FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/6 Page 1 UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL
... The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangero ...
... The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangero ...
Linking Urban Pollution, Tropospheric Chemistry and Climate Change
... emissions (policy and non-policy), and ecosystem; Integration time: 10 years for tropospheric chemistry studies (primarily due to CH4 and O3 simulation as well as aerosol forcing assessment), 100 years for tropospheric chemistry and climate interaction studies; Subgrid scale nature of urban and ...
... emissions (policy and non-policy), and ecosystem; Integration time: 10 years for tropospheric chemistry studies (primarily due to CH4 and O3 simulation as well as aerosol forcing assessment), 100 years for tropospheric chemistry and climate interaction studies; Subgrid scale nature of urban and ...
Competition for water, food, and land
... There are many reasons why climate change diminishes the developing world’s food supply. Climate change disrupts the oceans, lakes, and rivers that are a major source of food for people in the developing world. Hotter days and nights are themselves damaging to food crops. Extreme weather can sweep a ...
... There are many reasons why climate change diminishes the developing world’s food supply. Climate change disrupts the oceans, lakes, and rivers that are a major source of food for people in the developing world. Hotter days and nights are themselves damaging to food crops. Extreme weather can sweep a ...
Weather Today, Climate Tomorrow
... We are definitely seeing impacts from a changing climate to our water resources in both quantity, quality and ecosystem impacts including impacts biodiversity, productivity and shifting disturbance regimes. For ...
... We are definitely seeing impacts from a changing climate to our water resources in both quantity, quality and ecosystem impacts including impacts biodiversity, productivity and shifting disturbance regimes. For ...
Stronger Evidence of Human Influence on Climate
... form of “long-wave” or infrared radiation, roughly the same amount of energy that it receives. The amount of radiation lost from the top of the atmosphere to space corresponds to a global mean surface temperature of about -19°C, much colder than the annual average global mean temperature of about 14 ...
... form of “long-wave” or infrared radiation, roughly the same amount of energy that it receives. The amount of radiation lost from the top of the atmosphere to space corresponds to a global mean surface temperature of about -19°C, much colder than the annual average global mean temperature of about 14 ...
Presentation - Regional Policy Briefings
... factors that benefit the PICs, and there are strong ancillary environmental benefits • It is also a powerful message to the international community that the most vulnerable and least responsible are taking concerted actions • Consideration is also being given to adaptation requirements in mitigation ...
... factors that benefit the PICs, and there are strong ancillary environmental benefits • It is also a powerful message to the international community that the most vulnerable and least responsible are taking concerted actions • Consideration is also being given to adaptation requirements in mitigation ...
What is Climate Change?
... from sweltering to freezing in hours. Actual climate change. Temperatures in parts of the world could drop, but not nearly as rapidly or dramatically as portrayed in the movie. In a warmer world, additional rain at middle and high latitudes, plus melt from glaciers, will add more fresh water to the ...
... from sweltering to freezing in hours. Actual climate change. Temperatures in parts of the world could drop, but not nearly as rapidly or dramatically as portrayed in the movie. In a warmer world, additional rain at middle and high latitudes, plus melt from glaciers, will add more fresh water to the ...
Global Economy and Extreme Poverty
... So why does meat cause so much global warming? • Growing feed for farmed animals requires intense use of synthetic fertilizer, which releases N2O– a far stronger greenhouse gas than even CO2 . • The tens of billions of farmed animals of the world produce massive amounts of flatulence and liquid manu ...
... So why does meat cause so much global warming? • Growing feed for farmed animals requires intense use of synthetic fertilizer, which releases N2O– a far stronger greenhouse gas than even CO2 . • The tens of billions of farmed animals of the world produce massive amounts of flatulence and liquid manu ...
PPT
... changes of climate • Adaptation can be spontaneous or planned and can be carried out in response to, or in anticipation of changes in ...
... changes of climate • Adaptation can be spontaneous or planned and can be carried out in response to, or in anticipation of changes in ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Community Earth System Model
... sea ice: dynamic (EVP), thermodynamic land: CLM CCSM3 atmosphere: CAM3, T85, 26L ocean: POP, 1 to 1/2 degree in eq. Tropics, 40L, GM, KPP sea ice: dynamic (EVP), thermodynamic land: CLM (T42 class models run 8 years per day on IBM SP Power4; T85 is about a factor of two slower) ...
... sea ice: dynamic (EVP), thermodynamic land: CLM CCSM3 atmosphere: CAM3, T85, 26L ocean: POP, 1 to 1/2 degree in eq. Tropics, 40L, GM, KPP sea ice: dynamic (EVP), thermodynamic land: CLM (T42 class models run 8 years per day on IBM SP Power4; T85 is about a factor of two slower) ...
THE GLOBL POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... global temperature by 0.74*C and will rise by 3*C in this century if it follows the “business as usual” path of conventional development; During 1970-2004 GHG emissions under Kyoto Protocol have increased by 70% due to increase in income per capita and population growth that is larger than decreases ...
... global temperature by 0.74*C and will rise by 3*C in this century if it follows the “business as usual” path of conventional development; During 1970-2004 GHG emissions under Kyoto Protocol have increased by 70% due to increase in income per capita and population growth that is larger than decreases ...
Is the global warming a biggest hoax of the 21st century
... But are humans causing it? According to Holli Riebeek NASA (2007) there are no other explanations for so much increase of CO2 gasses during the last fifty years then the human activities. Also all these changes happened “since the industrial revolution began in about 1750” (IPPC, 2007). The scientis ...
... But are humans causing it? According to Holli Riebeek NASA (2007) there are no other explanations for so much increase of CO2 gasses during the last fifty years then the human activities. Also all these changes happened “since the industrial revolution began in about 1750” (IPPC, 2007). The scientis ...
Karl W. Steininger · Martin König Birgit Bednar
... identify the additional impacts expected to occur with future global warming. Second, it makes a serious effort to consider the “fat tail” of climate impacts, which is central to the debate on climate policy when this is viewed—as it should be—as an exercise in risk management. Third, unlike the rec ...
... identify the additional impacts expected to occur with future global warming. Second, it makes a serious effort to consider the “fat tail” of climate impacts, which is central to the debate on climate policy when this is viewed—as it should be—as an exercise in risk management. Third, unlike the rec ...
Climate Change presentation
... IPCC “it [is] very likely (meaning more than 90% likely) that most of the warming is anthropogenic or human-induced.” ...
... IPCC “it [is] very likely (meaning more than 90% likely) that most of the warming is anthropogenic or human-induced.” ...
The Evolution of Multinationals` Responses to Climate Change
... • Firms follow distinctive pathways towards: – Technological (conventional) capabilities • Towards similar technologies (automotive) • Towards different technologies (oil & gas) – Organizational (green) capabilities • Exploitation of existing capabilities (utilities, finance) • New capabilities (emi ...
... • Firms follow distinctive pathways towards: – Technological (conventional) capabilities • Towards similar technologies (automotive) • Towards different technologies (oil & gas) – Organizational (green) capabilities • Exploitation of existing capabilities (utilities, finance) • New capabilities (emi ...
Global-Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine
... (Basically, engineers failed to properly correct for changes in their orbit.) The planet is indeed warming, and at a rate since 1980 much greater than in the past. Just months after the Academy report, Singer told a Senate panel that "the Earth's atmosphere is not warming and fears about human-induc ...
... (Basically, engineers failed to properly correct for changes in their orbit.) The planet is indeed warming, and at a rate since 1980 much greater than in the past. Just months after the Academy report, Singer told a Senate panel that "the Earth's atmosphere is not warming and fears about human-induc ...
10-Climate
... The Kyoto Protocol linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions . These amount to an average of five ...
... The Kyoto Protocol linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions . These amount to an average of five ...
Udall - Western State Colorado University
... Waiting for relative certainty about the nature of climate change before taking steps to reduce risks in water supply management may prove far more costly than taking proactive steps now. (The suggested risk-reducing or “no regrets”steps are those that would have other beneficial effects and so are ...
... Waiting for relative certainty about the nature of climate change before taking steps to reduce risks in water supply management may prove far more costly than taking proactive steps now. (The suggested risk-reducing or “no regrets”steps are those that would have other beneficial effects and so are ...
0.81-2.57 Pg C - Global Carbon Project
... Why this disproportionate (to the area) impact? This type of events also occurred in tropical Amazonia and Australia but not as serious as in Indonesia Why so intense in Indonesia? ...
... Why this disproportionate (to the area) impact? This type of events also occurred in tropical Amazonia and Australia but not as serious as in Indonesia Why so intense in Indonesia? ...
Responsibility for a Feasible Climate Ambition Key Words: Climate
... These rates are higer than the UNFCC'ʹs least cost 2°C by 10-‐‑29% in 2025 and 11.1 – 21.7% in 2030. Although the report shows an increasing trend towards national policies for lower emissions and climate resilient development, the current INDCs submitted ...
... These rates are higer than the UNFCC'ʹs least cost 2°C by 10-‐‑29% in 2025 and 11.1 – 21.7% in 2030. Although the report shows an increasing trend towards national policies for lower emissions and climate resilient development, the current INDCs submitted ...
See his presentation
... institutions, help overcome the inequities of climate change and provide incentives for developing countries to play strong role in global deal, eventually taking on their own targets. • Within such a framework each country can advance with some understanding of global picture. ...
... institutions, help overcome the inequities of climate change and provide incentives for developing countries to play strong role in global deal, eventually taking on their own targets. • Within such a framework each country can advance with some understanding of global picture. ...
Presentation slides
... *Hallegatte, S., Hourcade, J.-C., Ambrosi, P., 2007. Using climate analogues for assessing climate change economic impacts in urban areas. Climatic Change 82 (1–2 (May)), pp. 47–60, ...
... *Hallegatte, S., Hourcade, J.-C., Ambrosi, P., 2007. Using climate analogues for assessing climate change economic impacts in urban areas. Climatic Change 82 (1–2 (May)), pp. 47–60, ...
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies / Geo
... atmospheric greenhouse gases through large-scale manipulations (e.g., ocean fertilization or afforestation using non-native species); 2) exerting a cooling influence on Earth by reflecting sunlight (e.g., putting reflective particles into the atmosphere, putting mirrors in space, increasing surface ...
... atmospheric greenhouse gases through large-scale manipulations (e.g., ocean fertilization or afforestation using non-native species); 2) exerting a cooling influence on Earth by reflecting sunlight (e.g., putting reflective particles into the atmosphere, putting mirrors in space, increasing surface ...
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.