Profile of Future Conflict and
... Use a causal loop diagram and maps to support your analysis. ...
... Use a causal loop diagram and maps to support your analysis. ...
ENVI 30 Environmental Issues
... Major cities – air pollution causes thousands of deaths each year Mexico City – Air quality so severe that some people estimate breathing is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day China – Controversy re: monitoring by Chinese government vs. US embassy personnel Many air pollutants are h ...
... Major cities – air pollution causes thousands of deaths each year Mexico City – Air quality so severe that some people estimate breathing is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day China – Controversy re: monitoring by Chinese government vs. US embassy personnel Many air pollutants are h ...
Global Climate Change: Intellectual Response of Civil
... problems. Approximately 700 NGO’s from 90 countries are the members of the CAN. There are some working groups within the CAN that elaborate some positions on key questions and problems. After declaring position, many NGOs go to the government’s offices in different countries and lobby the position. ...
... problems. Approximately 700 NGO’s from 90 countries are the members of the CAN. There are some working groups within the CAN that elaborate some positions on key questions and problems. After declaring position, many NGOs go to the government’s offices in different countries and lobby the position. ...
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.""