Global collapse—Fact or fiction? Futures
... the land area available, for example in [18]. The grim result of these efforts are summarized in Fig. 5 which shows that humanity already uses the equivalent of 25% more land than is available on planet Earth. The main reason for this overshoot is the huge forested area that humanity would have need ...
... the land area available, for example in [18]. The grim result of these efforts are summarized in Fig. 5 which shows that humanity already uses the equivalent of 25% more land than is available on planet Earth. The main reason for this overshoot is the huge forested area that humanity would have need ...
Submission PDF Communicating the deadly consequences of
... Earth’s land surface experiencing dangerous HI, and is the areaweighted mean number of days experienced within this region), non-linearity will result if both terms are a function of global air temperature (as evident from the product rule of calculus). The practical implication of this relationship ...
... Earth’s land surface experiencing dangerous HI, and is the areaweighted mean number of days experienced within this region), non-linearity will result if both terms are a function of global air temperature (as evident from the product rule of calculus). The practical implication of this relationship ...
Co-benefits of global greenhouse gas mitigation for US air quality
... • Foreign GHG mitigation accounts for 62% of the total avoided deaths from O3, and 15% for PM2.5. • Previous regional or national co‐benefits studies may underestimate the full co‐benefits of coordinated global actions. • U.S. can gain significantly greater co‐benefits, especially for ozone, by coll ...
... • Foreign GHG mitigation accounts for 62% of the total avoided deaths from O3, and 15% for PM2.5. • Previous regional or national co‐benefits studies may underestimate the full co‐benefits of coordinated global actions. • U.S. can gain significantly greater co‐benefits, especially for ozone, by coll ...
sustainable development: from community approaches to flood
... From CAFM to Climate Change Adaptation (contd.) Once the capacity of the communities are, thus, enhanced to manage floods or other natural disasters, a major step will have been achieved towards adaptation to climate change It will be necessary to incorporate climate risk assessments in the pr ...
... From CAFM to Climate Change Adaptation (contd.) Once the capacity of the communities are, thus, enhanced to manage floods or other natural disasters, a major step will have been achieved towards adaptation to climate change It will be necessary to incorporate climate risk assessments in the pr ...
Environmental Realpolitik - Digital Repository @ Maurer Law
... (4) In the Americas, the initial activity in JI has been focused on small scale emissions sequestration projects. Afforestation and forest conservation programs have been a subject of political controversy, attacked by developing countries as attempts by the to engage in "carbon colonialism" and pre ...
... (4) In the Americas, the initial activity in JI has been focused on small scale emissions sequestration projects. Afforestation and forest conservation programs have been a subject of political controversy, attacked by developing countries as attempts by the to engage in "carbon colonialism" and pre ...
States (and Cities) as Actors in Global Climate Regulation: Unitary
... northeastern and mid-Atlantic States (possibly to be joined by California7) responsible for more emissions than all of Germany,8 has agreed to reduce CO2 emissions through a regional cap-and-trade program for power plants.9 In 2006, Arizona and New Mexico launched the Southwest Climate Change Initia ...
... northeastern and mid-Atlantic States (possibly to be joined by California7) responsible for more emissions than all of Germany,8 has agreed to reduce CO2 emissions through a regional cap-and-trade program for power plants.9 In 2006, Arizona and New Mexico launched the Southwest Climate Change Initia ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... planet, greenhouse gases trap heat energy in the Earth's lower atmosphere (see below). If levels rise too high, the resulting overall rise in air temperatures – global warming – is liable to disrupt natural patterns of climate. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... planet, greenhouse gases trap heat energy in the Earth's lower atmosphere (see below). If levels rise too high, the resulting overall rise in air temperatures – global warming – is liable to disrupt natural patterns of climate. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Major Skeptic Arguments
... entities have concluded that the increasing body of observations is consistent with the physical principles by which greenhouse gases (GHGs) affect climate: the planet is warming and it will likely continue to warm due to GHG emissions. Although continued research is needed to quantify the timing, l ...
... entities have concluded that the increasing body of observations is consistent with the physical principles by which greenhouse gases (GHGs) affect climate: the planet is warming and it will likely continue to warm due to GHG emissions. Although continued research is needed to quantify the timing, l ...
UNFCCC: UNITING ON CLIMATE
... planet, greenhouse gases trap heat energy in the Earth's lower atmosphere (see below). If levels rise too high, the resulting overall rise in air temperatures – global warming – is liable to disrupt natural patterns of climate. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... planet, greenhouse gases trap heat energy in the Earth's lower atmosphere (see below). If levels rise too high, the resulting overall rise in air temperatures – global warming – is liable to disrupt natural patterns of climate. In its Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
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... to feedback between temperature, UV radiation, and greenhouse gas concentration. Higher air temperatures and incoming solar radiation are increasing the surface water temperatures of lakes and oceans, with many large lakes warming at twice the rate of regional air temperatures. Warmer oceans are cha ...
... to feedback between temperature, UV radiation, and greenhouse gas concentration. Higher air temperatures and incoming solar radiation are increasing the surface water temperatures of lakes and oceans, with many large lakes warming at twice the rate of regional air temperatures. Warmer oceans are cha ...
biodegradable materials influencing climate change
... addresses the central issue of climate change by way of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but it also addresses the growing problem of congested landfills [7]. If the waste in the landfills decomposed at a faster rate, then there would be more room for the additional waste added each day. Depen ...
... addresses the central issue of climate change by way of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but it also addresses the growing problem of congested landfills [7]. If the waste in the landfills decomposed at a faster rate, then there would be more room for the additional waste added each day. Depen ...
Is Strange Weather in the Air? A Study of US National Network News
... examination of the problems involved in monitoring long-term trends suggests that the issue of whether extreme events are increasing can only be profitably addressed for subsets of extreme events for specific regions in the future (Nicholls, 1995). In lieu of long-term homogeneous climatic observati ...
... examination of the problems involved in monitoring long-term trends suggests that the issue of whether extreme events are increasing can only be profitably addressed for subsets of extreme events for specific regions in the future (Nicholls, 1995). In lieu of long-term homogeneous climatic observati ...
Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave
... Such conditions are typically associated with a profile for U characterized by two maxima in the Northern Hemisphere, i.e. a double jet latitudinal structure. In contrast to a single jet, a double jet regime associated with a profile for U is characterized by a confined sub-tropical jet with sharp e ...
... Such conditions are typically associated with a profile for U characterized by two maxima in the Northern Hemisphere, i.e. a double jet latitudinal structure. In contrast to a single jet, a double jet regime associated with a profile for U is characterized by a confined sub-tropical jet with sharp e ...
Risk of ruin paper - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
... IPCC (2007) is a survey of existing literature – it deals with what is known and considered to be most likely to happen. For example sea level rises are projected to rise between 0.18 and 0.58m by 2099. IPCC (2007a) then goes on to say “Models used to date do not include uncertainties in climate-ca ...
... IPCC (2007) is a survey of existing literature – it deals with what is known and considered to be most likely to happen. For example sea level rises are projected to rise between 0.18 and 0.58m by 2099. IPCC (2007a) then goes on to say “Models used to date do not include uncertainties in climate-ca ...
1093 EN
... Climate change, as one of the most serious challenges facing the world, has already modified the context for agriculture as well as policy making, and will continue to do so. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) over the next ten to twenty years will largely determine the trajectory of temperature in ...
... Climate change, as one of the most serious challenges facing the world, has already modified the context for agriculture as well as policy making, and will continue to do so. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) over the next ten to twenty years will largely determine the trajectory of temperature in ...
A plants perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... rather than to changes in their mean, and (2) to depict/evaluate available study designs to quantify responses of plants to changing climatic variability. We find that phenology is largely affected by changing mean climate but also that impacts of climatic variability are much less studied, although ...
... rather than to changes in their mean, and (2) to depict/evaluate available study designs to quantify responses of plants to changing climatic variability. We find that phenology is largely affected by changing mean climate but also that impacts of climatic variability are much less studied, although ...
Climate Change Impacts on Australia and the Benefits of Early
... mitigation activities be pursued in conjunction with adaptive responses to address the residual risks posed by this commitment. There is broad, and growing, international support for GHG mitigation. The 1992 United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, supported by 166 nations, calls for ...
... mitigation activities be pursued in conjunction with adaptive responses to address the residual risks posed by this commitment. There is broad, and growing, international support for GHG mitigation. The 1992 United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, supported by 166 nations, calls for ...
The Price Tag of Being Young
... While college is still the surest pathway to economic security, millennials face a higher education system in which costs have skyrocketed and the need to borrow for college is ever-increasing. Overall student debt in the economy has increased from around $260 billion in 2003 to nearly $1.3 trillion ...
... While college is still the surest pathway to economic security, millennials face a higher education system in which costs have skyrocketed and the need to borrow for college is ever-increasing. Overall student debt in the economy has increased from around $260 billion in 2003 to nearly $1.3 trillion ...
Constructing Carbon Market Spacetime: Climate change and the
... from regulated facilities is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). CDM carbon projects must demonstrate that the planned offsets are financially and environmental additional, that they would not occur without the project being developed or without the incentive provided by emission reductions credi ...
... from regulated facilities is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). CDM carbon projects must demonstrate that the planned offsets are financially and environmental additional, that they would not occur without the project being developed or without the incentive provided by emission reductions credi ...
an inconvenient burden of proof? co2 nuisance plaintiffs will face
... early December in Chicago does not mean that summer is coming soon. Such year to year variations have always been accepted as being natural in origin. The ...
... early December in Chicago does not mean that summer is coming soon. Such year to year variations have always been accepted as being natural in origin. The ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... the elderly, the sick and children bearing the brunt of public health effects, property damage, and food insecurity. Indeed, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded in April 2009 that “the evidence provides compelling support for finding that greenhouse gas air pollution endangers the pu ...
... the elderly, the sick and children bearing the brunt of public health effects, property damage, and food insecurity. Indeed, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded in April 2009 that “the evidence provides compelling support for finding that greenhouse gas air pollution endangers the pu ...
North Atlantic storminess and Atlantic Meridional Overturning
... of ENSO-induced stratospheric anomalies (Randel, 2004). Different mechanism chains could potentially modulate ENSO influence in different seasons (Moron and Plaut, 2003). Trouet et al. (2009) and Mann et al. (2009) used a combination of high-resolution proxy records and model simulations to evince a ...
... of ENSO-induced stratospheric anomalies (Randel, 2004). Different mechanism chains could potentially modulate ENSO influence in different seasons (Moron and Plaut, 2003). Trouet et al. (2009) and Mann et al. (2009) used a combination of high-resolution proxy records and model simulations to evince a ...
Borehole paleoclimatology – the effect of deep lakes and “heat
... the GST during the long term climate changes resulted in disturbance (anomalies) of the temperature field of formations. Thus, the GSTH can be evaluated by analyzing the present precise temperature-depth profiles. The effect of surface temperature variations in the past on the temperature field of f ...
... the GST during the long term climate changes resulted in disturbance (anomalies) of the temperature field of formations. Thus, the GSTH can be evaluated by analyzing the present precise temperature-depth profiles. The effect of surface temperature variations in the past on the temperature field of f ...
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.