What are the next steps? - Environmental Law Institute
... means moving forward. Mexico’s future greenhouse gas emissions and capacities to adapt to and cope with the impacts of climate change are dependent on the further development of a legal framework around climate change. With this in mind, this publication seeks to answer the following questions: What ...
... means moving forward. Mexico’s future greenhouse gas emissions and capacities to adapt to and cope with the impacts of climate change are dependent on the further development of a legal framework around climate change. With this in mind, this publication seeks to answer the following questions: What ...
Climate Change in Queensland
... the only state-based climate science research centre in Australia. I commend the scientists for their expertise and commitment to world class climate change research. Clearly, there is plenty of new data showing we have some serious issues ahead of us but there is simply no benefit in shying away fr ...
... the only state-based climate science research centre in Australia. I commend the scientists for their expertise and commitment to world class climate change research. Clearly, there is plenty of new data showing we have some serious issues ahead of us but there is simply no benefit in shying away fr ...
Indices for monitoring changes in extremes based on daily
... thresholds set to assess moderate extremes that typically occur a few times every year rather than high impact, once-in-a-decade weather events. For temperature, the percentile thresholds in the ETCCDI indices are calculated from five-day windows centered on each calendar day to account for the mean ...
... thresholds set to assess moderate extremes that typically occur a few times every year rather than high impact, once-in-a-decade weather events. For temperature, the percentile thresholds in the ETCCDI indices are calculated from five-day windows centered on each calendar day to account for the mean ...
Marine Science - Archimer
... both versions have colder periods between 1900 and 1920 and between 1970 and 1990, and warmer periods between 1930 and 1960 and in the present period since the mid-1990s. The long periodicity of the AMO index leads to difficulties with calculating a reference mean, and this should be considered when ...
... both versions have colder periods between 1900 and 1920 and between 1970 and 1990, and warmer periods between 1930 and 1960 and in the present period since the mid-1990s. The long periodicity of the AMO index leads to difficulties with calculating a reference mean, and this should be considered when ...
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... These results and other theoretical estimations suggest that carbon dioxide emissions alone account for about half of the humaninduced GHG contribution to global warming since the late 1800s, with increases in the other GHGs accounting for the rest.8 Having strong potential for trapping heat, GHGs a ...
... These results and other theoretical estimations suggest that carbon dioxide emissions alone account for about half of the humaninduced GHG contribution to global warming since the late 1800s, with increases in the other GHGs accounting for the rest.8 Having strong potential for trapping heat, GHGs a ...
Wyoming v. USDA: A Look Down the Road at Management of
... U.S. 332, 349 (1989). NEPA directs agencies to consider the potential effects of a proposed federal action before implementation, and although it prescribes an analysis process, it does not prescribe substantive results. Marsh v. Or. Natural Res. Council, 490 U.S. 360, 371 (1989); Robertson, 490 U.S ...
... U.S. 332, 349 (1989). NEPA directs agencies to consider the potential effects of a proposed federal action before implementation, and although it prescribes an analysis process, it does not prescribe substantive results. Marsh v. Or. Natural Res. Council, 490 U.S. 360, 371 (1989); Robertson, 490 U.S ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... change strikes at the root causes of poverty, including gender inequality. Addressing the uncertainties and risks involved in climate change, while at the same time dealing with deeply entrenched gender inequalities, is a dual learning challenge. But promising practices are emerging. Locally-driven, ...
... change strikes at the root causes of poverty, including gender inequality. Addressing the uncertainties and risks involved in climate change, while at the same time dealing with deeply entrenched gender inequalities, is a dual learning challenge. But promising practices are emerging. Locally-driven, ...
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... by WBGU – namely limiting the rise in near-surface air temperature to a maximum of 2°C relative to the pre-industrial value while also limiting the rate of temperature change to a maximum of 0.2°C per decade – is essential not only to prevent dangerous climatic changes but also to maintain the state ...
... by WBGU – namely limiting the rise in near-surface air temperature to a maximum of 2°C relative to the pre-industrial value while also limiting the rate of temperature change to a maximum of 0.2°C per decade – is essential not only to prevent dangerous climatic changes but also to maintain the state ...
Feedbacks and mechanisms affecting the global
... the climate has been warming and the glacier retreating, as is generally the case, t ∗ would be in the past, and the glacier actually would have had a negative mass balance at time t ∗ . The assumption is that if the climate of time t ∗ had been maintained, the glacier eventually would have contract ...
... the climate has been warming and the glacier retreating, as is generally the case, t ∗ would be in the past, and the glacier actually would have had a negative mass balance at time t ∗ . The assumption is that if the climate of time t ∗ had been maintained, the glacier eventually would have contract ...
Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem
... in the social problems literature, pointing out that both give theoretical attention to the meaning construction process and both focus on the interaction between claimants and their target audiences (pp. 54-55). Troyer eventually erred on the side of caution in his conclusion: "In the final analysi ...
... in the social problems literature, pointing out that both give theoretical attention to the meaning construction process and both focus on the interaction between claimants and their target audiences (pp. 54-55). Troyer eventually erred on the side of caution in his conclusion: "In the final analysi ...
In the hot seat: Insolation, ENSO, and vegetation in the African tropics
... area index), NDVI saturates. In order to account for this, values above 0.7 or below 0.1 are not considered. Following the methods of Russell and Wallace [2004], 3 month mean values of NDVI fields were used to represent the seasonal mean vegetation and were regressed on time series of climatic variab ...
... area index), NDVI saturates. In order to account for this, values above 0.7 or below 0.1 are not considered. Following the methods of Russell and Wallace [2004], 3 month mean values of NDVI fields were used to represent the seasonal mean vegetation and were regressed on time series of climatic variab ...
Air Quality and Climate Connections - Lamont
... Radiative forcing (RF) is defined as the perturbation in the net radiative flux (W m−2) at the tropopause or top of the atmosphere, typically after allowing stratospheric temperatures to adjust but holding all surface and tropospheric conditions fixed, that occurs due to a change in the atmospheric abu ...
... Radiative forcing (RF) is defined as the perturbation in the net radiative flux (W m−2) at the tropopause or top of the atmosphere, typically after allowing stratospheric temperatures to adjust but holding all surface and tropospheric conditions fixed, that occurs due to a change in the atmospheric abu ...
Waning habitats due to climate change: effects of streamflow and
... Linnaeus 1758), and their synergistic relationships at the rear edge of its natural distribution. 31 sites in 14 mountain rivers and streams were studied in Central Spain. Models at several sites were built using regression trees for streamflow, and a non-linear regression method for stream temperat ...
... Linnaeus 1758), and their synergistic relationships at the rear edge of its natural distribution. 31 sites in 14 mountain rivers and streams were studied in Central Spain. Models at several sites were built using regression trees for streamflow, and a non-linear regression method for stream temperat ...
ABANDONING FOSSIL FUEL: HOW FAST AND HOW MUCH
... sources to bring those sources into use and a gradually increasing carbon tax to price out fossil energy sources. Our analysis also highlights the following features. First, the trade-off between global warming damages and welfare from consumption is analyzed within the context of a tractable fully ...
... sources to bring those sources into use and a gradually increasing carbon tax to price out fossil energy sources. Our analysis also highlights the following features. First, the trade-off between global warming damages and welfare from consumption is analyzed within the context of a tractable fully ...
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... Production Under Climate Change Policies, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 119 - 124. Ruth, M. and P. Kirshen. 2001. Integrated Impacts of Climate Change upon Infrastructure Systems and Services in the Boston Metropolitan Area, World Resources Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 106 ...
... Production Under Climate Change Policies, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 119 - 124. Ruth, M. and P. Kirshen. 2001. Integrated Impacts of Climate Change upon Infrastructure Systems and Services in the Boston Metropolitan Area, World Resources Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 106 ...
Limited evolutionary rescue of locally adapted populations facing
... of gene flow and local adaptation on the evolutionary response of populations to environmental change. The full source code and an accompanying readme file are available as electronic supplementary material, and a maintained version of the model is downloadable from http://www.katjaschiffers.eu/docs ...
... of gene flow and local adaptation on the evolutionary response of populations to environmental change. The full source code and an accompanying readme file are available as electronic supplementary material, and a maintained version of the model is downloadable from http://www.katjaschiffers.eu/docs ...
Appendix 7 Evolution of the Environment without the LDP SEA Topic
... Without the preparation of the new Shetland LDP, the policies of the existing Structure and Local Plans would be retained and used to guide and determine future development. Whilst many of these policies have performed well and will be carried over into the new LDP, it is accepted that a degree of r ...
... Without the preparation of the new Shetland LDP, the policies of the existing Structure and Local Plans would be retained and used to guide and determine future development. Whilst many of these policies have performed well and will be carried over into the new LDP, it is accepted that a degree of r ...
Rethinking Environmental Federalism in a Warming World
... agent (Burtraw and Shobe 2009). Negotiated resolutions between governments are hard to study. We do know that the interstate compact option provided explicitly for such purpose in the U.S. Constitution is rarely used,6 which seems to imply that there are significant costs to localities in using this ...
... agent (Burtraw and Shobe 2009). Negotiated resolutions between governments are hard to study. We do know that the interstate compact option provided explicitly for such purpose in the U.S. Constitution is rarely used,6 which seems to imply that there are significant costs to localities in using this ...
Climate Change
... change by adding CO2 and other heat-trapping gases (known collectively as Greenhouse Gases) into the atmosphere. These Greenhouse Gases have increased the Greenhouse Effect and caused Earth’s surface temperature to rise. The primary human activity affecting the amount and rate of climate change is G ...
... change by adding CO2 and other heat-trapping gases (known collectively as Greenhouse Gases) into the atmosphere. These Greenhouse Gases have increased the Greenhouse Effect and caused Earth’s surface temperature to rise. The primary human activity affecting the amount and rate of climate change is G ...
Chapter 14 Environmental Hazards and Human Health
... Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate. New York: Cambridge University Press. Dickens, Gerald R. 2003. “A Methane Trigger for Rapid Warming?” Science, vol. 299, 1017. DiMentao, Joseph F. C., and Oamela M. Doughman, eds. 2007. Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and ...
... Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate. New York: Cambridge University Press. Dickens, Gerald R. 2003. “A Methane Trigger for Rapid Warming?” Science, vol. 299, 1017. DiMentao, Joseph F. C., and Oamela M. Doughman, eds. 2007. Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and ...
The Fifth Carbon Budget – The next step towards a low
... We recommend that the fifth carbon budget is set at 1,765 MtCO2e, including emissions from international shipping, over the period 2028-2032. That would limit annual emissions to an average of 57% below 1990 levels, consistent with the cost-effective path to the 2050 target in the Climate Change Ac ...
... We recommend that the fifth carbon budget is set at 1,765 MtCO2e, including emissions from international shipping, over the period 2028-2032. That would limit annual emissions to an average of 57% below 1990 levels, consistent with the cost-effective path to the 2050 target in the Climate Change Ac ...
Climate Change and its Health Implications
... could disrupt the THC, slowing it down or moving it south, although this is currently believed to be very unlikely. ...
... could disrupt the THC, slowing it down or moving it south, although this is currently believed to be very unlikely. ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... evaluating the socio-economic considerations in the risk management evaluation of a new POP (Annex F). When evaluating possible actions according to the criteria under Annex F it may thus be important to also consider the positive and/or negative impacts on society of implementing possible control m ...
... evaluating the socio-economic considerations in the risk management evaluation of a new POP (Annex F). When evaluating possible actions according to the criteria under Annex F it may thus be important to also consider the positive and/or negative impacts on society of implementing possible control m ...
Sea-level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire
... about 40 percent of global mean sea-level rise, melting ...
... about 40 percent of global mean sea-level rise, melting ...
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.