Great Decisions Energy Use and Global Warming — Fact Sheet
... I’d like to draw your attention to a National Academy study made quite some time ago, 1992.(1) This voluminous study pointed out that there were many things that could be done for a cost less than or equal to zero. In other words, despite or because of the “free market” there were measures that one ...
... I’d like to draw your attention to a National Academy study made quite some time ago, 1992.(1) This voluminous study pointed out that there were many things that could be done for a cost less than or equal to zero. In other words, despite or because of the “free market” there were measures that one ...
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... Analysis of potential mitigation measures has been effected through cost-benefit analysis for some time. A prominent early example is Nordhaus (1991). Cost-benefit analysis is probably the most appropriate tool available in this context, but it suffers from two key drawbacks. From a national perspec ...
... Analysis of potential mitigation measures has been effected through cost-benefit analysis for some time. A prominent early example is Nordhaus (1991). Cost-benefit analysis is probably the most appropriate tool available in this context, but it suffers from two key drawbacks. From a national perspec ...
NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST)
... What does such a goal mean in terms of climate policy? ...
... What does such a goal mean in terms of climate policy? ...
PowerPoint Presentation - University of Reading, Meteorology
... of equatorial heat flux adjustments to the Indo-Pacific basin (Inness et al. 2003; Turner et al. 2005). The adjustments were calculated by relaxing SSTs in a control run back towards climatology and saving the anomalous heat fluxes required to form an annual cycle. The anomalous fluxes are then appl ...
... of equatorial heat flux adjustments to the Indo-Pacific basin (Inness et al. 2003; Turner et al. 2005). The adjustments were calculated by relaxing SSTs in a control run back towards climatology and saving the anomalous heat fluxes required to form an annual cycle. The anomalous fluxes are then appl ...
Try It Out: Identify Powerful Questions
... climate change is automobile usage, and that automobile drivers are not environmentalists. Assumptions not only trigger defensiveness and narrow discussion, they can prevent you from seeing a situation more accurately. Neutral questions encourage reflection and creative response. 5. Where are opport ...
... climate change is automobile usage, and that automobile drivers are not environmentalists. Assumptions not only trigger defensiveness and narrow discussion, they can prevent you from seeing a situation more accurately. Neutral questions encourage reflection and creative response. 5. Where are opport ...
Green surprise? How terrestrial ecosystems could affect earth`s climate
... of terrestrial ecosystems to process C through photosynthesis and respiration and store it in biomass and soil organic matter. Such climate-induced changes in terrestrial C storage may affect the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and, as a result, create a feedback effect on the climate. In the 1990s, ...
... of terrestrial ecosystems to process C through photosynthesis and respiration and store it in biomass and soil organic matter. Such climate-induced changes in terrestrial C storage may affect the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and, as a result, create a feedback effect on the climate. In the 1990s, ...
B C ACKGROUNDER
... Naval Forces Europe and Allied Forces, Southern Europe “We will pay for this one way or another. We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. Or we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives. There will ...
... Naval Forces Europe and Allied Forces, Southern Europe “We will pay for this one way or another. We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today, and we’ll have to take an economic hit of some kind. Or we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives. There will ...
News
... featured on the National Science Foundation home-page banner, with a link to the story. The study results were picked ...
... featured on the National Science Foundation home-page banner, with a link to the story. The study results were picked ...
Climate Change Seen as Threat to US Security
... Chatan and his neighbours are being forced to drink the saline water that comes from the ground. Tests by a local university have shown it is not fit for regular consumption, but the villagers keep drinking. There is no alternative. It is a pattern being repeated around the subcontinent, says enviro ...
... Chatan and his neighbours are being forced to drink the saline water that comes from the ground. Tests by a local university have shown it is not fit for regular consumption, but the villagers keep drinking. There is no alternative. It is a pattern being repeated around the subcontinent, says enviro ...
GW-UUUS-2010-08
... Antarctica melting is largely due to warming ocean water. Since 2002, Antarctica has lost lost more than 100 cubic kilometers (24 cubic miles) of ice each year. 2010 ref: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=242 ...
... Antarctica melting is largely due to warming ocean water. Since 2002, Antarctica has lost lost more than 100 cubic kilometers (24 cubic miles) of ice each year. 2010 ref: http://climate.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=242 ...
Teresa Hitchcock Partner, UK Head of Safety Health and
... This is intended to set credibility standards for environmental claims, to distinguish truly "green" products from competitors ...
... This is intended to set credibility standards for environmental claims, to distinguish truly "green" products from competitors ...
A global deal on climate change: the challenges between now and December in Copenhagen
... Lord Stern of Brentford: ‘State of progress on the Copenhagen negotiations’ The targets: managing climate risks and promoting growth and development The potential scale of the impacts of climate change is often misunderstood. The two defining challenges of the 21st century are overcoming poverty an ...
... Lord Stern of Brentford: ‘State of progress on the Copenhagen negotiations’ The targets: managing climate risks and promoting growth and development The potential scale of the impacts of climate change is often misunderstood. The two defining challenges of the 21st century are overcoming poverty an ...
Climate Change News 15 February 11
... "Bamboo’s fast growth is one of its many attributes which make it a useful resource for mankind. It is also commonly seen as an indication of a high ability to capture and sequester atmospheric carbon and consequently mitigate climate change, in a similar way that trees do. This report analyses the ...
... "Bamboo’s fast growth is one of its many attributes which make it a useful resource for mankind. It is also commonly seen as an indication of a high ability to capture and sequester atmospheric carbon and consequently mitigate climate change, in a similar way that trees do. This report analyses the ...
Coping with Climate Change in the Next Half-Century
... flow to the climate system since pre-industrial times.24 According to simple energy balance models, 2005’s GHG concentrations should lead to warming of 2.4 (1.4–4.3)25 °C above the pre-industrial level. Without aerosol cooling, we would have realized about 1.9°C today with 0.5°C to be released later ...
... flow to the climate system since pre-industrial times.24 According to simple energy balance models, 2005’s GHG concentrations should lead to warming of 2.4 (1.4–4.3)25 °C above the pre-industrial level. Without aerosol cooling, we would have realized about 1.9°C today with 0.5°C to be released later ...
Detectability of Streamflow Timing Trends
... input from a global climate model to quantify the year-to-year variability in CT resulting from natural internal climate variability (the internal oscillations of the climate system). We find that estimated 50year trends in CT due to natural internal climate variability often exceed the trends in CT ...
... input from a global climate model to quantify the year-to-year variability in CT resulting from natural internal climate variability (the internal oscillations of the climate system). We find that estimated 50year trends in CT due to natural internal climate variability often exceed the trends in CT ...
Solar ultraviolet radiation in a changing climate
... important impacts on future stratospheric ozone depletion independently of the concentration of ODS in the atmosphere. Increasing concentrations of GHGs cause a radiative cooling in the stratosphere, and extremely cold polar stratospheric winters are responsible, in part, for the Antarctic and Arcti ...
... important impacts on future stratospheric ozone depletion independently of the concentration of ODS in the atmosphere. Increasing concentrations of GHGs cause a radiative cooling in the stratosphere, and extremely cold polar stratospheric winters are responsible, in part, for the Antarctic and Arcti ...
ASEAN Joint Statement on Climate Change
... of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of ASEAN, on the occasion of the 27th ASEAN Summit; RECALLING our commitments made in the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on Realisation of the ASEAN Community by 2015 (2014); the ASEAN Leaders’ Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 20th S ...
... of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of ASEAN, on the occasion of the 27th ASEAN Summit; RECALLING our commitments made in the Nay Pyi Taw Declaration on Realisation of the ASEAN Community by 2015 (2014); the ASEAN Leaders’ Joint Statement on Climate Change to the 20th S ...
hydroclimate projections to engineering practices for water
... excess, water shortage, and water pollution. Nine percent of the country lies in flood prone areas. The rainfall occurring between November and January each year constitutes sixty percent of total annual rainfall. The large rainfall amount causes widespread flooding in riverine and coastal areas. Me ...
... excess, water shortage, and water pollution. Nine percent of the country lies in flood prone areas. The rainfall occurring between November and January each year constitutes sixty percent of total annual rainfall. The large rainfall amount causes widespread flooding in riverine and coastal areas. Me ...
Mitigation and Shared Vision—Review of the Science and Stakes in
... According to Hansen and others: Earth is out of energy balance Global warming is somewhere between 0.70.8C More warming in the pipeline Highly intensive carbon intensive sources can push climate science beyond tipping point ...
... According to Hansen and others: Earth is out of energy balance Global warming is somewhere between 0.70.8C More warming in the pipeline Highly intensive carbon intensive sources can push climate science beyond tipping point ...
Executive Summary published version
... Climate change will influence agriculture in the context of multiple interacting drivers and pressure points. Adapting to the consequences of climate change and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, thereby building climate resilience, will depend as much on addressing these pressure ...
... Climate change will influence agriculture in the context of multiple interacting drivers and pressure points. Adapting to the consequences of climate change and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, thereby building climate resilience, will depend as much on addressing these pressure ...
CURRICULUM VITAE Erin D. Baker
... ME. The class provides a solid grounding in economic analysis from an optimization point of view. It is a very demanding and rigorous class. We cover topics such as the theory of the firm, the theory of the market, monopoly, game theory, oligopoly, decision making under uncertainty, options theory, ...
... ME. The class provides a solid grounding in economic analysis from an optimization point of view. It is a very demanding and rigorous class. We cover topics such as the theory of the firm, the theory of the market, monopoly, game theory, oligopoly, decision making under uncertainty, options theory, ...
Powerpoint - Imode Energy Research
... • Quantitative assessments of the size of glaciers for the past 400 years are available. • Glaciers flow from areas of snow accumulation to lower elevations. The dynamics and energy flow of glacier movement and retreat are well understood. • A simple relationship exists between glacier length and av ...
... • Quantitative assessments of the size of glaciers for the past 400 years are available. • Glaciers flow from areas of snow accumulation to lower elevations. The dynamics and energy flow of glacier movement and retreat are well understood. • A simple relationship exists between glacier length and av ...
Estimated PDFs of climate system properties including natural and
... latter 20th century (Figure 1). This requires changes in uncertain model parameters to remain consistent with the historical climate record (Figures 2 and 3) which can be achieved by reducing Kv or Faer, increasing S, or combinations of all three. The mode for Faer is partially reduced from 0.7 to ...
... latter 20th century (Figure 1). This requires changes in uncertain model parameters to remain consistent with the historical climate record (Figures 2 and 3) which can be achieved by reducing Kv or Faer, increasing S, or combinations of all three. The mode for Faer is partially reduced from 0.7 to ...
Knowledge exchange in agriculture to help combat climate change
... to encourage adoption of adaptation and mitigation measures for climate change, and so this is a particular subject area where views of climate change should be understood. Management choices are influenced by internal and external motivations as well as perception of issues and the related risks th ...
... to encourage adoption of adaptation and mitigation measures for climate change, and so this is a particular subject area where views of climate change should be understood. Management choices are influenced by internal and external motivations as well as perception of issues and the related risks th ...
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.