Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Conflict
... Gleditsch, 1998). A better understanding of whether or not, and if so under what conditions climatic changes contribute to violent conflict is very important not only for scientific reasons, but also because of its policy-implications. If climatic changes do indeed contribute to violent conflict, th ...
... Gleditsch, 1998). A better understanding of whether or not, and if so under what conditions climatic changes contribute to violent conflict is very important not only for scientific reasons, but also because of its policy-implications. If climatic changes do indeed contribute to violent conflict, th ...
DOC - Climate Change Authority
... oceans are also warming. Since the 1970s, oceans have absorbed about 90 per cent of the additional heat within the Earth’s system (IPCC 2013b). While the climate is clearly warming, uncertainties exist regarding the extent of future climate changes. Future levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in ...
... oceans are also warming. Since the 1970s, oceans have absorbed about 90 per cent of the additional heat within the Earth’s system (IPCC 2013b). While the climate is clearly warming, uncertainties exist regarding the extent of future climate changes. Future levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in ...
Climate Change and Animals - Chicago Unbound
... 0.09–0.88 m in the next hundred years.17 Extreme weather events may begin to occur with increasing frequency.18 Perhaps most ominously, some scientists have hypothesized that disruptions to the ocean’s thermohaline circulation due to warming of polar waters might perversely trigger an abrupt and mas ...
... 0.09–0.88 m in the next hundred years.17 Extreme weather events may begin to occur with increasing frequency.18 Perhaps most ominously, some scientists have hypothesized that disruptions to the ocean’s thermohaline circulation due to warming of polar waters might perversely trigger an abrupt and mas ...
Why Climate Demands Change Michael A. Taylor
... modelling, sustainable water management, and incorporating climate change into agricultural planning. Of special interest is his work on the link between climate change and dengue, through the vector mosquito. Although dengue seemed to be under control in the 1980s, increased incidence since then m ...
... modelling, sustainable water management, and incorporating climate change into agricultural planning. Of special interest is his work on the link between climate change and dengue, through the vector mosquito. Although dengue seemed to be under control in the 1980s, increased incidence since then m ...
Comparison of Carbon Offset Standards for Climate Forestation
... atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases while simultaneously contributing to sustainable development (Article 2; Kyoto Protocol). In order to incorporate forestry activities for climate change mitigation purposes and sustainable development, the UNFCCC has developed the instrument of A/R CDM4 ...
... atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases while simultaneously contributing to sustainable development (Article 2; Kyoto Protocol). In order to incorporate forestry activities for climate change mitigation purposes and sustainable development, the UNFCCC has developed the instrument of A/R CDM4 ...
Five centuries of climate change in Australia: the view from
... borehole reconstruction shows no multi-decadal variability (recall that the inversion has been parameterised to return only century-long trends), it is clear that the boreholes have captured much the same low-frequency variability displayed by the dendroclimatic reconstructions over the five centuri ...
... borehole reconstruction shows no multi-decadal variability (recall that the inversion has been parameterised to return only century-long trends), it is clear that the boreholes have captured much the same low-frequency variability displayed by the dendroclimatic reconstructions over the five centuri ...
Adaptation of water resources management to climate change
... changes in the world's water regimes expected to occur over the coming decades. It’s origins can be traced back to the World Water Vision, a declaration on global water issues adopted in March 2000 during the Second World Water Forum. The Vision highlighted climate change as one of the major challen ...
... changes in the world's water regimes expected to occur over the coming decades. It’s origins can be traced back to the World Water Vision, a declaration on global water issues adopted in March 2000 during the Second World Water Forum. The Vision highlighted climate change as one of the major challen ...
Slide 1
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
Is Climate Change a Moral Issue? Effects of Egoism and Altruism on
... Do people consider the climate change issue as an ethical question of “right and wrong”? The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (2000) showed that 64% of Americans considered the protection of the environment to be a moral issue. Others too have argued that the phenomenon of climate change is an ethi ...
... Do people consider the climate change issue as an ethical question of “right and wrong”? The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (2000) showed that 64% of Americans considered the protection of the environment to be a moral issue. Others too have argued that the phenomenon of climate change is an ethi ...
Africa and Climate: Report
... provides benefits to sustainable development only insofar as the strength of the weakest link, and only after appropriate integration with other pertinent non-climate factors. The prime focus is on activities that may provide policy benefits over a few years. As stressed earlier, whether these propo ...
... provides benefits to sustainable development only insofar as the strength of the weakest link, and only after appropriate integration with other pertinent non-climate factors. The prime focus is on activities that may provide policy benefits over a few years. As stressed earlier, whether these propo ...
Southern New Hampshire
... (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are now the primary force driving change in the Earth’s climate system. This report describes how the climate of southern New Hampshire has changed over the past century and how the future clim ...
... (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are now the primary force driving change in the Earth’s climate system. This report describes how the climate of southern New Hampshire has changed over the past century and how the future clim ...
climate vulnerability assessment – islands of dhidhdhoo and
... groundwater supply systems. By the year 2100, the total annual precipitation is projected to increase by 175 to 225 mm. Conversely, average precipitation in the dry months, is projected to decrease moderately: by 5 mm in January, 5 mm in February, and 10 mm in March. As a result, the dry season will ...
... groundwater supply systems. By the year 2100, the total annual precipitation is projected to increase by 175 to 225 mm. Conversely, average precipitation in the dry months, is projected to decrease moderately: by 5 mm in January, 5 mm in February, and 10 mm in March. As a result, the dry season will ...
Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... the 21st century, the result of which was that resources were diverted to less water demanding crops and the livestock and non-agricultural sectors. Tate et al., (2004) analyzed the sensitivity of the water balance of Lake Victoria to climate change using HadCM3 A2a and B2 emission scenarios, and in ...
... the 21st century, the result of which was that resources were diverted to less water demanding crops and the livestock and non-agricultural sectors. Tate et al., (2004) analyzed the sensitivity of the water balance of Lake Victoria to climate change using HadCM3 A2a and B2 emission scenarios, and in ...
Mechanisms for millennial-scale global synchronization during the
... which mostly affect the North Atlantic region. The model is freely available from http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/CKO/ ecbilt.html. In the standard model setup an imbalance in the global, interannual freshwater budget is compensated globally for numerical reasons. However, in our experiment the imbalance ...
... which mostly affect the North Atlantic region. The model is freely available from http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/CKO/ ecbilt.html. In the standard model setup an imbalance in the global, interannual freshwater budget is compensated globally for numerical reasons. However, in our experiment the imbalance ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... action intended to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Furthermore, this article divides the law of climate change into legal action that takes place at its “core” and at its “periphery.” The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the scienc ...
... action intended to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Furthermore, this article divides the law of climate change into legal action that takes place at its “core” and at its “periphery.” The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the scienc ...
The Critical Decade 2013
... report, a comprehensive synthesis of the most recent climate change science, received significant traction in Australia and overseas. The phrase, ‘the critical decade’, has become the defining mantra for the Climate Commission, emphasising the clear imperative of significant Australian and global ac ...
... report, a comprehensive synthesis of the most recent climate change science, received significant traction in Australia and overseas. The phrase, ‘the critical decade’, has become the defining mantra for the Climate Commission, emphasising the clear imperative of significant Australian and global ac ...
Precipitation response of monsoon low
... et al., 2014]. Allen and Ingram [2002] found that the global mean precipitation increases at a lower rate than the Clausius-Clapeyron (CC) ratio, and this is because of the constraint imposed by the atmospheric energy budget rather than the moisture. However, the extreme precipitation increases at a ...
... et al., 2014]. Allen and Ingram [2002] found that the global mean precipitation increases at a lower rate than the Clausius-Clapeyron (CC) ratio, and this is because of the constraint imposed by the atmospheric energy budget rather than the moisture. However, the extreme precipitation increases at a ...
Required Gases and GWP values
... for updates (‘Protocols’) that set mandatory emission limits. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 and came into force in 2005. It set binding GHG emissions reduction targets for a group of industrialized countries. These targets are implemented in rolling emissions reductions commitment periods, ...
... for updates (‘Protocols’) that set mandatory emission limits. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 and came into force in 2005. It set binding GHG emissions reduction targets for a group of industrialized countries. These targets are implemented in rolling emissions reductions commitment periods, ...
Arctic Climate and Water Change: Information Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation Arvid Bring
... e↵orts to understand transport and origin of key waterborne constituents. Further development of monitoring cannot rely only on a reconciliation of observations and projections on where climate change will be the most severe, as they diverge in this regard. Climate model simulations of drainage basi ...
... e↵orts to understand transport and origin of key waterborne constituents. Further development of monitoring cannot rely only on a reconciliation of observations and projections on where climate change will be the most severe, as they diverge in this regard. Climate model simulations of drainage basi ...
Primer on Hydrofluorocarbons
... The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concludes that climate change is unequivocal, significantly caused by human activities, occurring faster than anticipated, with impacts that are more severe than predicted, and that urgent action is required to reduce climate pollutants.1 This Primer describes how ...
... The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concludes that climate change is unequivocal, significantly caused by human activities, occurring faster than anticipated, with impacts that are more severe than predicted, and that urgent action is required to reduce climate pollutants.1 This Primer describes how ...
Day3.C.Butchart.pdf
... Distribution of parameterised momentum fluxes largely determined by filtering for nonorographic waves Parameterised momentum fluxes agree well with high resolution model fluxes Trends in the momentum flux follow those in the polar night and subtropical jets Eastward acceleration of the sub-tropi ...
... Distribution of parameterised momentum fluxes largely determined by filtering for nonorographic waves Parameterised momentum fluxes agree well with high resolution model fluxes Trends in the momentum flux follow those in the polar night and subtropical jets Eastward acceleration of the sub-tropi ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.